"Tris. Baby, I am so sorry. I should've gone with you, but I was too busy being petty and jealous. Come back to me Tris. Open your eyes, love, please."

Tris heard the voice as she started drifting back into consciousness. The voices started clearing and with a few tries, Tris succeeded in opening her eyes.

"Eric!" Tris gasped, recognizing the owner of the voice.

"I am right here baby, stay with me." His ruthless asshole personna was crumbling at hearing her first word after waking up. He had been barking orders at the medical staff the entire time she had been out.

"I am sorry. I love you Eric," she lifted her uninjured arm and stroked his cheek softly, Eric leaned into her. "I love you, Eric, so so much." Feeling her eyes get heavy again, Tris succumbed to sleep.

The four year old brunette boy ran as fast as he could. He had to reach the leadership office before…

"Kyle! Come back to the daycare right this minute or I will tell your father." Shauna, the daycare manager, yelled. She swore that boy had infinite energy and he was always up to no good.

Kyle laughed, good naturedly. If anything, his dad was the best. He only had to fear his mommy. She was very strict.

"Go ahead, Miss Shauna," he said with a smirk. "Tell my daddy."

Shauna grinned evilly and twirled her hair before yelling his mother's name.

He looked at her with his dark blue eyes wide open. Shauna knew he was baiting her with the puppy dog eyes, and just like always, she fell for it.

Seeing Shauna's expression soften, he skipped towards the leadership offices, knowing that Shauna, like always, would cover for his messes.

What he didn't know was that Shauna had become immune to his charm.

"How is leadership treating ya stiff?" Eric asked, grinning mischievously. Jumping out of her chair, Tris shoved him in a wall roughly.

"You take that back, Eric, or I swear," she yelled, knowing he was trying to get on her nerves.

"How's the presentation for Jeanine going?" he asked coolly, knowing she was hot headed and angered easily.

"Why can't you do it," she whined. "You were Erudite born and raised. I'm sure you can make a crappy presentation about garbage bags and Jeanine will look at you like you are some genius who invented a flying machine."

"Hmmm. Giving up already stiff?" Eric smirked and he swore he saw steam coming out of her ears.

"I am not a stiff!" she retorted hotly, shoving him once again.

The office door opened and Max peeked in. "Are you kids behaving?"

"Maaaaax! Tell him to stop calling me stiff. I transferred to Dauntless and ranked first. I am not a stiff anymore!" she whined, hoping she would get Max's favour since she was his favorite junior leader.

Chuckling, Max pulled her away from Eric and said, "Eric stop calling Tris a stiff. She was first ya know. And she has completed her leadership training two weeks faster than you."

Tris smirked at a huffing Eric. "You are my stiff," he grumbled, but she had heard him.

"Then I will call you Nose since I am stiff," Tris retorted, loving Eric's resulting growl. Damn! That was sexy. Do it again, Eric. she thought, her mind going to how they christened her office when she became a leader.

"Coulters, behave!" Max yelled before rolling his eyes and walked out of their office.

Eric and Tris laughed at his retreating form. He had the honour of walking in on them after they came back from their honeymoon duried said christening.

"So, where were we, Tris?" Eric whispered in her ear, pushing her roughly in a wall and drawing a moan from her. She loved being treated roughly by tangled her fingers in his hair and pulled his mouth to hers, their hands groping each other.

The door squeaking open had escaped their attention, which was solely focused on undressing each other. "Mr and Mrs Coulter!" a female voice yelled, and they quickly pulled away, fixing their clothes. Eric cursed under his breath.

They turned around to see an amused Shauna standing there. Kyle was with her as well, his face buried in Shauna's shirt.

"Can we help you?" Eric asked, irritated, not noticing Kyle.

"Yes," Shauna replied sassily. "You see, Kyle over here dumped a bucket of ice and cold water on Zeke."

Eric crouched down and opened his arms and Kyle quickly made his way in his father's arms to avoid his mother's wrath.

Just as expected, " Kyle Eric Coulter! Did you really do that?" Tris barked, unable to see his face thanks to Eric.

"Baby, this seems kinda big. Did you do this on your own?" Eric asked, whispering softly, stroking his brown hair. He had always been the best friend Kyle could ask for and on some rare occasions, a partner in crime for his son's pranks.

"Uncle Uri did it all. I just dumped the bucket. It was hilarious daddy, you should see it on the footage. He's still looking for me." Kyle giggled and Eric stifled a chuckle, knowing he would've loved to witness the sight of a dripping wet and pissed off Zeke.

"Listen closely buddy, I believe you already know that you are in a lot of trouble, right?" She asked her son who gave her a small nod, afraid of being put on time out again. He hated time outs, and Tris used them whenever he was acting out of line.

"After I finish my work, we will be having a chat. Got it?" Tris said to Kyle sternly. Their son gave a small "Yes mommy" before she turned to Shauna.

"You don't mind waiting for a minute, do you? I will make it up to you," she promised her friend who smiled and nodded.

Turning back to Eric she added in a seductive voice. "As soon as I finish my chat we can lock this office door for a few hours, wouldn't you like that?" She said, trying to get Eric to let her deal with their son's escapade in the most convincing way. Knowing the bond he shared with his son, Tris knew that Eric would always let him get away with anything, which was why she had to put her foot down.

Eric's eyes widened at the suggestion, and Kyle rolled his eyes, knowing he would lose his father's support if he fell for his mom's tricks. Picking Kyle in his arms, Eric stood and stalked towards the office door. With a determined look he flipped Tris the bird and ran, her footsteps telling him he was in trouble.

"Let's go see Zeke," Eric suggested and Kyle nodded, loving the feel of his daddy carrying him. Eric always treated Kyle like his own, despite the fact that he was a splitting image of Tobias Eaton. He didn't care at all. He just knew that he loved his wife and son and they loved him just as much. It was more than enough for him.

He picked his pace and sprinted full speed, enjoying Kyle's laugh as Tris yelled at both of them to come back. There was only one thing he could do at that moment.

He laughed at his pregnant, furious wife.

I hope this was worth the wait and you guys enjoyed reading it, just as much as I enjoyed writing it (the ending basically). First attempt at writing angst and being the hopeless romantic I am, I gave them a happy ending.

Thank you so much Michaela18 for being my Eris smut professor XD I love her fanfics. Full of so much Eris romance and smut ;)

I am eternally grateful to my awesome and sweet beta dragonmaster65 who not only provided beta skills, but encouragement and walkthrough for my first ever participation in an AO3 exchange :D Check out her profile for a lot of fanfics of a variety of fandoms. She's amazing!

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Next chapter of Defection to Abnegation will be coming soon :D

Wishing you all a very successful, comfortable, healthy and Merry Christmas 2020 and so many more :3