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Chapter 3-Ryder Hugh

Ethan convinces Danny to finally adopt/have a baby with him

It was some time (nearly a good six months) after Spencer was born that Ethan brought up the subject that had been building and festering on his mind to Danny.

They had moved in together, a small mid-floor apartment that had enough room to sling a cat together really. The big double bed with its black headboard and its thick duvet that meant Danny and Ethan could snuggle in on cold mornings that made them feel like teenagers again.

It was on one of these days in mid-December when the snow was thick on the ground where Ethan was spooning with Danny cuddled tightly within the warmth that was his fiancé's arms.

Because yes, just last night his beautiful, perfect, sensational mate had agreed to marry him. Ethan was pretty sure that he had taken up residence on Cloud 9 and wouldn't be departing anytime soon.

So when the going was so good, Ethan thought it was time to mention the conversation that he had secretly been planning to have ever since the birth of his nephew.

"Do you think" he said drawing patterns on the forearm that was wrapped around him "about us having children?" from behind him Danny pressed his chin to the top of his head before turning so he was facing Ethan forcing him to look at him, their legs tangling together.

"You want kids?" he asked his voice coloured with surprise and Ethan nodded, desperately trying to cover up his eagerness with some meagre display of nonchalance. Danny sat up brushing back his hair with his hands before sighing heavily.

"I don't know" he said and with that he stood up and left the room leaving Ethan feeling cold.

And if he cried a little into his pillow-well that was strictly between him.

"Oh he wants kids" Jackson said with all the bluntness of something on fire to Ethan nearly two weeks after that conversation. Ethan had been striving to achieve normality but it had been harder than he had thought now he knew that he and Danny weren't on the same page.

Oh he still loved him, still wanted (needed) to be with him but he felt cold at the idea that maybe they didn't want the same thing.

"Are you sure?" he asked miserably. He had been sat in the Pack house having just come off patrol and was stirring a spoon into his coffee when Jackson took pity on him.

"Oh trust me I'm sure" Jackson said taking a big gulp from his can of Red Bull "Danny's big on the whole idea of family, trust me his own makes the Walton's look good. Whatever the hell has been shoved up his arse it has nothing to do with whether or not he wants children"

At Ethan's rather forlorn expression he sighed and rolled his eyes long suffering "Ask him" he said throwing his jacket on "Danny's a straightforward guy if you ask him he'll probably be honest with you"

Later that night Ethan was a bundle of nerves waiting for Danny to come home from the sports shop he half owned with Jackson (the idea being Danny's and the money being Jackson's) and that employed Liam and Brett.

When the door slammed shut and he heard his fiancé's groan resounding all the way from the small kitchen "I hate it" he said stomping into the room "When I am the only sane one in that damn shop" at Ethan's quizzical look he elaborated "Jackson was in a mood all day because Lydia is apparently going out on some date with some guy she's just met and Brett and Liam are still in that 'just mated-don't have a care in the world can't keep our hands off each other stage', it was like the personified description of hell"

Ethan chuckled letting his boyfriend snuggle down next to him. It took him about five minutes of internal wrangling to force out the words but he did.

"Hey can I talk to you about something?" he took the sign of Danny's nod as a rather good thing "I want kids" he said finally twisting his fingers together before the words just poured out of him in a jumbled mess "I really want kids Dan you have no idea, and I'm not sure that you do but then Jackson said that you did and I don't know what to think just please don't leave me!" he rushed feeling rather desperate.

Danny blinked before linking Ethan's hand with his own. "Of course I won't leave you stupid-I love you but kids…" he trailed off before starting again "I love the idea of a family with you Ethan I do…but…what's gonna happen if someone makes fun of it for having two gay parents or how will it handle the crazy… I don't think I could stand it if our child hated us".

Ethan laughed unable to control himself "it won't" he said clinging to Danny's hand "All it will care about is that it'll have two parents that love it no matter what"

Danny snorted but cuddled back into Ethan's side.

It was an impasse of sorts.

It was nearly a week later when the conversation finally came to a head.

"Please Eth" Aidan pleaded holding out a squirming Blake in his arms "Just a couple of hours please! I need to try and get this car finished for Derek and Allison's at work all day and I can't…"

"Yeah, Yeah" Ethan said cutting across his brother with an exasperated sigh "Don't worry I got this" he pulled a tired Blake out of his arms and onto his hip "He'll have a great time at Uncle Ethan's just go do what ya gotta do"

When Danny came home again irritated with his loved up and foul mouthed colleagues it was to see a sight that surprisingly warmed his whole body.

It was Ethan with a sleeping Blake, sat on the couch watching what looked like cartoons. There was a small smile on his face and as Danny looked at that smile it seemed like everything was coming together. He wasn't afraid of himself anymore.

"Let's have a kid" he said smiling his eyes wide and loving and Ethan's face turned so sharply that he was surprised his neck didn't crack "Yeah?" he asked a smile lighting his face and Danny's face melted "Yeah" he said-God he'd adopt a million babies if each time his fiancé would look at him and smile like that.

Ethan grinned his eyes watering unable to move due to the weight of his sleeping nephew so Danny moved to the other side of him to link his hand and let him lean his head against his knee.

