AN: So, I called this "part 2" because it picks up where the last epilogue left off. So with Hank and Logan visiting :-). Got one more after this, and then we are done :-O
Epilogue 1, part 2
Quite soon after Logan and Hank arrived at Victor's place, Rae took Logan into the garden to talk to him in private.
They're seated in the garden chairs as they stare into the distance. Rae's happy with their visit.
Logan wasn't very happy when he heard about the two ferals claiming each other. And even though Hank had reassured him that it was completely consensual, Logan didn't trust it until he saw it with his own eyes so he was sure Rae was okay.
Now Logan sighs and shakes his head "Ten years ago, if only you'd listened" Logan grumbles "Then he would've never known about your existence. But no, you just had to come down and check it out".
Rae chuckles as she shoves him playfully "You shouldn't have made it so interesting for me Logan. I remember you specifically telling me to stay in my room that night and not to come down. No matter what. Word got out pretty quickly who was coming that night".
"And you just had to check out the famous Sabretooth, didn't ya?".
"Exactly" Rae winks at him.
Logan runs both hands through his thick hair as he gives her a painful look "Don't get me wrong Rae, I'm not jealous of him. We're both very old and he made some pretty good business decisions, investing wise and all that. He's always had an eye for those sort of things and now he has all this" Logan gestures his hands around at his surroundings "And I don't give a shit about that. He can have all of it. God knows he worked hard for it. But he's a bastard and always will be in my eyes. He's a bastard who has everything and now... now he even has you".
Rae scoffs out a little laugh "We couldn't really help it Logan. We are feral ma-"
"Cut the crap kiddo" he snaps. It comes out a bit harsher than he meant it. He quickly apologizes "Sorry. Didn't mean that. I mean, you can do what you want. Just be careful around him, okay?".
Rae takes a deep breath. She really wishes Logan and Victor to get along. She also wishes that Logan would just understand already. She doesn't need to be careful around Victor. If there's one person in the world she can be completely herself around, it's him. And vice versa.
She loves Victor. More than she had ever loved anything or anyone. But he doesn't get along with Logan and she really wants Logan in her life.
"I don't think he's a bastard" Rae finally replies honestly and determinedly.
Logan groans "Way I see it; he doesn't deserve you. Especially someone like you. You're kind, a heart made of gold, you treat people right. You're funny, intelligent, creative. How on earth are you his feral mate? How the fuck do you two match?".
"No offense Logan, but you guys don't spend nearly enough time together to be able to judge one another. So maybe you shouldn't be so quick to judge him. You haven't seen him in years. He might not be the exact same person you knew back then".
Logan slowly nods as he looks her over. He knows she has a point. Most of the grudges he holds against Victor, is stuff from over 20 years ago. And Logan wasn't a saint himself either.
"I like that he helped you with the serum" Logan eventually admits "At least he did that. So that's something".
Rae smiles and decides to bite her tongue. Part of the reason that Victor wanted her off the serum was the fact that he wanted to be sure they were feral mates and also because of his daughter. She wasn't gonna tell Logan that, because she really wants Logan to have as many reasons to respect Victor as possible.
"Me too" she finally replies "I love being my true self and it's thanks to him. He really helped me out".
"Yeah, well, he's no saint yet".
"He's done a lot of good lately Logan" Rae replies as she takes Logan's hand in hers "He's cutting back work time to spend time with me and Zoe. He does feral training with me. And we simply have a lot of fun together. And also; he's a great father to Zoe. He puts in a lot of effort and he puts in a lot of time. I mean, you'd have to see it in order to believe it. But he really is a great father. He's patient, gives her the right kind of attention. He's strict but fair, he never looses his temper, never snaps at her, always communicates with her. He's really very loving when it comes to her".
Logan grumbles something inaudible "And what about with you?".
Rae smiles "With me also" she replies as she thinks about how often Victor just stands behind her, or close to her, subtly touching her. Simply showing that he's near and always aware of her presence. She loves how much he wants to be near her and vice versa. She loves the touches, the whispers, the strokes, the kisses. Simply the feeling of being incredibly wanted and knowing that that would never change.
He can be degrading in the bedroom, dominant and forceful even. But they both know it's all fun and games and they both like it that way. And he always knows how far he can go and senses when she's not in the right mood. And he respects her and never wishes to hurt her, not really anyway.
Rae giggles internally when she think about how he always pulls her close, kisses her head and caresses her back after he's dominated her sexually. Like he's pulling her back to safety, to make sure she knows he loves her and it's all coming from a place of love and security.
"But he's done a lot of bad too kiddo" Logan breaks her train of thoughts.
"I know. He told me about it" Rae replies softly "But you have to understand that-" she takes a deep breath as she searches for the right words "It doesn't matter in the end. Even if he was ten times worse, I would never be able to turn away from him. We really are feral mates and it's simply impossible to be away from him".
