First time I've written Eureka, anything. It's a collection of Zane and his son, Todd, moments in both the real world and the fantasy. So don't be surprised if the ages of everyone changes from one one-shot to the next. Set in season 5.
"Who's that?" Zane asked Jo, looking at the sixteen year old, Native American, version of himself sitting at Café Deme, talking to a blond who looked a year older than him. He was in a pair of black jeans, combat boots, a black Disturbed t-shirt, and a worn leather jacket. "Was I like, cloned while Astraes was gone? Didn't really do a good job, I'm not an Indian. Well, I am part Sioux, but that's besides the point."
Jo looked over at her surrogate son and his boyfriend before looking back at her ex. "They didn't clone you Zane. I was hoping to tell you ealier, but, his name is Todd Donovan," Jo explained.
Zane nearly choked on his drink, "What is he one of my nephews? Shit, who died?"
"He's not your nephew, Zane; he's your son," Jo replied. Zane did choke on his drink this time. When he stopped coughing he was ready to protest but Jo cut him off. "Henry already ran a DNA test when he told us he was your son. He is your son. Appearently his mom kicked him out once he came out as being bisexual. He was hoping that you would accept him let him stay here until college; but you were gone. Carter took him in an raised him."
"H-How old is he?" Zane asked her, staring at him from the corner of his eye. The kid looked happy laughing with his friend, or boyfriend, he'd ask Jo that later.
"He was eleven when he came here and his birthday was sometime last month, sixteen," Jo told him. "And that's Dyson Tyler, his boyfriend. Seventeen and he's okay. I already made sure he was taking care of your son; Henry and Zoe threatened to castrate him in the worst way they could think of if he hurt Todd in anyway. I did too." Zane was opening staring at Todd and Dyson, well Todd mostly. "You know you can talk to him. All he's had of you in four years is a picture; he wants to meet his father. Kid needs it." Zane was still getting over the shock of finding out he had a sixteen year old son; meeting his seemed to be the last thing on his mind. Jo stood up, walking over to the two teens. Zane watched as Todd nodded, looking at Jo before saying something he couldn't hear. Jo nodded, but he couldn't tell what she said but the black haired sixteen year old nodded again before Lupo walked back to her squad car. Dyson stood up as well, kissing the younger male before leaving himself, drink in hand.
Zane looked back down at his coffee, comptemplating leaving himself before he heard someone take Jo's place at the table. "So, you're my dad," he heard a deep, Scottish voice ask. "Honestly I expected you to be older. Guess that's what happens when you've been in limbo for four years and two months." The older Donovan looked up at his son, who was drinking, from the smell of it, soda. "Jo's already told you about me, and why I came to live here. Please tell me you're not an asshat like my mother and disown me before you even get to know me."
"To be honest kid, I don't remember who your mom is, for one thing; two, I'm still trying to process all this so give me a few minutes here," Zane replied.
Todd took a long drink of his soda, having a staring contest with his dad. It was awkward to be honest. Very, very awkward. But that could just be the social awkwardness Todd had developed over his sixteen years of life. He kinda expected that it'd be awkward, but he also kinda hoped he'd be twelve or thirteen when he met his dad, not sixteen. Well, if having a kid is a shock, wait until he finds out about what you are, the little mental voice told Todd.
"Ok, so who's your mom?" Zane asked him after a few more seconds of awkward staring.
Todd really didn't want to pull up those bad memories, "I'd rather not talk about her. Didn't bother remembering her name, or keeping it."
Zane could relate, to the fact he never wanted to hear about his dad. Todd was a lot like him. "Touché. So you're bi?" Todd nodded, sucking down more soda. "Nothing wrong with that; am I going to have to give the intimidating father speech on your boyfriend?" He was pretty sure if he wasn't already red that Todd would be red as a tomato, or Titan's atmosphere.
"No, Carter and Lupo already done that, and the older sibling threats have been issued. Zoe, I think threatened crastration by rusty wire and Henry by laser," he informed his father, who smirked. "So, uh, I know this is a weird question, but do you believe in monsters and stuff? Not the ones who usually get their asses thrown in jail, but like ghosts and werewolves?"
That made Zane think a little bit; he'd never really thought of stuff like that before in his life. "Yeah, I guess. I believe in Big Foot and ghosts, but werewolves and vampires, not really, no," Zane replied.
Great, Todd thought. "Well you're going to think I'm crazy when I tell you I'm a werewolf, thanks to my mom, as far as I know. And don't flip out when I show your this, because I swear Carter had a heart attack when I showed him; Zoe geeked out on me and Dyson, still not sure why he didn't freak out like any semi-normal Eureka person."
Zane looked at his son questioningly, then stared intently at Todd's hand, which wasn't really a hand but a dog's paw. "Went better than I thought."