The limo pulls around to the front of the building as Isaak shushed young Vlad Sanchez. He lovingly holds the child close to his chest and cradled him in his arms. Alexander was looking awkwardly at the scene before him. He is oddly distant for a new father, Jonathan thought. He eyed the man suspiciously. He would never tell Isaak, but he doesn't trust that man and he never gave him a reason to believe otherwise. Most of his actions seemed distant for a married lover. Isaak either doesn't notice, or doesn't care. Jonathan scowled at the thought. Isaak deserves someone who loves him completely and will treat him like the king he is.

His gaze wanders over to his best friend who is enthralled with his new child. A smile tugs at the corners of his mouth at the sight. He watches intensely as the man leaned down and kissed the child's head. His gaze held onto the way his lips move and the way his beard brushes against the baby's skin. That beard drives him utterly insane. Isaak decided to grow it out a few weeks after his parents died. For a few months the thing was ugly and scraggly as he tried to figure out what works. He finally settled in the intricate design he always wore now. Fine lines of skin poked between the black hair as the hairline formed the swirls that decorated his face.

Jonathan fought the urge to run his lips and nose over the hair and run his tongue along the lines. His feelings for Isaak are… complicated. They've known each other their entire lives and in all respects, they should be brothers. However, something warmer lingered beneath the surface. Jonathan never thought of himself as gay, but he can't deny the underlying attraction he carries towards Isaak. It started when they were teenagers but only seemed to grow as they got older. Isaak was the first of the two to get married and unwanted jealously coursed through Jonathan at the sight of his childhood friend with a man other than him. It grew even more when the pregnancy procedure was done.

The feeling stung even more when he realized that Alexander didn't deserve someone as kind and caring as Isaak. Alexander neglects him in nearly every way. Jonathan has come home more than once only to have to console an aching Isaak. He doesn't mind doing it, but he shouldn't have to to begin with. Since they got married, Alexander's own fame started to grow. Jonathan suspects that that is why he wanted to marry Isaak, to gain his own fame.

He would never leave Ruby though. He devotes his life to her and making her happy. He gave Ruby everything Isaak deserves. Their relationship is relatively happy, despite the tiffs about Isaak.

Everyone stepped out of the car and headed up the elevator to home. Alexander hovered behind awkwardly eyeing the situation.

"Do you want to hold him?" Isaak asked. Alexander shook his head and turned towards the wall. Jonathan subdued a growl and faced the door. His dislike for the man just kept growing. Isaak shrugged and hugged Vlad closer to himself. He already loved his child unconditionally, whether or not his other father would too. He hummed softly and rocked the baby to sleep in his arms. Surprisingly the child didn't stir as the elevator dinged at the top. Jonathan held the apartment door open for the happy family. He shot Alexander a warning look as they went inside.

Isaak carried the child to his newly decorated room and laid him to rest in his crib. The smile hasn't left his face since the hospital. Jonathan stepped into the room behind Isaak. Alexander had crept of to their shared bedroom.

"Hey," Jonathan started. "How are you feeling?"

"I feel great, honestly. I've never been happier in my life. I just, I can't believe I created this little guy. It's amazing." The smile on his face wavered for a second. "Hey Jonathan?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think Alexander will warm up to Vlad?" A sharp pain shot through Jonathan at the question. All he wanted to do since he met the blond haired snake was to throw him out. He sighed heavily.

"Yeah. I think it's normal for the one who didn't carry the child to feel a bit overwhelmed. Give him a few days, I'm sure he'll warm right up to the little guy." Isaak beamed back at Jonathan before cooing over his child again.

Jonathan smirked before turning and leaving to go to his own room. The apartment was quiet. Alexander had holed himself up in his and Isaak's room. A growl rumbled low in his chest before he brushed it off and stepped into his own bedroom. Ruby was laying on the bed absorbed in a book. She looked up from the pages when he walked in the door and flashed him a smile.

"Hey darling, how are you feeling?" he asked.

"Aside from not being able to sleep and having to pee every twenty minutes, I'm great. I'm excited to be having a child, but I just want to be done with the pregnancy part already."

"Well, just a few more days, hopefully," he replied as he chuckled deeply.

"How are the happy parents?" Jonathan huffed in response.

"Isaak is more than ecstatic, I'm pretty sure he's gonna sleep in the same room as his baby. Alexander on the other hand. Well I'm not sure he's ready to be a parent. He was really distant the entire time and he refused to look at the baby let alone hold his own damned child. I swear Ruby, that man does not give a shit about Isaak."

"I think you're overreacting. We don't see what goes on behind closed doors. Give him a few days. Some parents need to warm up to their child a little it. Lord knows they didn't have a conventional pregnancy. That is probably why. If he had married a woman…"

"Don't start with this Ruby. Seriously."

"Why? Why does it upset you so much? Are you secretly gay too? Hmm? Is that why you refuse to move into our own place? Are you in love with Isaak!?"

"Ruby! Enough! We've had this fight way to many times. I have lived with Isaak my whole life. I know you're human so you don't get the whole vampire clan ties thing, but this is ludicrous. Look I'm happy with my life the way it is. I'm about to be a whole lot happier when the baby comes." She scoffed and leaned back against the head board.

"This is what I get for marrying a vampire. I'll be dead in about eighty years then you can fuck Isaak all you want."

"What the hell Ruby. You know what, fine. We'll get our own apartment after the baby comes if it'll make you happy."

"Yes, yes it will. I don't want my child to grow up around people like Isaak. Freaks of nature." Jonathan huffed and laid roughly down on the bed with his back to his wife. The lights switched off and he willed himself to sleep.