A/N: Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh… It's been awhile. A long while. Longer than it should've have been. So you all probably have wondered and feared if this fic is dead. The answer?

I'm not really sure. It depends on how much you guys what to see this go. Enough about the fic though, what about me, what have I been doing?

Not much, really.

I've wanted this chapter to come out WAY earlier than this. I just… couldn't bring myself to finish it. A lot of things have happened. Let's start from the top:

1. I started another semester at college. Don't worry, I gave up doing trying to go a month ago.

2. Destiny 2. Not much explaining needed there.

3. My brother and I had a falling out. You see, I'm a triplet (not identical). My brothers mean the world to me. I've never really felt like I was alone whenever they were around. They are my best friends, and the people I look up to the most. So, when my brother decided he wanted to move out, I didn't know how to feel about it.

Eventually the day came in August when he decided to move. To keep a long story short, the cops were involved, and my brother has moved away. It could've gone better.

I haven't heard from him in months.

Apparently he changed his number without telling me or the rest of my family, and didn't take his phone with him when he left. I have his old phone, not sure if he has one right now. I miss him.

Enough about me.

I've had bad writers block ever since my brother left. I just can't seem to focus on what to do.

What you are going to read is really only half of what this chapter is supposed to be, and I'm disappointed with it. I would try to make it better and longer, but that might take too much time. I've already disappointed most of you with how long the wait has been.

So this is what I have to show for two months of absolutely doing nothing.

Won't hold you any longer, back to what you all came for.

Hit the lights.

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Thanks for coming on such a late notice, Nathan. I-I mean, I would've picked a better time but-

It's fine, don't worry about it Em. I always have time for you.

(Awkward Silence)

So...

So, what are we doing inside a coffee shop, anyway?

Well... I just thought it'd set the mood.

What mood?

Nevermind. I just... wanted to talk.

About what?

Well, I'm not really sure. I mean, I thought I knew what I was going to say when I got here...

Take your time.

Well, I'll just start from the beginning then... I'm not sure how to really do something like this. I mean, I've never really had…

Coffee?

A friend. A real friend that I could depend on.

A friend?

Yeah.

What about a friend?

You remember when we first met, right? When I bumped into you around that corner in the library?

Of course I do, it wasn't THAT long ago. Your face was as red as it could've been. What about it?

I think about that day a lot. Maybe a little too much.

What about that day?

...Do you believe in fate? Destiny, and all that?

Not really. Why?

Ever since that day I've had this… feeling.

Feeling?

I'm not sure how to describe it. The reason I brought up fate was because I think it might have something to do with it.

So what, you think it was fate that we were going to meet?

I-I mean, I'd like to think so… The thought of me never meeting you, never getting to know you… scares me.

Why? What's this all about?

I wasn't in a good place before we met. I've told you about that before.

Are you afraid of what might've happened if you hadn't met me?

Yeah. I… I just want you to know it means... so much to me to have you in my life. So, so much. I know I can never make it up to you...

You don't owe me a thing, Em. That's what friends are for, to be there for each other when we need it.

Is… is that all we are?

What do you mean?

I mean… are we always just going to be friends? We can't ever try to be… more?

More?

...Do I really have to say it out loud?

Wait, you don't mean…

That's exactly what I mean! I… I like you. Like a lot. Maybe a little too much…

You do?

Of course I do! Ever since that day, I had a… crush. A big one… It only got worse the more of you I saw. When you offered to come over to help me with the homework that one day, I knew… I just knew you had to be the one. Every since then, the way I feel has only gotten stronger.

Why me though? What not someone else?

How could I not? You were the only one who thought I was worth something. Every time I've stumbled and fallen down, you were always there for me. You may not think what you've done matters, but it did to me. All of it.

I'm… not sure what to say.

Me neither. That's why I wanted to ask you. Do you feel it too? That burning, aching feeling in your chest whenever we are together?

...Always.

