Miracle held Kathy's hand as she walked with her. Since her Daddy left, her and Kathy had become more closer. In the same way that her parents were.
They were mates. They shared their first kiss together. Spent more time together. Miracle was very protective of the youngest pup, let no harm come to her. She was happy that Kathy was her mate. She didn't want to grow apart from her.
"Your Mama will be back home today." Kathy said.
"Yeah, I missed him so much. Daddy said there are still some things they need to work on together, but he said Mama is looking forward to seeing us again."
"I'm glad he is safe. I was worried about him myself."
They arrived back at Mirale's home, seeing that her parents were there waiting. She ran up to her Mama, giving him a hug.
"Mama!" The pup cried out. "I'm so glad you're back home."
"Miracle..." Dean whispered, stroking her hair. "I remember you. My first pup."
"You forgot about me?"
Dean looked away, feeling ashamed. "I'm sorry...just so much has happened...I didn't mean to forget about you." He hugged the pup closer to him. "I love you, Mira. I promise I'll get better."
"I know you will, Mama."
"And when I do, you and Tommy will move in with me to a new home."
"Huh?" She pulled away from him. "You're...leaving Daddy?"
"All I can remember is bad memories of him. I can't stay with an alpha I'm fearful of."
"Miracle, Mama's just going through a lot. He needs to talk to someone, a psychiatrist. This will be the same again."
Miracle hoped that her Daddy was right. She didn't want to see Dean leave Roman. They were made for each other. It broke her heart hearing her Mama talk about wanting to being fearful of him. That mean, scary alpha, Sami, must have put him through so much torture, lied to him about how things really were.
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Dean was sitting in the rocking chair with Tommy in his arms. The little pup was sucking on his breast, trying to get some milk out of him. Roman watched as Dean fed their youngest. He knew Tommy was supposed to be fed from the bottle, but Dean and him needed a few moments like this together.
Since Dean had been back home today, he had been distant towards the youngest. He seemed to only remember Miracle, because he had more memories of him and her together, but not a whole lot of Tommy. Roman didn't understand why Dean was acting this way. Their little baby meant so much him.
Dean held onto the little pup, unsure of what to do or say to him as he fed him. He knew this pup was his own, but for some reason he felt detached from him. He wanted to try and comfort the little guy when he started crying, but his hands felt frozen, just resting on the pup's back.
"Here. Let me take him." Roman said, taking Tommy from him and placing him in the crib. "Why are you acting so distant towards him, Dean?"
"Please...not now. Can we just go to bed? I'm so tired."
"Alright, love. I'm just worried because you were so attached to him, always spoiled him with your love." Roman came up behind him, kissing the back of his neck. "Kathy is spending the night. Miracle wants her to."
"Alright. She told me that Kathy is her mate."
"Yeah, she is. They're meant to be. Just like you and me."
Dean didn't say anything. He didn't know what to believe. Roman kept telling him that he was his true mate, that Sami was lying to him. He was still very fearful of him and thought that he could be trying to lie to him. Just being around Roman gave him a nervous feeling, one that he wasn't just going to ignore. Though, there was also a part of him that kept trying to remember some distant memories. It was all a blur to him.
Roman led him to their bedroom. They both changed into their night clothes. Dean felt a bit uncomfortable changing in front of him, not wanting the alpha to see him this way. He pulled the sheet around himself, making sure he was covered up.
Roman laid on the bed, looking up at him expectantly. "Come to bed, baby."
"Don't call me that. And do you promise you won't try anything?"
"I won't. Not until you're ready. But please, just let me hold you."
"O-okay..." He got into the bed, making sure to stay far away from Roman, without falling off the bed. He felt the alpha snuggle up closer to him, wrapping his arms around him. He tensed up for a bit, afraid that he might do something but he didn't.
He whispered some comforting words to him, trying to help him not be scared. To relax. He was able to, laying a hand upon his, the one that rested on his bump.
"I can feel her kicking inside you."
"Yeah." Dean yawned. "She can sense your presence."
"Do you think I'll be a good father to her? Will she even see me as that?"
Dean didn't know the answer to that question. But in that moment he could feel some sort of connection to Roman. One that was out of love, not from fear. Maybe he was telling the truth? Maybe he would recall a memory that was lost to him, that would bring him close to him again.
"That would be nice..." He whispered to himself, feeling his eyes growing heavy and falling asleep in the arms of the alpha. Roman kissed his faced, the moonlight through the window shining down upon it.
"My beautiful. My forever. Sweet dreams, Dean. I promise to be here. When you wake up."