"Do you love him?".
"Yes".
"Think he loves you?".
"I know he does".
"How do you know?".
She chuckles lightly "Mostly because I can feel it deep within me and it's quite obvious in his behavior. But also because he told me".
For a moment Logan doesn't know what to say to that. As far as he knows, Victor never loved a woman and he definitely never said those words. Not ever in his 200 years.
So perhaps this really was something.
"Half a year ago, if you would've told me that this would be my life, I would've laughed in your face" Rae starts to reminisce "I'd never thought I would willingly go work for the Sabretooth, find out he's my mate and let him claim me to stay together forever. But this is my life, and I love it. Here, in this house, with just him and Zoe. I love it".
A small but sad smile plays around Logan's lips "You're happy" he replies.
"I really am".
"Well, alright then".
A few days later
Victor's happy to be home again after 3 days. He hates being away for this long. It never feels right to leave Zoe and Rae for more than a normal work day. And he hates sleeping without his mate.
But when he comes home, he does't find her in his own bed. Whenever he leaves for an overnight business trip or for a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission, Rae likes to sleep in her own bed, closer to Zoe's room.
He quietly opens her bedroom door to witness a sight that he's witnessed several times now.
Zoe crawled up into Rae's bed who protectively put one arm around her.
He knows he doesn't need to worry about a single thing. His mate is strong as hell, a class 5 mutant just like him, and she has no enemies what so ever. And then there's her shield barriers which are impenetrable.
If anyone ever decided to come to the house while he was away to come and harm his pack, she would easily kick their asses and let no harm come to Zoe. So he wasn't that worried. He simply hated being away from her overnight.
Rae and Zoe are both asleep now and something stirs inside him when he looks at them like this. He reminds himself to fix the adoption papers in the morning.
He decides to sleep in her room as he starts to take off his clothes. He knows she likes her own room better because his room is too big for her liking and hardly decorated. She once admitted she feels a bit lonely when she sleeps in there without him. Her own room is a mite smaller and it's cozy. One would even call it romantic with all the candles, soft decorations, matching colors and art work.
He chuckles inaudibly. Officially he's still not allowed in her room because he hasn't terminated the contract yet.
It's one of the things she wanted to add to their contract before she started working for him. Back then he thought it was amusing. Frail must've thought he would do God knows what to her if that wouldn't be in the contract.
Her face is serene as she sleeps with Zoe close to her.
He carefully lifts Zoe from the bed to take her back into her own room. He doesn't mind it when Zoe sometimes crawls into their bed, but not tonight.
He notices Rae waking up now, eyeing him while he takes Zoe to her own room, carefully putting her down in her own little bed.
Afterwards he comes back and closes the in between door that connects Zoe's room to Rae's room.
He takes off the rest of his clothes.
"You're not allowed in here" she whispers as he crawls into her bed and on top of her.
"Sue me" he growls as he claims her lips lustfully and presses her tightly against him. He missed her.
Her arms snake around his neck as she hungrily answers his kiss.
"You know" she muses against his lips "Legally, I could quit this job now instead of you firing me. Because you're breaching our contract mister Creed" she teasingly whispers against his lips.
He growls something inaudible as he claims her lips once more.
There's something different about him this night. He's aroused but he's not demanding or dominating. He's not rough or playful either.
And even though his usual behavior gets her wet for him within a split second, there is just something about him now. She likes how slow and gentle he is with her this time.
He kisses her deeply and more passionately than ever. His hands roam her body carefully and agonizingly slow. He hardly speaks and it seems to take forever until he finally moves her legs apart, sliding into her, moaning her name for the first time, but then over and over again.
He takes his time and never hurries his pace. Slowly moving in and out of her. Kissing her neck, her face, her hair. Sometimes opening his eyes just to look at her enchanting face.
After he climaxes inside her, he pulls her against him and slowly starts to drift off without saying a word. She feels like asking him if something is wrong. He was very different.
Not that she didn't enjoy it. On the contrary. It was a nice change from how they usually had sex, which had everything to do with dominance and pure lust. She just never thought of what they did as 'love making'.
But what they just did, was definitely that. And he initiated it.
She cuddles up to him some more and kisses his chest.
"Victor are you okay?" she whispers quietly.
He slowly opens his eyes and wraps her in his big arms as he turns to the side to look at her.
"I missed you" he finally replies.
She smiles "I missed you also".
"I really hate sleeping without you. I told S.H.I.E.L.D. I wouldn't do anymore overnight trips for them".
She kisses him again as her hand slowly caresses his chest "You didn't have to do that for me, you know that right?".
"I did it for me. I hate it. I wanna sleep here. Or, ya know, in my own bed, with you".
She chuckles "I know I'm in the wrong bed again, but when you're away I feel less lonely in this room, and closer to Zoe. Your room is very big and it feels weird without you there. And it's so empty".