...Well… What do you think we should do?

I don't really know. Maybe a date?

A-a date?

Gotta start somewhere, right? How about the movies?

I'd like that. A lot.

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My head hurts.

Where was he anyway? The bed was too firm and itchy compared to his back home. He tried to open his eyes and move, but he could barely move anything, much less twitch. What had happened to him?

He remembered the fire. Oh yeah, that happened.

Was everyone okay? What about that… thing he saw inside the building? What was it? He needed to find out.

He grunted and tried to open his eyes, but felt so weak. His hands felt raw, and his entire body was sore. Not to mention he had the worst headache he'd had in a few years.

"Ugh…" Nathan managed to struggle out of his parched throat.

While he struggled to move again, he felt a pressure on top of his chest and body. What was that? His eyes finally obeyed his commands and opened, and lo and behold who else could it be but Fenra on top of him. Figures.

His hound was snuggled into him tightly, her snoring pressing her chest against him. How long had she been there with him?

"Well well, it's about time you woke up." He saw Crowley standing in the doorway. Gwen was sitting in the room too, reading a book.

Gwen was alerted to Crowley's response to him, and quickly put the book down.

"Milord, your finally awake!"

Nathan coughed. "Uh, hi Gwen."

A beautiful smile appeared on the dragon's lips. "Nice to see your finally awake."

"Awake? What do you.. Wait a minute. Crowley, how long have I been out for? Where are we?"

Crowley stepped into the room and fold his arms. "Just a few days now. You're in a hospital."

Nathan groaned and his head fell back into the pillow. "A hospital? Well, that's just great. I missed work."

"I wouldn't worry about that. I told your boss what happened. Your fine."

He tried his hardest to lift his hands into view, but couldn't summon the strength on his own. He still had control of his arms, but he couldn't feel a thing in his hands. Gwen saw what he was trying to do, and helped lift his hands to view. They were entirely wrapped in bandages.

"You did a brave thing, kid. A very stupid and dumb thing. All in all though, you did good. You could've been seriously injured or killed." Crowley said in response to his bandaged hands. "If it wasn't for Gwen's and Fenra's help, you'd be dead for sure."

Nathan was still struggling to hold his hands up. "What… happened to me?"

"After you passed out, a piece of rubble landed on top of you." Gwen softly held his hands to save his energy. "Your hands got the worst of it, bad burns and damaged nerves. You'll need some help getting around until you get full control back, milord. Me and Fenra were very lucky to find you when we did."

Nathan looked over to the sleeping hound on top of him. "How long has she been here?"

"She'd never left your side since it all happened." Crowley chuckled. "We tried to reassure her that things would be okay, but she's stubborn as all hell. Not like anyone in this hospital could've told her to go away. Maybe for you though, that's a good thing."

"So how did we do?" Nathan asked. "Is that kid gonna be okay?"

"Kid's fine. The family lost most of their things in the fire, but if it wasn't for you, they would have lost a lot more than just some furniture. They came to see you while you were asleep, told me to tell you that their so grateful to you. Also, if there's anything they could do to help out, they'd try to do what they could." Crowley handed him a copy of the city's latest newspaper.

"As long as everyone's okay, that's enough for me." Nathan sighed, looking at his hands and at the newspaper.

"You're a hero, milord." Gwen said.

"A what?" Nathan responded.

She pointed out the headline on the newspaper for him. "It's what people are calling you milord, see?"

He read the headline with a frown:

CHILD SAVED FROM BURNING HOME BY RANDOM BYSTANDER

"I… I don't really feel like a hero." Nathan said.

"Most heroes don't." Gwen said as she rubbed his back with her claw reassuringly. Her claws felt good as she rubbed against his sore back.

"I just did what anyone else would have done."

Gwen gave him a encouraging smile. "But that's what makes you different, milord. Nobody else went into that building to help except for you. I've met a few people like you in my time, although they were from various centuries. You remind me of them, in a way."

