Sebastian had been sent to his room, he was supposed to get himself and his two years old son ready for the barbecue with their friends and Kurt's parents. Instead, he was lying on his bed, still in his sweatpants and light V-neck t-shirt, Thomas laughing widely, straddled on his stomach while he was tickling the sides of the little boy.

"Stop, Papa, Stop." Thomas was crying out to his father, his happy laughs letting know he wasn't really in distress.

One year after they had decided to get together, they had married and soon after had gotten a surrogate that had given them a wonderful baby. Thomas had his Daddy's blue eyes, but according to Kurt, the boy had quickly mimicked Sebastian's intonations. Sebastian had protested that the baby barely babbled, Kurt had answered he babbled just like his Papa. Sebastian found it ridiculous but hadn't argued too much, too happy that Kurt thought their son had picked something from him even though they weren't blood related.

"You two having fun?" Kurt asked from the doorway and Sebastian stopped tickling his son to give his attention to his husband.

"Dadda." Thomas shot, turning his head towards his other father.

Kurt came closer to them and sat on the bed beside them. He slid a hand over Sebastian's side.

"I thought you were supposed to get changed. They'll be here soon."

"Don't worry that much gorgeous. It's just Sam, Niff and Adid. They won't mind."

"Let?" Thomas asked, putting his tiny hands on Sebastian's cheeks with a smile.

"Yes Tommy, Violet is coming." Kurt answered, leaning down to his son to kiss his cheek.

It always stunned Sebastian how his husband never missed the precise points he wanted to reach, with no hesitation.

"Did Papa give you your bath baby boy?"

"Yes. Bueberry." Thomas answered happily.

"He used the blueberry soap? Oh yes, I can smell it." Kurt said burying is nose in his son's hair to breathe the sweet scent.

"Me like bueberry." The little boy squeaked.

"I know you like it monkey, but you remember what you promised, next time we use the coconut one; we have to finish the bottle." Sebastian said to his son watching into his eyes.

"Yes." Thomas wined, scrunching his little nose.

"I know you don't like it, but we need to finish the bottle. We promise, when it's finished Daddy and I will only buy the blueberry one, okay?"

Thomas nodded with wide eyes. Then, the doorbell rang.

"Let, Let, Let." Thomas chanted, jumping slightly on his father's stomach.

"Mph, easy monkey; that hurts."

"Come here baby boy, let's get the door." Kurt said, picking the boy up in his arms to get to open the door.

Sebastian followed them closely and quickly slid his arms around Kurt's waist from behind just as he was opening the door.

"Hello guys." They greeted together when the door opened on Adam and David who was carrying their sleeping seven months old daughter in a baby sling.

"Let." Thomas shot unhappily, seeing that the now nine years old girl wasn't there.

"Hey, Tommy, be nice. Say hi to Adam and David. Violet is coming, I promise, but not yet." Kurt scolded his son, still surprising his husband by knowing who was here while they hadn't even said a word yet.

"Hi." Thomas said, waving his little hand.

"Hi Tommy , hi Kurt, Hi Sebastian." The two men answered happily.

"That's my good boy." Kurt praised.

"So, I guess this is Abbie?" Sebastian asked, pointing the baby in David's arms. "Judging by your faces, I guess she isn't sleeping as well at nights." He added, while they were letting the men in.

"She's showing off here, she never sleeps." Adam answered.

"You want to let her down in Thomas bad for a while?" Kurt asked kindly.

"No way! She's sleeping, I won't jinx that by trying to move her right now." Dave answered.

"You're spoiling her Dear, she won't learn how to sleep without us if you keep her." Adam tried to argue with his boyfriend.

"I know, and you know I totally agree for nights but she's just so peaceful for once, I don't wanna let her now."

"Ah, one of us has to be the mother hen I guess." Adam said, trying for irritated, but ending with lovingly instead.

I'm going to wait for the others outside, so they won't ring the bell and wake her up. What do you say monkey, wanna come with Papa to wait for Violet?"

"Papa." Thomas answered holding out his arms to Sebastian.

"Be straight with me, my husband didn't dress up today?" Sebastian heard Kurt ask while leaving.

"I heard that, gorgeous."

"Didn't try to hide it babe." Kurt shot with a grin.

Sebastian didn't answer to that but was smiling broadly when, just before stepping out of the house, he could hear Adam answer to Kurt.

"Not less than my boyfriend. It's just a barbecue with friends Kurt, don't worry."

David and Adam had never felt the need to get married. They were boyfriends, they were committed to each other and that was enough for them. Even when they had discussed about adopting a baby, they hadn't wanted to take that step. And sure enough, little Abbie had made them a family way better than a piece of paper telling they were together.

He was still smiling to himself when Jeff and Nick, along with Violet, parked the car in the driveway.

"Leeettt!" Thomas let out, clapping his hands in contentment, trying to escape his Papa's arms.

"Hey, hey, keep calm monkey, let them time to arrive okay."

"Hey you two. Have you been kicked off the house already?" Nick asked.

