A/N: This was requested by some people about Ezra being scared of storms and I also remembered that last year was a lighting storm here in Mexico around three in the morning, so I decided to include that in this chapter. Enjoy!


Special chapter 2.0

Takes place between chapter 4 and 5…

It was around two o'clock in the morning and everything was quiet until a small cry broke the peaceful atmosphere. A few seconds later, someone walked into the room and turned on the lights.

"It's okay, baby." The man said. "Daddy's here." The young man said and lifted the baby in his arms.

The baby continued crying. "Shh, everything's okay, bud." Kanan cooed and rubbed Ezra's back. The baby boy calmed down a little but gripped Kanan's nightshirt with his tiny hand. The young father smiled and took his son to the kitchen to prepare a bottle of milk.

It had been a couple days since the adoption trial and Kanan knew they were having troubles to get used to Kanan's established routine. This meant Ezra woke up almost every night at midnight wanting to be held or hungry and Kanan had to get up to attend his son; the detective wasn't used to this kind of routine and ended up pretty exhausted. The good thing was that Riker had given him a couple of weeks off while he adjusted to his new life.

Kanan returned to his room holding the little boy in one arm and the bottle in the other. He sat on the bed and adjusted the six-month old baby in his arms.

"Here you go, bud." The detective said and gave the baby boy his bottle, he smiled when he saw Ezra drinking his milk and grabbing the bottle; when half of the milk was gone, the baby started to close his eyes and his suckling became slower.

Kanan smiled at the sight and waited until Ezra stopped suckling. The young man took the bottle away from the baby's mouth and smiled when Ezra didn't protest. He put the almost empty bottle aside and moved the baby to his shoulder and patted his back until he burped. Kanan got up slowly from the bed and walked to Ezra's room, he made his way to the travel cot Child Services had given him and laid down carefully the little boy inside and kissed him softly on the forehead.

"Sweet dreams, baby boy." He said and left the room.

Kanan woke up around nine o'clock next morning. He got up from bed and went to check his son, he walked quietly into the room and smiled when he saw Ezra sleeping peacefully. The young man ran a hand through Ezra's hair and looked around the room that he had decided to Ezra's room.

He sighed when he saw the grey walls and realized he needed to decorate the room so it would look more like a baby's room, he looked around and realized he also needed to buy baby's furniture so Ezra could have a real crib and changing table. He sighed and went downstairs to prepare breakfast.

An hour later, the young detective heard his son crying through the baby monitor and went to check him.

"Oh, what's wrong, bud?" Kanan asked and picked the little boy up.

The baby calmed down a little and looked up at his father. Kanan smiled and kissed him softly on the forehead, when he looked at his son again, the baby was smiling.

"Good morning, bud." Kanan said.

"Ah!" Ezra babbled and grabbed Kanan's nose.

The young man chuckled and laid Ezra down on the changing mat and changed his diaper, then he went to wash his hands and after that, he took Ezra downstairs.


After having breakfast, Kanan prepared Ezra's diaper bag and buckled the little boy in the car seat, then he climbed into the driver's seat and headed to the Home Depot.

When they arrived, Kanan unbuckled Ezra and strapped him in the worn baby carrier and took the diaper bag and walked to the store.

'Damn, I need to buy a new baby carrier.' The detective thought.

"Good afternoon." An employee said. "Can I help you?"

"Hi, I'm looking for some paint, I'm going to decorate my son's bedroom." Kanan answered.

"Do you have a specific color in mind?" The employee asked.

"I was thinking in white, blue and maybe yellow." The young man answered.

"Okay, please follow me." The employee said and they walked to the paint section.

An hour later, Kanan left the store with two liters of blue, white and yellow paint, paint rollers, plastic tarpaulins and children's border.

"Okay, bud." Kanan said as he buckled Ezra in his car seat. "We already have the paint to decorate your room. Now, we need to go for the furniture of your room." He said.

Ezra stared at his father while sucking his hand and Kanan understood it was time for lunch.

"Alright, we will go to buy the baby furniture after lunch." The young man said. "Sounds good?"

The baby smiled with his right hand still in his mouth and grabbed Kanan's nose with the other.

Kanan chuckled and headed to a near cafeteria. After having lunch, the young man parked in front of a store called "Baby World."

He climbed down from the car and opened the passenger's door and put on the worn baby carrier Child Services had given him. 'At least the baby carrier is clean.' The young man thought and sighed.

Ezra, on the other hand, started to fall asleep and rested his head against Kanan's chest. The young man smiled and kissed him on top of his raven-hair.

Kanan walked into the store and started to look for the things he needed for Ezra's room.

"Alright, I need to buy a crib, a real crib, a changing table, a high-chair, a new baby carrier, a new diaper bag and… *sigh* I don't know what else a baby needs." He said.

"Hello, can I help you?" An employee asked.

"Oh, yes. I'm going to buy some baby furniture for my son but I don't know what else does a baby needs." The young detective said.

"How old is your baby?" The employee asked.

"Six months." The young man answered.

"And you are a single parent?" The employee asked.

"Yes." Kanan said.

"Okay, please follow me." The employee said and Kanan followed her.

Once Kanan had the furniture, he went to the section of baby clothes and supplies. While he walked through the hallway of the toys, Ezra fussed and squirmed in the baby carrier.

"Ah!" The baby boy babbled.

"What is it, bud?" Kanan asked.

Ezra tried to reach for a blue rattle that had three plastic keys. "Ah!"

Kanan saw what Ezra was trying to do and grabbed the toy. "You want this?" He asked.

The baby grabbed the rattle and started to shake it.

"Okay, we will buy it." Kanan said and continued shopping.