"Thanks, I guess." Nathan said.

"I suppose now is a good time for me let you know about something else." Crowley stepped forward.

"Let me know what?"

"Your… uh, parents came to see you while you were gone."

Nathan felt a chill run through his body.

"They… did? Are they still here?"

Crowley shook his head. "No, they left a while ago. They said they knew you wouldn't have wanted to see them right now. They did say they were proud of you."

At least they knew what he was still going through, and knew he still needed space. He would try and get in touch with them soon, he just wasn't sure when that would be. No hard feelings involved. Soon.

"Well, thanks for letting me know. Is there anything else I missed while incapacitated?"

Crowley took his gaze over to Gwen. "There's a matter or two I need to discuss with you and Gwen."

"What would that be?" Nathan asked.

"Well…" Crowley started to speak but was cut short by the rustling of Fenra on his bed.

"Looks like our Fenra is waking up. We'll talk about it all later. Me and Gwen will leave you two alone for a moment."

"Uh, okay?" Nathan said to the two of them as they left his room. Where they went, he wasn't sure.

Fenra's soft snoring turned into yawning and stretching her body on top of him. Her eyes fluttered open and when they did they were met with Nathan's gaze back at her.

"Hey there." Nathan said with a smile.

Fenra didn't move for a second, it took her a moment to register seeing him awake. Her grip around his chest tightened and her fluffy tail beat itself against of of his legs erratically. He would have a bruise or two on his legs later.

"Pet…" She said with an ecstatic expression on her face, her head creeping up slowly to his.

"Good morning, or whatever time it is, haha."

She smiled and brought her lips close to his left ear and whispered. "I missed you… very much." She licked his ear, causing him to shudder. Chills ran down his spine. The good kind of chills.

"I… missed you too."

She kissed his ear, nibbling on it like it was her own chew toy. "How are you feeling, darling?"

He wrapped his arms around her back, although he couldn't grip her like normal. He just sort of held her limply. " I mean, it could be worse." Nathan said back.

Fenra rotated her whole body, her back lying down on his chest. She put his burnt hands into her paws and caressed them gently.

"Do they hurt? Your hands?" She said, kissing one of them on the bandage it was covered with.

"Not really, actually. I can barely feel them."

He heard her whimper softly. "I'm... just glad you're okay, love. If anything happened to you… I don't know what I'd do with myself…"

"Hey. I'm alright, thanks you and Gwen. I'm sorry I made you worry. I promise I won't do it again. I hope I can make it up to you, somehow."

Fenra stared back up at him with longing eyes. "A kiss would be nice..."

"Go right ahead." Nathan said, giving her permission to do whatever she pleased. Fenra leaned in to kiss him. Her lips and tongue were warm to the touch, almost to the point of scalding him. He could feel small moans escape from her while they kissed. She must have been waiting for a long time. She clung to him desperately, not wanting to let go and to possibly lose him again.

"Thank you, Pet. I needed that." She pecked him on his cheek. She looked so happy in his arms.

"How long have you been here with me?" Nathan asked.

"I've been right here ever since you got here. I wanted to make sure you weren't lonely or cold, so I snuggled with you as much as I could. I petted you, helped keep your body relaxed. I took care of you as best as I could."

Nathan wasn't that surprised to hear that. If Fenra had her way, she would never let him go. Never.

"You didn't give the hospital staff a hard time, did you?"

"I didn't bite anybody, if that's what you mean."

"You know," Nathan paused. "You didn't have to do all that, Fenra. You could've gone home and done whatever you wanted."

"Of course I didn't have do, I wanted to. You're my Nathan, and I'll take good care of you, no matter what happens. I… love you. So much."

She does love me, doesn't she? She was too good to him. Too good for him. He didn't deserve this, not for one second. How was he supposed to respond to this? Any of this?

