Fatherhood was proving to be something good but not only for Chris but for the rest of his family. He had always found the other Argent's to be more fierce than he was. Not that he wasn't either, but less so and more subtle than the others. The baby bought a sense of calm for everyone, even to Victoria who showed a softer and more maternal side. He was playing with his little daughter when Victoria and Kate came into the room. He didn't even look up from Allison, he just carried on until Kate came over and took hold of her nieces hand. "Dad is actually trusting me with something," she said not looking at her big brother, "but he said I can't tell you."
"Which means it isn't anything good."
Kate rolled her eyes at her brother. He was always so instant for her to have a normal life away from the hunters, but she wanted the opposite. She wanted to be like him. A soldier instead of a leader and now she was getting the chance. "Chris. It is good. It means we get rid of more wolves meaning that Allison and any other kids we have have less of a chance becoming like us. I know you don't want her to grow up like us. It's no secret but Dad or Victoria won't let that happen. There was a reason he set up the two of you."
Even though he had married Victoria he knew that he could never love her in the way most couples did. And it wasn't her fault. She just wasn't his type but he did love her. After all they where married and now had a child that they both adored. He was about to argue more with his sister but he was cut off by the phone in his pocket demanding his attention. Handing over Allison to Kate he answered the phone and walked into the next room for a bit of privacy and so that he didn't disturb the baby. "Hello," he said almost in a question as he didn't recognise the number.
"Chris Argent? It's Peter from Howard's Hardware. You're order is in and ready for you to come and collect."
"You're calling me for my order? I was hoping it would be for the other thing you seemed interested in."
He heard a light chuckle on the phone that was a little muffled because of the telephone line. "Weren't you the one calling me forward? I can't do this now anyway, store is busy. Just come and collect before we close."
Chris agreed but even though anything hadn't been confirmed Peter, he still had a good feeling about him. That and there was just something about him that Chris found curious and interesting that he wanted to find out. Walking back into the living room he saw Victoria quietly singing to Allison to get her off to sleep and so he just stood in the doorway listening and watching, realising that this is all he wanted. Just for his family to be normal and happy without the danger of werewolves but if he spoke to any of them about it they would tell him that his work as a hunter was doing just that, as they did on the very rare times he bought it up. "What's the matter?" Victoria asked just above a whisper when she saw hew husband.
"Nothing," Chris said still smiling at the sight of his wife and his daughter, "I just think motherhood suits you, that's all."
Victoria couldn't help but give him a soft smile in return. Another rarity that he barely saw considering most of the time they spent together was hunting. "That's because I have an amazing child," she said kissing Allison's forehead.
Chris just stood in the door for a few seconds, wishing he had a camera, before he walked over and kissed his daughters tiny hand. "I have to go out for a bit. My order at the hardware store is in. Will you be okay?" Victoria just nodded in reply and placed the baby down in the Moses basket and then tucking her inso that she would be warm. Chris gave his wife a quick kiss on the cheek and then left to get his order.
When he arrived at the hardware store he saw that in the time he hung up from Peter the shop had emptied out and it was only him in there. Peter saw him come in so went to the back and got out two boxes that was Chris's order. "I thought you said it was busy tonight?" Chris asked walking over to the counter.
"It was. You see customers tend to leave the store when they have what they need. It's a new thing." Peter grinned.
There was tension between them and both could feel it. Peter more so given his wolf abilities. Not the bad kind either, almost as if they where both fighting each other's desire to take hold of the other. "This my order?" Chris said taking hold of one of the boxes.
Peter nodded. "These two boxes. I'll give you a hand with them." Before Chris could protest Peter had hold of the other box and was following Chris out to his car. They weren't heavy but he had just wanted to spend more time with Chris. Once there where both in the car boot and the boot door closed, Peter and Chris just stood under the night sky with their only light coming from the shop. "I'm just going to come out and say what we have both been thinking since the other day in the store. You are interested in me and you know I feel the same. And I mean interested as in you want to have sex with me. In case that wasn't clear." Chris was taken by surprise but didn't confirm or deny what Peter said. He was conflicted. One part of him wanted nothing more than to press his lips against his own and move his hands over his chest. The other part of him, the one he often listened to, was the one that reminded him that he was married and that he was in Beacon Hills for a reason which did not include fucking a teenager behind his wife's back. Instinctively he looked down at the wedding band on his finger not realising that it made Peter look at it as well. "Is that why you seem more off tonight?"
Chris looked up from his hand and at Peter. "I have a family," he said with his tone nothin but stern, "and I'm not going to ruin what I have." Though he was so close to taking Peter he knew the needs of his family wheee more important to a flog he wanted to have.
"Then forget about me," Peter said with a light shrug. He wasn't particularly bothered or offended by Chris but mostly because he could see that he was a good guy. "And go home to your wife." So Chris left but not before he looked back, only once, at Peter.