Around five, Kanan left the store with a shopping cart filled with baby clothes, supplies, a new diaper bag, a baby carrier and some blankets. An employee helped him with another shopping cart that had the furniture in it.

Once all the things were inside the Ford Explorer, Kanan buckled the baby boy in his car seat, he smiled when he saw the six-month old shaking the blue rattle.

"You really love that toy, don't you?" The young man asked.

"Ah!" Ezra babbled and Kanan chuckled, then he gave him a kiss on the forehead.

When Kanan closed the passenger's door, he looked up and frowned when he saw the grey clouds over New York City and the other boroughs.

'We better go back to the house' Kanan thought and climbed on the driver's seat.

Forty minutes later, Kanan parked his car and got out from it, he took the car seat out from the car and walked into the house.

"Da?" Ezra babbled.

"It's okay, Ez. I just need to bring the things I bought into the house before it starts to rain." Kanan said as he placed the car seat on the coffee table of the living room.

The first things Kanan went for were the plastic bags that had baby clothes, toys and supplies; then he brought one by one the furniture and the things he had bought at the Home Depot.

When the only box left in the trunk of his Ford Explorer was the crib, he went for it but before he could close the trunk, it started to rain.

"Damn!" Kanan said and closed the trunk and carried the box to the house.

The young man sighed in relief when he was under the porch of his house. He noticed it had started to rain harder and went inside the house. Then, a lighting crossed the sky and a few seconds later, there was a big rumble and the lights went off.

Ezra started to cry because the thunder had scared him and he wanted his daddy but couldn't see him anywhere.

Kanan walked into the room and made his way towards the coffee table, he was glad there were still a little bit of natural light because it guided him to where Ezra was.

"It's okay, baby. I'm here." He said and unbuckled Ezra.

"Shh, shh. It's okay, bud. Daddy's here." The young man said and lifted the baby boy from the car seat and cradled him in his arms.

"Shh, everything's okay." He cooed and rubbed Ezra's back.

The baby continued crying and gripped Kanan's sweater with his tiny hands. The young man smiled softly and hummed a tone for kids.

Ezra calmed down and looked up. The detective smiled and kissed him softly on the forehead.

"That's right, bud. Everything will be okay." Kanan said. "It's just rain, bud. It will not hurt you."

Ezra looked at his dad with tear in the corner of his eyes and a small pout like asking: "You promise?"

The young man smiled and kissed him softly on the forehead again. "I'll promise to keep you safe, Ez. Always and forever." He said.

The baby smiled softly, then, something occurred to Kanan so Ezra could finally meet the rain.

"C'mon, bud." The detective said and he took Ezra outside.

"Look, bud. This is the rain." Kanan said as they stood under the porch and started at the rain that was falling."

"Ba?" The baby boy babbled and pointed at the rain.

"Yup, that's rain." Kanan said and extended his hand. Some raindrops fell on his hand and he showed his son the small puddle of water in his hand.

The six-month old giggled when he splashed the puddle in Kanan's hand. The young father just smiled softly.

The next day, Kanan had moved Ezra's traveling cot and his changing mat to his room while he decorated his son's room, he also didn't want his son to breathe the paint fumes.

"Okay, bud. You'll be staying here until your room is ready, okay?" The detective said.

Ezra just stared at his father while sucking his blue pacifier and the young man just smiled.

The young man spent the rest of the day painting Ezra's room while also monitoring his son through the baby monitor. He smiled when he heard Ezra babbling and imagined that the baby boy was having his own special conversation with his stuffed tiger, Tommy.

"That sounds interesting, bud." He said and his smile widen when he heard his baby boy laughing.


A few days later, Kanan had almost finished decorating Ezra's room and the only thing left was to assemble the crib before he could move Ezra back to the room.

The young man stepped out from his bathroom dressed in his nightclothes and smiled softly when he saw his son lying down on his stomach and babbling happily.

"You're a happy baby, you know that?" Kanan asked.

Ezra just gave his daddy a toothless smile and giggled.

The young detective chuckled and lifted him from the traveling cot. "C'mon, let's go downstairs and have dinner." He said.

After having dinner and changing Ezra into a clean diaper and a fresh onesie, Kanan laid his son in the traveling cot and ran his hand through the baby boy's raven hair.

The six-month old gave him a tiny yawn and drifted off to sleep, the young father smiled and leaned down to kiss Ezra on the forehead.

"Sweet dreams, Ez." He said.

Kanan woke up when a beam of light illuminated his room, he got up from the bed and walked to the nearest window and looked outside. He could see it was raining very hard and that there was also a lighting storm.

The young man sighed and returned to bed, he really hoped that the storm wouldn't wake Ezra up but he was wrong when a thunder rumbled very strong and woke Ezra up. The baby started to cry and Kanan walked to the traveling cot that was at the foot of the bed and lifted the baby up.

"Shh, shh. It's okay, buddy." Kanan cooed. "Daddy's here." He said.

The six-month old gripped Kanan's nightshirt and hid his face in the crook of Kanan's neck.

"Shh, it's okay baby." The young man said and kissed the side of Ezra's head. "It was just a thunder and it can't hurt you."

The baby calmed down and sobbed softly, Kanan kissed his son's head again and rocked him softly. Five minutes later, the baby boy was fast asleep and the young man decided that Ezra would slept with him.

He sat on the bed carefully and laid Ezra down, he moved the pillows so the baby would be protected in case he rolled over during the nights and then, the young detective laid down and pulled the blankest over them.

By the end of the week, Kanan finished decorating Ezra's room and moved the baby back to the room, he smiled when he heard the baby boy babbling happily.

"Do you like your room, bud?" The young man asked.

"Da!" The baby boy babbled happily.

The young father chuckled and ruffled his son's hair; he really loved his new life as a father and he wouldn't trade it for anything.