"Lucky me." Nathan finally said, scooting up his head to rest his back on the wall. She sat in his lap, her back resting on his chest. Fenra tucked her legs to her chest, and wrapped both her and Nathan's arms around her knees. She swung from side to side, giggling like a little girl while he held her. Fenra liked this, very much.

"I like when you hold me, Pet. Do it more often."

Nathan chuckled. Even as cute as this was, Fenra still tried to maintain the facade of her domination. He let her have that fantasy, though. It made her happy, and that's all that really mattered.

"I promise I will. I can't really do much else, can I? Not with these messed up hands of mine." Nathan examined his hands inside of Fenra's paws. "It's gonna be awhile until I can pet you again like I used to."

"Then I'll pet you. You've take such good care of me, I should be doing the same for you even more so now."

"You would do that?"

Fenra giggled and nodded. "Of course I would. I do it all the time in your sleep. You look so cute while I pet you."

Nathan blushed a little. "I do?"

"Yeah."

Nathan hadn't done this before, but he nuzzled into her hair and sighed. She smelled so good, and her hair looked soft enough to fall into. Fenra liked it.

"So soft…" Nathan said with a heavy sigh.

"That's it…" Fenra said with a smooth tone. "Just relax, darling. I'm not going anywhere…"

He hoped that would be the case.

"I'm kinda sleepy." Nathan said.

"Then sleep, darling. I'll take care of you."

"You sure? You really don't have to."

Fenra kissed him. "Of course I do."

Nathan sighed in relief. "Okay then…"

It wasn't long before Nathan fell back to sleep, it would've been too hard to do anything else when Fenra was snuggled against him.

"Just rest now, my darling." Fenra said as she cradled him, soothing her pet in own her special way that she knew how. "I'll take care of you…"

That's all he really needed. Just someone who would take care of him. For such a long time, he felt like he was alone. He still talked to his friends every day and people he cared about all the time sure, but he still felt lonely on the inside. Fenra fixed that for him, as she knew exactly what that felt like. She would do whatever it would take to please him, for her love to be reciprocated.

Not like that was going to be an issue. It was clear to Fenra that her darling Nathan cared more deeply for her than he would ever admit out in the open. She knew it. He may never say exactly what he felt, but when she stared into his dull blue eyes, she saw the care and affection in him that she craved for so long.

She took one of his hands, and carefully used it to rub and pet her own head. His touch soothed her anxiety, and her fears. The main reason she loved to be held and petted was her own low self esteem and insecurity. Ever since she was a little puppy, she felt like she never was good enough for her family or her friends. They would always expect more of her than she could put out, and her family always doted on the other kids in the litter besides her.

It put her in a bad place for a long time. Every other day it seemed she would sit in her room depressed and would cry for hours into her pillow. All she had ever wanted was for someone to love her for what she was, and who she was. Not some standard to live up to. It was one of the reasons she left her family and tribe in the first place. Sure, they cared for her in their own way, but that wasn't what she needed. She needed someone special in her life. Someone that she could love and care for, and that would give her the exact same in return.

Nathan was everything and more that she could have ever hoped for. He didn't care that she was monster, or that she wasn't as pretty as normal girls in her eyes. Nathan saw her as a person first, and a hellhound second. Every moment she spent with him was the happiest she had ever been in a long time. She didn't deserve such love and affection, it was too sweet and warm for what she was. She was selfish, and possessive, Not to mention ugly.

Sometimes at night while the two of them snuggled in slumber together, Fenra would simply stare at Nathan and cry. She wanted- no, she NEEDED him so badly it hurt inside. She wanted him to love her so badly, she would do whatever it would take. Hell, even if he abused her, she wouldn't care. As long as she was with him, she was his.

She wiped a tear away from her face with his hand, and smiled sadly. "I love you. More than you could ever know."

In order to reassure himself, she started to nibble and lick at his fingers. When they would sleep together, she would do this to soothe her anxiety. He tasted so good, it was hard to stop once she started. She took one of his fingers and started to suck on it, which relaxed her greatly. His touch had finally calmed the hound to slumber, and they would remain that way for a few hours. Just the two of them.

