One shot #11

October 11 2020

"Ian, I don't think that this is a good idea." Mickey said as Ian tightened Mickey's tie.

Ian pulled Mickey close by his tie, "Mickey, it'll be fine. All we are doing is speaking to his school friends. I don't think that it'll be a big issue." He rested his hands on the side of Mickey's face.

"If I fuck it up, don't blame me. This wasn't my idea." Mickey said as he looked at the floor.

Ian rubbed his thumb against Mickey's cheek, "Honey, you're not going to fuck it up. But, before we go you need to cover your finger tattoos. We don't wanna have other kids seeing them and having their parents complain."

"Yeah. That wouldn't be good." He said as Ian put on his paramedics jacket.

Mickey nodded and headed into the bathroom to cover his 'Fuck U-Up tattoos' as Ian went into Yevgeny's room.

"Yev. We gotta get ready." Ian said as he sat on the edge of the bed.

Yevgeny rolled over and opened his eyes a little.

Ian brushed his hair out of his eyes, "Come on, bud. Daddy and I are coming to school with you today for career day."

Yevgeny nearly lept out of his bed, "R-really daddy?!"

"Yeah, kiddo. We just need to get you and Tori dressed and then we can go."

Yevgeny crawled out of his bed sheets and got out of bed, taking Ian's hand and pulling him towards the dresser.

"What do you want to wear today?" Ian asked as he opened the top drawer of the dresser.

"S-special shirt." Yev said as he jumped.

Ian reached into the drawer and pulled out a camouflage shirt and then a pair of khaki pants.

Yev took his clothes off and then put his clothes on.

Ian ruffled Yev's hair, "We gotta comb your hair, buddy." He laughed as Yev's jet black hair stood up.

Yev looked down at his clothes and smiled, "I-I look just like you, daddy!"

Ian smiled and pressed a kiss to the top of Yev's hair, "Yes, buddy. You look just like me and daddy Mick."

Yev had recently been obsessed with the photos of Ian from basic training. He still had the idea of the military being a cool thing to do in his head and he loved dressing in his 'army attire', being his camouflage shirt and khakis. He liked to dress as Ian had dressed when he was a teenager and involved with ROTC. He thought that it was so cool that his dad had been 'in the military'.

Yev pulled on Ian's pants and Ian picked him up and sat him on his shoulders, "Let's go little officer." He said with a laugh.

They went into Tori's bedroom where the little one year old was sitting in her crib.

"Good morning, Tori!" Ian said as he approached the crib.

She was standing up and bouncing up and down holding onto the crib bars.

"Hi T-tori."

Viktoriya bounced up and down with her orange hair flopping up and down as she did so.

Mickey entered the room and helped get her out of the crib. She went tottering around the room for a minute as her dads and her brother chased her around until finally Ian said that it was time for breakfast and that they needed to get the show on the road.

They had a breakfast of cereal and toast and at eight o'clock they headed out for school.

Ian and Mickey drove to the school and parked in the back and then went into the school with Mickey carrying Tori.

When they arrived at the classroom, all the kindergarteners were sitting on the colored mat in their assigned spots.

"Hello, Mr. and Mr. Milkovich!" Yev's school teacher said as she approached them.

"Hi!" Ian said as Yev went to go hang his coat up in his cubby. "Sorry that we had to bring Tori, we couldn't get anyone to watch her for us."

The teacher smiled and waved at Tori, "Oh, it's no problem."

Mickey looked at Tori, "Tori? Can you say hi?"

"Hi." She waved her hand and smiled.

"Hi, Tori." The teacher said as he gave Viktoriya a high five. "Alright, I guess that you can go one at a time. Just stand in the front of the room and I'll introduce you." Ian nodded and the teacher stood in front of the class, "Alright, guys. These are Yevgeny's dads. Can you all say hi?"

All the kids said hello and waved.

Ian decided to go first and Mickey sat on the carpet next to Yev with Viktoriya in his lap.

"Hi, guys. I'm one of Yevgeny's dads. You can call me Ian. So, I'm here to tell you about my job today." Ian said as he sat on a small chair in front of the kids. "I used to work as a paramedic. So when anyone got hurt, I'd come in my ambulance and help them by taking them to the hospital. But, now I stay at home with Yevgeny's little sister and write books."

A small boy raised his hand and then said, "Have you ever seen someone die?"

Ian swallowed and cast a glance at Mickey and then responded, "Yes. I have."

A girl then raised her hand and said, "What did they die from?"

"They were sick." Ian said, keeping it short and to the point, not lying about what could happen.

Yevgeny then shouted, "He was also in the army!"

The kids looked at him with a look of awe, "Yes. I was in the army for a while."

"Did you shoot anyone?" A boy asked.

"No." Ian said getting uncomfortable.

The teacher then butted in, "Alright. Alright. Class we don't ask questions like that. Now say you're sorry to Yevgeny's dad."

"Sorry, Yev's dad." The kids said in unison.

"It's okay."

Ian went back and sat on the carpet and took over holding Viktoriya as Mickey went up to the front of the room.

He sat down on the tiny chair uncomfortably, "Hi. I'm Yevgeny's other dad. You can call me Mickey. I work at place where I take care of dead people." The classes faces fell. "I make sure that they look good. And I plan parties to celebrate their lives."

A girl raised her hand, "Do you touch dead people?"

"Yes. I do. But I wear special gloves."

A boy raised his hand, "Do you kill people?"

Mickey chuckled, "No. I do not kill people. They are already dead when I see them."

There were several more questions and finally Ian and Mickey grabbed Viktoriya and left the school.

"See Mickey, I told you you wouldn't fuck up." Ian said as he drove Mickey to work.

Mickey nodded, "It wasn't all that bad."