"Hi. No, David and Adam are here, Abbie was asleep for once, didn't want to risk the doorbell to wake her up."

Thomas was squirming into Sebastian's arms, so excited to see his best friend. So, she was seven years older than him, she was his best friend nonetheless. Sebastian released his grip when Violet was finally right before them, already greeting the little boy.

"How are you guys?" Sebastian asked.

"Fantastic, I checked the result of Kurt's last movie before I came, your husband killed it." Nick answered.

"He always does, shouldn't surprise us by now, right."

"I tell him so every time, he never believes me until he sees the results." Jeff intervened.

Right after Kurt and Sebastian had got together, Sebastian had been approached by a scenario in which the character he would play was gay for once. Not related with his story with Kurt, since the beginning of his career he had played straight guys as much as gay guys. When they had looked for an unknown actor to play his love interest, Nick had made Kurt pass the audition as his new client. The character wasn't blind, but since the accident hadn't altered the aspect of his eyes, only their function, he could easily pass for a sighted man.

After that, the two men had been showered with so much scenarios of their own, together or not, that they couldn't say yes to all of them if they wanted to keep time for Thomas.

"Can we go in? I really wanna meet that little gem David gushes about anytime I talk to him on the phone." Nick asked.

"Yes, just be quiet. I believe the little gem isn't that awesome to her parents when it's two in the morning."

"Can I go play in the garden with Tommy?" Violet asked.

"Yes. Papa p'ease." Thomas pleaded to his father.

"Sure. As long as an adult stays with you." Sebastian answered.

"I'll stay with you, just let me time to say hi to everyone, okay?" Jeff said to his daughter.

"Yes Daddy." Violet answered. "You come Tommy?"

Sebastian let his son up on the floor; the little boy grabbed Violet hand and followed her in the house on wobbly legs. Sebastian watched them go, so proud of Thomas progresses. He still remembered the tiny baby in his arms at the hospital the very first day, and now, his son had grown up so much and was learning more and more new things every day.

He was alone, seated on the stairs, thinking back to the last few years since he had met Kurt. He couldn't chase the big smile off of his face, he was just too happy with his life right at this moment. That's when a taxi pulled up in the driveway and Burt came out of it, even before the car was stopped.

"Sebastian, you're alone? Is there something wrong? Did something happen to Kurt or Tom?" the old man asked worriedly.

Sebastian got up and went straight to his father in law to hug him.

"No, they're perfectly fine. I just wait for everyone to be there so they won't have to ring the bell. There's a surprisingly asleep baby in there, her parents hope for her to not wake up too fast."

"Oh, Abbie's here? Come on Burt, I wanna see her finally. Adam can't stop praising about her in his e-mails." Carole said happily, taking her husband's place, hugging Sebastian.

"So, you're sure, they're fine."

"Absolutely. I believe Kurt is just waiting for Abbie to wake up so he can see her properly and by now, your grandson should be playing in the garden with Violet and Jeff."

"Oh, good." Burt breathed in relief. "The kid loves that Violet girl, isn't he?"

"He does. Very much. Sometimes I'm almost jealous of her. You can go in if you want, I'll stay here; we're still waiting for Sam and Drizzle to show up."

"I still can't believe that Kid named his dog after the name Finn wanted to give to his daughter." Carole said fondly.

"About Finn, how is he?"

"Well, Mandy can't move from bed until the babies are born now, so he stayed with her. They were upset they couldn't come today. But they promised they'd come to see you as soon as the twins are old enough to travel."

"Still don't know if they're boys or girls?"

"No, they don't want to know before the birth." Burt said grumpily. "I can't even prepare a room for my grandchildren at home before they're born."

"You could just choose a neutral color. Come on, I want to see the baby." Carole said.

"Go ahead. I'll wait Sam with Sebastian." Burt told her.

"Okay, see you then." Carole answered, already half in the house.

The two men sat side by side on the stairs in silence until Burt broke it.

"I have to thank you kid, you make my son so happy, I hadn't seen him like that since his accident."

"You know Burt, you tell me that anytime you see me." Sebastian answered with a laugh.

"And I intend to thank you for the life and family you gave him anytime I see you until my last day."

"And every time, I'll tell you that there's no need to thank me. He makes me endlessly happy, he gave me a loving family. He's the one that should receive all the thank yous."

"I'm guessing you're just right for each other and you are wonderful parents to my grandchild."

"Would you think of him as you're grandchild if he was biologically mine instead of Kurt's?" Sebastian asked a little worriedly.

"Don't I think about Finn's babies as my grandchildren? No one I'm blood related will even raise them. It's not about blood kid, it's about love. I don't need you to be his biological father to know that you're his father. You take care of him and love him, that's all that matters to me. And that's all that matters to him too."

"Thank you. Thank you for being the best dad Kurt could have had and to be the best granddad I could dream for my son."

"Ah, no need to say it."

"I'll say it as long as you'll thank me for making Kurt happy."

"Fair enough."