A small smile plays around his lips. He likes that she misses him too when he's not here.
"Yeah, we should probably decorate it. Together. Because it's our room" he replies as he kisses her again "So, did you have a good three days?".
"Could've been better, with you here" she replies "But I got a lot of work done. My editor called this afternoon, first book is going to be published and Zoe and I went to Monkey Town twice".
He smirks. She texted him the pictures from their trip to monkey town. It made him want to be there with them.
"Sounds good. You should show me that book in the morning. I'm curious, you never show me much of your work".
"I show it once it's in a gallery or when it's sold or published".
"Yeah, but never before. Never the drafts".
She chuckles "I's not that interesting. I guessed you wouldn't wanna see that".
"Of course I wanna see it".
"Alright, I'll show some more stuff from now on. So how were your three days with S.H.I.E.L.D.?".
"Uhg" he groans "It was fine. But I'm glad it was the last time. I told them why, they couldn't believe it".
Rae laughs softly at the thought of Victor telling Nick Fury that he didn't have time to work for him so much anymore, because he had a family now.
"Well I'm glad you're back" Rae whispers as she shifts to climb on top of him. She leans forward to kiss him again, one leg at each side as she slowly starts to move on top of him "Because I really missed you".
The white sheets fall around her hips as she slowly starts to grind on top of him.
His arms make their way around her as he pulls her down to his chest "Tomorrow I'll fix the adoption papers for ya"
She smiles "Thanks you for that" she replies as she continues to move on his groin, feeling him harden underneath her.
He groans as he closes his eyes. His hands on her hips, moving with her.
"You're not gonna let me sleep are ya?" he whispers mischievously.
She moves some more, shifts a little and then slowly sinks down on his hard cock.
Bringing her hands down on his chest, she closely starts to move her hips back and forward.
"I don't wanna sleep yet mister Creed".
The next day
She's waiting at the door impatiently, tapping her foot frantically.
When she hears him pull up she instantly opens the door.
His walk from the car towards their house seems to take forever this time.
She looks him over. He's definitely carrying files in a small binder. So he must've gotten them.
"Do you have them?" she impatiently asks when he's almost at the door.
He chuckles "Of course I have them. I promised you, didn't I?".
She tries to grasps the files from his hand but he's too fast.
Holding them up into the air, he smirks down at her mischievously "Aren't you forgetting something Kitten?".
"Yeah, yeah" she quickly wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him "Now gimme, gimme, gimme!".
He laughs as he brings his hands with the files down.
She takes the files and they walk over to the living room table.
"Okay, where do I sign?" she asks as she taps her foot.
"Here" he points out several places on the documents "Here and here".
Rae quickly signs all three of them. She's excited beyond words.
"Congratulations" Victor replies as he sits back "You just officially married me".
"WHAT?!"
Her eyes are the size of tea cups, but then she sees his wicked grin.
"Just kidding Kitten".
She bursts out a laugh as she gives him a playful hove "You jerk".
He reaches for her arm and pulls her into his lap as he slowly starts to kiss his.
"That better have been a joke Victor" Rae whispers against his lips.
He's still smirking. Her reaction was priceless.
He'd promised her that he'd pick up the documents that would legally make her Zoe's mother and he did. She's too excited to think about anything else since he told her last night.
"The lawyer will be here in an hour to finish all of the paperwork. Cuz apparently we need him as some kind of notary to be our witness" Victor explains "And then we can also legally unbind you from your working contract. Meaning; I'm officially firing you for sexually harassing your boss".
Rae grins widely as she kisses him again.
"Well it was my pleasure working for you mister Creed".
"Hmm, the pleasure was all mine, I'm sure".
"Wait, is it the same lawyer that was here when we signed the employment contracts? The one that warned me about the contract?".
"Yes" Victor replies "Same guy".
"Hmm" Rae inhales deeply "Well that's gonna be a interesting conversation".
Victor chuckles and presses her tightly against him as he claims her lips once more in a searing kiss.
Rae's hand moves onto his face, softly stroking the side of his face as her other hand stays wrapped around his neck.
"Thank you for doing this" she breathes heavily as she breaks the kiss.
"What for?" he wonders.
"For making me Zoe's moms and all. I mean, I know I'm not really, you know-" Rae takes a deep breath and sighs as she looks down "Not like you I mean. You are her biological parent and I'm not really, but-".
He gently places one finger under her chin and raises it, forcing her to look at him with her soft eyes.
"It doesn't matter which womb she came from Kitten. She is your daughter. She feels it and you feel it. And that's all that matters".
AN: So I have one more epilogue which I am quite excited about. Because if you remember the first chapter of this story, you know that Victor and Rae met briefly once, about 10 years ago... So I thought you guys might like to know how that meeting went ;-) I know I do!