A/N: I don't own Saracen, Dex, Anton, Larrikin, Valkyrie or Tanith. Thanks go out to JellyfishSisters for the review and plot suggestion, and to LegitMarshmallow for the fave and follow. Sorry to take so long to update, nothing was coming to me.
Time passed and the men settled in and soon it was December. Dex and Saracen were out together, enjoying the nippy weather and Christmas windows as Saracen pushed the stroller their adopted daughter was in when they came across a protest group in front of the café where they'd had their impromptu wedding reception. Dex frowned beside him and Saracen felt sick at the hateful messages their signs had emblazoned on them. Why couldn't these people just leave them in peace? Were they so threatened by gay people finding happiness that they had to try and shut down the café too?
Still, the men exchanged glances and went to go into the café peacefully when one of the maniacs dropped her sign and reached towards the stroller for their daughter. "Abominations! How dare you adopt a child? Isn't it bad enough you are damned in the sight of God? You want to teach your perverse ways to a child as well?" She screamed.
"Don't touch my daughter." Dex said quietly. The woman lunged for the crib and he was beside her and twisting her around and driving her to one knee while the other fanatics converged on them, clearly intent on bloodshed.
Saracen didn't like the idea of hitting mortals, but he liked the idea of his family being hurt even less. Just as the people closed in and his fist connected with the face of a man trying to rush him there was a deafening boom and the crowd parted. Anton stood there, his beloved Daisy in his hands and Larrikin had his guns on him. "We'll call the police!" The woman shrieked as Dex let her go. "You filthy monsters!" She glared at Anton and he just watched her calmly, and something about him promised death and suffering to the mob and they melted away.
A crowd that had gathered at the sound of the boom cheered the more or less peaceful resolution, then they too drifted away as Anton glanced at them calmly. He turned his attention back to Saracen and Dexter. "Good to see the two of you. We have an invitation to visit Valkyrie and Tanith at the mansion and thought we'd stop for coffee first. I just happened to feel like taking Daisy for a walk. The fresh air does her good."
"Good thing you did." Saracen said, grinning in relief. Anton nodded and came forward to smile down on their daughter.
"May I?" He asked as he handed off his shotgun to an amused Larrikin and both Dex and Saracen nodded. Anton picked her up tenderly, his gentle gaze going softer than normal. "It must be amazing to have a daughter." He murmured. "Tell me you two have settled on a name at last. It's undignified for her to be going around nameless."
"We have, actually." Dex said. "Seeing as she has taken a shine to her godfather it's a good thing too. Anton, I'd like you to meet Antonia. Toni, meet Anton, he's your godfather." He said and the baby promptly snuggled into Anton's secure embrace at the sound of her father's voice and went to sleep, her tiny hand clutching Anton's lapel and the fond gaze Anton gave her in return let Saracen know his daughter would always had a guardian angel in him.
D'aw, that was a buddle of cute snuggled up in a blanket with kittens.