It had been an awkward situation to explain Burt how they had met, even leaving the very intimate parts out. It had taken Burt some time to wrap his mind around the fact his son was now with a famous actor that Carole was totally admiring since she had seen one of his movies just a few weeks before. The woman had loved him so much in that movie; she had started to track him and his TV appearances like a teenager. Burt had had no other choice than knowing just who he was when Kurt himself hadn't seen any of Sebastian's movies before they got together.

They had seen the famous interview with Ellen, so when Kurt had showed up to their house with his famous new boyfriend, they had had to explain that Kurt was the stripper. Burt hadn't been happy with Sebastian at first, can't blame him, the guy had paid to use his son. But then, the man had seen how they were happy together and how they had moved past a bad beginning, so he had grown very fond of his son's boyfriend and soon husband.

Sebastian's relations with his own parents weren't that good, so Burt had slowly become like a father to him. He had become the man you can ask for advice when you need one, especially as a young father. They were basically family; no matter how it had started.

Sam finally pulled up in the driveway, almost fell when coming out of his car, and struggled with Drizzle's leash in his haste.

"I'm so sorry, I'm late. I… have been stuck at work yesterday, my alarm clock…" he apologized while making his way to the two men on the stairs, the golden retriever puppy following him.

"It's okay Sam, calm done." Sebastian said, laughing.

"Nobody came to tell us the food was waiting yet, I do believe we were waiting for everyone to be here to start with it actually." Burt added.

Sebastian and Burt hugged Sam in greeting.

"Did I interrupt a heavy father/son in law conversation?"

"Not at all, we were done, plus there's nothing we'd discuss that'd be a big secret, right kid?" Burt said.

"Yep, nothing that I'd have to hide so badly I'd be ashamed if someone heard."

"Come on, let's go inside, I'm sure Violet and Thomas will want to play with Drizzle before the food's ready." Sebastian said. "But try to be quiet, we don't want to wake Abbie up."

"Oh my, that's it, Abbie's first official outing?"

"Absolutely. I didn't see her very well since she was still asleep in the baby sling but she seems adorable."

They all went in, Sam taking Drizzle in his arms to help her up the stairs. He was still single, no more working for Claire since Sebastian had followed suit with what he had said and had destroyed her business, but was still a stripper in a less creepy club now. He didn't really miss a steady girlfriend, maybe because he had simply not met the one for him, he was happy with his life as it was with now the puppy he had adopted almost exactly when David and Adam had adopted Abbie.

The house was bubbly when they came in, Carole was gushing to the baby in her arms that was awake. Adam was hugging his boyfriend from behind reassuring him that their daughter was perfectly safe with someone else than them. Kurt and Nick were getting ready what could be for the lunch.

"Hey, Dad, so good to see you." Kurt said to his father, immediately putting down the plate he had in his hands to hug him.

"How do you even do that?" Burt asked, stunned by how his son was able to know who was where in the house.

"I heard the door and recognized the way you smell."

"Are you saying I'm smelly son?"

"Dad, don't. You know what I was meaning."

"You're right I do. How are you doing?"

"Fine, really, more than that actually. Babe, can you start the barbecue? I think the children will soon moan about being hungry. Sam, how are you?"

"Fine, thank you." Sam answered, Drizzle yapping in his arms.

"Yeah, hello to you too Drizzle." Kurt said, stroking her head.

"Go help Sebastian with the barbecue." Adam whispered to David.

"But…"

"Go, she'll be fine, I promise. You need to let her a little."

David and Sebastian went to the garden where Jeff was playing with the children and a foam ball.

"Hey monkey. You should go in, Grandpa is here and Sam with Drizzle." Sebastian said to his son.

"An'pa. Dizze." The little boy said with a wide smile and ran to the house quickly followed by Violet who wanted to pet Drizzle too.

"Ask Daddy to help you wash your hands, we're eating soon." Sebastian shot to Thomas, not sure he'd heard him but Jeff was following them.

"When you broke up with me, I was devastated, but now, I realize it was for the best eventually. I like our lives as they are now." David said to Sebastian when the barbecue was started.

"I'm sorry I had to hurt you so badly but in the end, I think we both found the right one."

"Exactly. Now, excuse me for a minute, I have to check on my loves."

"Can't stay far for too long right?" Sebastian teased.

"Nah, totally can't. So sue me." Dave answered with a laugh.

Sebastian stayed back for a while, smiling to himself as he looked back to his life. After all he had been through, he had been granted that beautiful family and these trustful friends, people he could count on at any time.

Eventually, his life had turned just perfect when he had met Kurt.

For the record, there wasn't going to be an epilog to that story. But then I saw a drawing that is just beautiful that you can find at this address post/26462716271/lioliosc-i-drew-this-one-for-my-favorite-author (just erase the () to have the right address).

I don't have that much informations about that drawing, I just saw it and had to write something. I hope the person who did this won't mind. I'd love to tell you who it is exactly and where to find their work, so if you recognize your work, tell me so I can credit you for that.