"Ok" he whispered "Let's go adopt a baby"

It was at least another two weeks before they eventually pulled up at the small and virtually unfindable house on the border of the town next to Beacon Hills. There was according to Derek a small orphanage for most of the supernatural creatures in the whole state of California, and apparently bigger ones in other states.

"Lupus" Danny read seeing the sign "Oh how appropriate" he sighed getting out the car and linking his hand with Ethan for moral support.

"So" said a cheerful woman whose nametag identified her as Maria "You guys are the ones that made an appointment?" at Danny and Ethan's nod she smiled "Cool, Ok so this is how it works, you just go through the double doors where the kids are playing, some will come up to you some wont, just stay completely calm remember you don't have to make any decisions today"

Ethan swallowed and Danny gripped his hands a little bit tighter "Forward March" he said shortly before pulling Ethan into the room.

The first impression was that it was filled with small children. They ranged from about one to seven and were all playing in small groups with a range of different toy. There was only one playing with what looked like a single blue teddy bear. He was talking to it softly his button mouth and nose scrunching adorably and his tuft of dark black hair standing out in startling contrast with his pale skin.

Ethan moved really before he had realised dragging Danny with him.

"Hey little man" he said plopping himself on the floor next to the boy who looked up his wide dark eyes guarded. "You having any fun?"

The boy shrugged "I talk to him" he pointed at the bear with his finger "I don't really want any friends other than him"

Ethan blinked at the response. He had expected something slightly more different coming out of the mouth of a four year old. "That's cool" Danny said cutting over Ethan's shock wonderfully "I'm Danny and this is Ethan" he said and the boys eyes widened "Are you too mated?" he asked and Ethan chuckled "Yeah we are, and what's your name little guy?"

"Ryder" he said carefully "I'm called Ryder Hugh" he shrugged "I can't really remember my last name" he whispered and Danny smiled "That's Ok," he bent low to whisper conspiringly "When I was little I couldn't remember my last name either"

Ryder grinned showing perfectly formed dimples. And for the rest of the meeting the more pathetic the reasons Danny had for not adopting him seemed.

"We should adopt him" Ethan said for the sixth time later that night. Danny grinned back "I know babe" he said "That's why we told both him and Maria that not six hours ago" Ethan grinned back "I know but he's so perfect Danny I wanted to scoop him up and never let him go…" he paused "Do you think that he'll like us?" he asked and Danny sighed pressing a kiss to the back of Ethan's hand "Well he didn't seem to have any problems with the idea of not being adopted by us. He seemed really excited."

Later that week, Maria dropped Ryder off for the day so that he could become accustomed to his new surroundings. She had explained that Ryder's old pack including his parents had all been killed by hunters and he had been the only one left alive due to him being in day-care when it had happened.

They were helping Danny paint Ryder's new room, he had chosen the colour-a bright blue that had matched the teddy bear he had still refused to let go off and had jumped much to Ethan's concern and Danny's amusement on the bed until he had declared it comfortable enough to sleep on.

"Danny" came the loud yell of Jackson and Danny winced as Ryder immediately ran round to the back of Ethan hiding between his leg. Ethan in response picked up the four year old and let him press his face into his shirt.

"Jack not the time man" Danny hissed as his best friend slammed into the room looking furious "if this is about Lydia it can wait."

"What? Why?" Jackson whined before he realised that Ryder was still clinging to Ethan like a limpet "Oh…" he trailed off before shrugging and brightening "Well no time like the present" he said "Kid needs to meet his cool Uncle Jackson"

Danny rolled his eyes irritably "Ry" he said gently pulling Ryder out of Ethan's arms and gently lowering him to the ground. "This is your Uncle Jackson. Uncle Jackson is rather unfortunately pack so you'll be seeing a lot of him"

"Ouch" Jackson commented before ducking to Ryder's level. "One day" He said drawing Ryder in with his voice-of-all-knowing that he had been using since he was five "I will tell you lots of highly embarrassing stories about both of your daddies and you will thank me immensely for it when you get what you want…but for now" and then he flashed his eyes at Ryder.

"Jackson" Ethan hissed but Ryder grinned "Ooh" he said jumping up and down on the spot "I can do that, and so can my dad, but Daddy can't but that's ok because he can do other things."

Ethan blinked catching Danny's wide-eyed look. It was the first time he realised that Ryder had ever referred to either of them as Daddies. God he was going to cry.

But not in front of Jackson, he had some pride.

Later that week they finally adopted Ryder and he moved in. he was now officially Ryder Bishop-Mahealani and Danny and Ethan were now officially parents.

"You know this is perfect" Danny said quietly one night after they had put Ryder to sleep. They were sat on the couch curled up with each other never knowing where one of them began and the other ended.

"I know" Ethan replied before an idea he had been toying with for some time popped up again. "Hey, why don't the three of us do something tomorrow? Just as a family?"

Danny blinked before grinning "Ok what do you have in mind?"

Ethan sat up a small smile gracing his face "Marry" he said simply. "No pack, no drama, no drunk werewolf's just you me and our little boy."

And the more Danny thought about it, the more perfect that it seemed. Sure Jackson, Aidan, Lydia and Erica would probably kill them but why not.

"Yeah" he said a smile forming on his face, "That sounds perfect"

And right there and then, so was everything else.

And Yeah-No regrets x

Updates soon I hope.

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