Tyler had decided to spend the night at Damon's. His vampire lover had been so tired be'd been shaking from exhaustion. When he woke up to the sun streaming in the windows, it was also to a warm vampire sprawled across his chest.

Gently he picked up the dog-tags on his chest and looked at them.

Damon Salvatore, Mystic Falls

Damon had given them to him, saying that if he was going to walk around with brand on his neck, then Tyler was as well. Tyler thought the pride he was filled with for being allowed to wear Damon's Civil War tags was slightly ridiculous.

With a sigh and rumbling stomach he headed downstairs for some breakfast.

"Where is Damon?" Stefan asked as he put his cup down.

"Showering," Tyler replied, "Man, drink up. I can smell it from over here," he said and sat down on the stool by the counter.

"Not weirded out by it then," Stefan said and offered him some real coffee.

"Yeah..." he said and accepted the steaming hot cup. "Not too much detail, but enough to know what's going on..." he said. "He told me about Vicky."

"Most people would be running for the hills..."

"I'm not most people. Vicky... with the way she lived she's better off dead..."

"That's one way of putting it..." Stefan said. "I... Damon was furious when Caroline decided she would stay with you during the full moon..."

"Yeah, he told me..."

"She's his Childe... he cares for her. And he's my brother... and as surprised as I am... he loves you. You break his heart and I will kill you. I will rip your heart out, literally. I broke our father neck for putting his hands on Damon, don't you for a second believe I'm above doing the same to you." Stefan was surprised by the viciousness of his own warning.

Tyler just nodded and turned to the doorway as he heard Damon coming down the stairs.

Damon walked over to Tyler and gave him a good morning kiss. God, he loved the taste of him. He pulled away, but found strong arms wrapped around him. "Hey !" he yelped in surprise as Tyler yanked him up to straddle him, and deepened the kiss.

"Oh god," Stefan groaned, "you know what? Never mind. I'd forgotten how nauseating Damon in love is..." he said and sipped his blood.

"You're amorous this morning," Damon breathed.

"Hm," Tyler hummed and kissed him again.

"Hi guys -" Jeremy greeted as he came in the door with Bonnie, Caroline and Alaric.

"Hi Jer -" Tyler mumbled against Damon's lips.

"We made fajitas," Elena said, coming into the kitchen. "Let's eat in the living room." It wasn't really breakfast food, but she knew Damon had grown fond of Mexican food lately, and she had been a bit testy with him over the Tyler thing for a while. Although she had chided Stefan thoroughly for trying to eavesdrop. She put the hot plates down on the table next to the vegetables and salad and went to fetch the dip and salsa.

"So what's up?" Jeremy asked.

Tyler and Damon exchanged glanced. Tyler smirked proudly and Damon blushed. Stefan arched a brow as his brother turned pink.

Stefan never thought his brother was even close to feminine, even now, but he'd be blind not to see how he'd mellowed. There moments between him and his lover were special. The way Damon trusted Tyler so completely that showing himself as anything other than his hard arsed self did not seem to be an issue.

"Damon, are you okay?" Stefan asked. "You've been ill -"

"I'm not sick," Damon said and fiddled with Tyler's fingers.

"Then what?"

Damon looked up at Tyler with questioning eyes. Tyler kissed Damon's temple and spoke steadily, "We're heaving a baby."

Alaric blinked, "Sorry - I thought you said you're having a baby...?"

Tyler nodded, nearly bursting with pride. He kissed Damon's temple again, his thumb rubbing against the new soft scar tissue on his neck where Tylers teeth had sliced through the soft flesh like hot knives through butter.

"We are," Damon confirmed quietly. Even though Tyler made him feel safe, the drama of the previous day had taken its toll, and he was still feeling shaky.

"I did the spell several times," Bonnie spoke up.

"And not to mention all the regular pregnancy tests," Elena muttered under her breath.

Stefan just shook his head, shocked, "So... how far along..."

"About thirteen weeks," Damon said.

"But you're not showing," Jeremy spoke up, eyeing the other man curiously.

Damon scowled, "I am, just no that much... thankfully."

Tyler just sat back, his inner wolf brisling with pride and contentment.


"I don't see why we have to go," Damon muttered.

"Because they have your results," Tyler replied, "Bonnie could only tell if you're pregnant or not. She couldn't tell if it's perfectly healthy -" he paused as the door opened and the doctor entered with a clipboard in her hand.

"I don't really understand how this had come about, but I assure you, we've run as many tests as we had blood for - about seventeen, and they all came up with the same result," the doctor said with an anxious expression on her face.

Tyler nodded and gave Damon's hand a gentle squeeze, "And what were the results?"

"Uh..." she hesitated, "It.. they say that Mr. Salvatore... is pregnant."

Damon just sighed and nodded. He gave a small smile as Tyler kissed his hand.

"You don't look very surprised," the doctor said. Tyler couldn't tell is she was just perplexed or disappointed at their lack of reaction.

"Well, we..." Damon but his lip, "Kinda figured it out already."

"Okay... We need to do some more tests, scans and such, to figure out how this is possible -"

"No," Tyler said and shook his head, "We know everything we need to know, and Damon's isn't about to become a lab-rat."

The doctor sighed, "That was not my intention. I can only guess this will be a high risk pregnancy... if it's real at all. You need a doctor."

"We will probably not be living in Mystic Falls for very long, doc. We'll get an attending when we relocate," Damon said and slipped down from the examination table.

"Well, according to your blood tests, you're about thirteen weeks along. You are over due for your first scan."


Tyler and Damon left the hospital hand in hand as they walked, with the sonograms in their hands. Damon let a smile grace his face as the sun shone down on them. "Is that a smile?" Tyler teased.

Damon just grinned and let Tyler rest an arm around his shoulders, but held on to his fingertips. "Yes," Damon quipped. He felt much more at ease now. Tyler forcing him to do the exam and thus confirming that the baby was perfectly healthy had eased a burden he hadn't known he was carrying until it was gone.

"Still scared?"

"Yes," he replied, "you know we'll have to tell your parents..."

"I really don't know how well that will go down," Tyler said.

"It doesn't really matter," Damon said, "They have to know..."

Tyler quickly realised that this was not a fight he would win and just nodded. his parents would find out eventually anyway. There wasn't really much he could do about it. I'll call my mom tonight. Dinner in a few days sound okay for you and the little one?"

Damon just rolled his eyes.


Tyler dialled his mom and waited patiently for her to pick up.

"Tyler?"he heard his mom's voice on the other end.

"Hey mom," he replied, "look, uh... Damon and I have something to tell you and dad... so I wondered if we could catch up for dinner at some point? In a couple of days perhaps?"

"Oh dear, are you both alright?"she asked, worried.

"Yeah mom, we're fine, we just... we need to talk."

"Okay sweetheart. Is Saturday alright with you?"

"Yeah, Saturday is fine," he replied quietly.

"Honey, are you sure you're alright? You sound quiet-"

"Damon's asleep, mom. That's why I'm being quiet," he explained softly.

"If you're sure," she said, "I'll see you on Saturday then."

"Yeah mom, bye." Tyler sighed and disconnected the call. He shook his head and made himself comfortable on the bed, smiling as Damon curled around him, and went to sleep.


A/N and what chapter have we reached now? This is so weird, I actually see an end in sight. Tho, im sure you'll be happy to know it might just be more than just 2-3 more chapters. Apparently my muse had more to say!