The rain falls steadily against the windows of their home. It's about mid morning, but since Nick doesn't have to go into work, he continues to lay there with Adalind in his arms. He pulls her in tighter and begins to drift back to sleep.

When he feels the bed shift and senses Diana crawling in a few minutes later, Nick makes room for her, opening his arms, and she settles in between him and her mother.

A soft cooing comes from the crib and Kelly is lifted into the air and then placed in with his parents and sister on the bed.

"Thank you, Diana" Nick whispers, moving his hand to lay on Adalind's hip. So his arm was draped over both of her children. Adalind mirrored his movement and the family layed like that for a couple hours more. Just enjoying the sound of the rain and the feeling of warmth surrounding them.

It was decided, by silent agreement, that this was to be a lazy day. Just laying around the loft, doing nothing in particular.

Nick's stomach broke the quiet by growling so loud it had Diana giggling.

"Guess it's time for breakfast" Adalind said. And everyone made their way into the kitchen.

Diana danced toys in front of Kelly, making her baby brother laugh, while Nick and Adalind made french toast, bacon, sliced fruit, juice for the kids and coffee for the adults.

The adults moved gracefully around the kitchen, able to anticipate where the other one was headed and either stepping out of the way, leaning back or retrieving the object needed by the other person.

Nick touched the small of Adalind's back as he came around and stood beside her. She glanced up at him and smiled, which he returned.

"This is really nice" Adalind thought. She had her family all to herself for the whole day. It was a rare occurrence for Nick not to be working on a case for either of his jobs, and Diana had been missing from Adalind's life for two years, and was already a preteen, but now the whole family was getting to spend a lazy day together,

just being a normal family.

Adalind didn't think she would ever feel this much happiness.

The food was placed on the table and kelly in his high chair. Adalind saw Nick look around the table and knew he was thinking the same thing she had been.

They both knew what it was like to feel alone and lonely. To feel like outsiders, like they didn't belong anywhere. But here, in this place and at this time, they were not alone. They had family. People to go home to, people to share a home with. What once seemed like an impossible dream was now a reality.

Adalind not only had both of her children in her life, but also the man she loved, one who actually loved her back and showed her in a million different ways each day just how much.

It was so much more than a hexenbiest could ever want.

For Nick's part, he could not help but feel like his life was finally what he wanted it to be. The woman who sat at the table with him always made him feel like he was the best thing to happen to her.

Adalind was amazing for his ego.

He was a father, something he had always wanted to be. Diana may not be his blood, but he considered her his daughter all the same. Nick still felt guilty that Adalind and Diana had missed so much being apart for two years, but he hoped the future would hold enough good memories to at least make the past less painful.

And he and Adalind had a son.

They could watch him grow up. They could see his first steps and hear his first words. Nothing could replace what Adalind had lost, but Kelly was a second chance for happiness.

For both of his parents.

Nick had lost a lot too. He had known more than his fair share of heartbreak. He wasn't expecting his life to be easy from now on, Far from it. He just knew that he had hope for a happy future.

They spent the lazy day telling stories. Some personal. Some about myths, legends and lore.

Nick shared some of the stories he had read in the grimm books.

Adalind, about the practises of ancient cultures, though she made sure to keep them age appropriate.

Diana felt like a normal girl, with a normal family. Nick and Adalind never once made her feel as if using her magic was odd, infact her mother often used magic and dad never so much as batted an eye in those moments.

What others would see as strange and try to draw attention to it, Diana's parents just acted as though it was another part of everyday life.

No big deal.

Diana was so happy to have a family that not only accepted her, but loved her and made her feel like she was part of a real family.

And the fact that her baby brother alway lit up when his sister played with him was the best thing ever.

Kelly was a baby. He didn't care about his sister's powers or that she was different. All he wanted was lots of hugs and kisses and to be fed and changed when needed.

Those last two needs were the adults responsibility.

They were a family, and everybody felt it.

Still there was something more that was needed.

The topic had been mentioned before, but had been easily dismissed. Still, it was there. And it wasn't going away anytime soon.

Nick wanted to be married. It may be just a legal contract to most, but a commitment was something he still desired, deeply. Nick took marriage very seriously, and wanted to make his whole family officially his.

Adalind wanted to be Nick's wife. She wanted to stand up in front of witnesses and have him place a ring on her finger. To recite vows of forever and make a promise that only death would separate them.

Diana wanted to wear a pretty dress and flower crown. She wanted to eat cake and do silly dances. But more than anything Diana wanted a promise that Nick would never walk away from her or her mother, that she would have two parents that loved each other and were happy together.

She wanted the fairytale.

And on that lazy day, the fairytale seemed possible.

Across the city, in a house filled with clocks, a blutbad and a fuchsbau were not having a lazy day and instead were having this conversation.

"I'm telling you. Nick is going to propose to Adalind any day now and I want to have this clock done in time to give it to them as a wedding present."

"Monroe, Even if Nick proposes to Adalind today, it will still take some time to organize a proper wedding. You saw the look on Diana's face, when we were watching that movie. That girl is hoping for a big wedding. And knowing Nick, he will want to make the two most important women in his life happy. That means giving Adalind her dream wedding, so Diana can wear a dress similar to her mothers and have everyone see that they are a complete family. If you stress yourself out too much, you are going to end up being careless and might do more harm than good to that clock."

"What if they decide to let the eisbibers plan the wedding. Bud and his lodge would do anything for Nick. I'm sure they would be more than happy to help. Like, they could have an event that rivals a royal wedding fully created in a couple of weeks."

"While i don't doubt that is a possibility, I am also pretty certain you will still have plenty of time to finish the clock. Nick would say something to is if he had bought a ring."

"What if he decides to use the one he bought for Juliet"

At his wife's pointed look, Monroe winces, realizing how stupid of a question that was. "Right, Nick would never do that. A man would have to be a total jackass to try something like that"