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"So, are you sure that's what you want to do?" Crowley asked the dragon.

Gwen nodded. "I made up my mind awhile ago."

"He's not alone Gwen. He's got Fenra, and his family and friends. You don't have to overextend yourself."

"I'm just… worried is all."

He put a hand on her scaled shoulder. "When he wakes up, we both tell him the news together."

"What do you think his reaction will be?" Gwen said.

"Hard to say. Hopefully positive?"

"Maybe. Let's go check up on him."

They went back into his room, saw that he was awake, and Fenra was still asleep. He carefully was petting her, a smile painted on his face. Crowley cleared his throat.

"Hate to interrupt, but we got some business to discuss. Me and you business."

Nathan looked up and nodded. "Well, you have my attention, shoot. What do you need this time?"

Crowley made a gesture toward Gwen. "Remember how I said that we'd try to find place for Gwen to live? Well… we've found one."

"Really?" Nathan said elated. "That's good news. Where at?"

Crowley scratched his head. "That's the thing we wanted to run by you. Gwen, if you don't mind?"

Gwen chimed in. "Remember the Peregrines, milord?"

"Uh, yeah." Nathan replied. "What about them?"

"We found their will and testament."

"So a quick hypothetical here…" Crowley said. "How would you feel about getting a mansion? Just a hypothetical."

Wait, what?

Nathan's mind went blank for a second.

"I'd probably try and wake myself up from the dream. What exactly are you two getting at?"

"They left Gwen the entire house, land, and fortune. It's hers."

Nathan's mouth was agape. "Oh, w-wow… That's um…"

"But Gwen can't remain there on her own, so she wanted to ask you something."

"Okay, what then?"

"Would you and Fenra like to move in with me, milord?"

I got nothing.

"Um, sorry I-I must have heard you wrong. You didn't just say…"

"I did, milord. It would be my pleasure to welcome you and Fenra into the home of my former wards."

"I couldn't possibly afford to stay there. How would we pay for it?"

Crowley raised a hand. "That's where I come in, you see."

"What do you get out of this?" Nathan asked

"Well, it just so happens that I have a few… friends of mine that need a place to stay. I've tried to keep them in the office, or at home. I just don't have the space. So if they were able to move into the house, It would be a load of my chest."

"That makes sense, I guess. What about the cost though?"

"Oh yeah. We can cover pretty much everything. Whatever we can't cover we'll leave to you to decide."

"There isn't a catch to this that I'm going to regret later, right?"

"If you think having a bunch of women is a problem for you, then maybe."

A bunch of women? Oh boy. OOOOOHHHHH boy.

"When you put it that way, it would be crazy to say no."

Gwen was glad to hear that answer, as was Crowley.

"There's plenty of space for everyone, milord. I hope you'll like living with me."

Crowley's phone buzzed and he pulled it out to see.

"Gotta run, guys. The girls back home want to hear what the good news is. We can start planning everything as soon as possible."

"Okay Crowley. Nathan said. "Tell them I'm excited to meet them all."

Crowley grinned. "I'm sure they'll like that."

Looks like the little group Nathan had was going to get way bigger.

Hopefully Fenra wouldn't get too upset.

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A/N: Yeah, this is a short chapter, I know. Not exactly what you expected, or wanted for that matter. I just need time to try and forget about my brother.

Not sure when I'll update again. Depends on how badly people want to see Nathan's story continued.

If any other you have any advice for me for the story or whatever, I'd love to hear it. The best way to reach me is on my PS4. Together we could chat about it, and help come up with better ideas.

My PSN: FyrusKasai

As always, feedback is much appreciated. I hope you guys are okay with waiting a bit longer for more. I just need time.

Keep your friends close, and your monsters closer.

Let's hope there is a next time.