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7AM

They were running a little behind. It took them way to long to get redressed and calmed down. He had his suit on once and Phoenix had ravished him with the cravat and was forced to replace it. The bruises on his throat prevented him from wearing anything but that. Phoenix was sitting in the passenger seat with a lap full of doughnuts and his biscuits. That had even been a chore. It seemed that Phoenix was a regular at the store and there were a few people that wanted to talk to him. Walking in there with the only footwear that he had, being pink bunny slippers, drew a lot of laughs and looks, as well as a free box of cookies to the mix for making their morning.

Now they were finally going to make it to Phoenix apartment. He was growing tense as they approached. The light heartedness that developed in the doughnut shop was fading from them both.

He was nervous.

"Miles," Phoenix said. "You don't have to come up if you don't want too. I will understand." They were pulling up into the buildings parking lot. Phoenix dark eyes were fixed on him and he could feel them.

"I have not had my morning tea yet," he said honestly. "I am quite thirsty," he said and reached over and touched his thigh. "Plus, I think, seeing me, will put their minds at ease. I do believe that he thought I was Kristoph pretending to be me. He was quite blunt."

Phoenix sighed and leaned his head back against the car head rest. He had never really paid attention to throats before and watching the curve of his throat or either sex before but now that his was covered in small bruises, he wondered how he didn't notice how beautiful the curve of a neck could be. "My life is a mess," he whispered.

He smirked at that statement and chuckled lightly. "I think both our lives are a mess."

Phoenix looked at him with a smirk.

"Yeah, I guess you right there," Phoenix leaned back again. "Can we make it better?"

Miles sighed and shrugged as he drove into the visitor parking spot and shut off his jaguar. He decided to get a car without a trunk, when he traded in his red sports car (at a much depreciated cost).

"I don't know. It can't get worse, can it?" Miles whispered.

Phoenix just chuckled. "Shall we?"

He nodded and exited the car. He followed Phoenix to the stair well and he found himself noticing his backside. He never remembered noticing such thing about people before. The jean he was wearing hugged him nicely and he remembered how the man had looked when he leaned over to search for his cell phone in those loose boxers. He swallowed hard and tried to push those thought's back down again. He really wished they had more time together before that stupid phone rang.

He strongly resisted the urge to pinch the black jeans walking ahead of him.

They walked up two flights of stairs. Miles watched Phoenix rifle through his pants and pull out the keys. Phoenix dark eyes flicked over in his direction and he could see that he was blushing. He wondered what dirty thoughts the dark haired man was thinking.

Before he could even pull the key out of the lock, the door whipped open and a young lady stood there looking mad at Phoenix, when he realized that the young lady was Trudy.

She was not a little girl anymore and she sure didn't look like one standing there. She was sixteen after all now and without her silly blue cap and top hat she looked so much like… like… a woman.

"Daddy!" she snorted. "Where were you?" she stomped her foot removing the illusion that she was a woman and a child was back standing there.

Miles stood moved a step forward.

She looked at him. Her eyes grew wide and her mouth dropped open.

"I brought doughnuts," Phoenix said.

"Mr. Edgesworth!" she whispered but still seemed to not be moving from the door.

"Are you going to let us in," Phoenix said. "I bought you the lemon glazed. You're favourite." Phoenix said with a smile.

"Oh… huh… yeah… wow…uh," she said and stepped back. Phoenix gave him a large smile and they entered Phoenix apartment.

……

Apollo stood with his arms crossed and had been looking angry as they walked into the loft. He looked like he was ready to go on a rant about his irresponsible behaviour. Phoenix was ready for it. It wouldn't be the first time that the younger man yelled at him for not being the adult or father Trudy needed.

He tried to suppress a smile as the anger melted into shock. Apollo had been so sure that he had been lying to him. He heard it in the tone of his voice. Of course, had had ever right to be after how he had deceived the both just one year ago.

He placed the boxes of pastry on the coffee table.

Miles cleared his throat, "I believe I was promised a tea?" He looked over as Miles sat in an arm chair. "I do have to be at work in an hour." Miles looked tense and a little nervous as he was looking away from them and rubbing his arm.

Trudy seemed to break of her stunned state and with a skip in her step, "the kettle is already warm. It will be only a minute." She now had a huge smile on her face. "Daddy, do you want a coffee?"

He nodded. "Yes, please," he said and smiled at her. Phoenix loved how quickly should assimilate new information. A blink and the information were filed away in that head of her and she was ready to move forward. Before she went into the kitchen, she gave him a hug.

"Apollo," Phoenix said as he turned his attention to the young man who was standing at the end of the couch. "I promised that it wouldn't happen again. We weren't trying to pull the wool over your eyes. It is just…" he didn't know what word he should put there. He looked over at Miles and wondered what he was thinking, sitting nervously in that chair.

"New," Miles finished.

He nodded and looked to Apollo. He had unfolded his arms and now looking mildly embarrassed. He was even blushing.

"Your phone bill had a lot of numbers on it," Apollo stated. "From the holding centre and I thought that you gave in again."

His phone bill? Yeah, well Apollo was the one that did all the billing and receiving. He would see that. "I wasn't talking with him. Kristoph had one of the guards phoning me. I did talk to him once but I couldn't even stand to hear his voice."

Miles spoke, "Why does he want to talk to you?" His voice was terse. Was he jealous?

He sighed. "At first it was that he had so many secrets. Dark ones and I wanted to know what they were all about." He found his hand going to his throat where the stone that Maya had given him usual hung but was tucked away in his room right now. "I thought that I could figure out why he really tried to frame me for murder after he had seduced me the way he did."

He saw Apollo twist uncomfortably a bit. He got this way when he talked about Kristoph, his former boss. He knew that there was some locks there, but he hadn't pushed them off his friend. He learned from his dealings with Kristoph that sometimes, locks should be left alone.

"He made you forget," Miles whispered.

He walked over closer to Miles and placed a hand on his arm. "Yeah."

Trudy bounced in with two cups in her hand. "Tea for you," she hummed, and "Coffee for you daddy."

"That you Trudy," Phoenix smiled. "I am sorry I wasn't here when you got home."

"It is okay." She smiled and looked down at Miles. He couldn't keep anything from her. Apollo was good at reading him but Trudy could see right though him. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and dragged him to the couch. "But I was worried about you and you should have called!"

"I know," Phoenix said as he was lead to the couch by his daughter. "I wasn't expecting you to come back tonight and when I got the phone call…" He looked over at Miles and how he pursed his lips to take a sip from the tea.

"You weren't sleeping again, were you," she said.

Phoenix sighed. She proved over and over again that she could see right through him. "I…"

"I am sorry for taking him away," Miles said "I did not know of the other details of what was going on here."

"That is okay, Miles," she said. She curled up beside him, like she always did. "It's okay." Her smile was bright. "So, are you two a couple?"

Phoenix felt his cheeks start to burn. He looked over to Miles and saw the same expression on his face. He tried to hide it by taking another sip of the tea.

"Well," he sighed.

Trudy didn't really wait for an answer. "Great!" She bounced off the couch and ran over to Miles and sat on his lap and gave him a big hug. Miles looked uncomfortable and confused by the move. "I get to have another Daddy, Daddy2."

Miles eyes grew wide.

That was Trudy for you.

……

The conversation switched to how Lamoir/Thamalasa told them that she was both of their mothers and announced that they were family.

Apollo sat on the far right of the couch, Trudy in the middle, and Phoenix on the end. Their conversation was low and Trudy looked like she was going to cry for a little bit there. It was Apollo that put a comforting arm around her.

Miles felt a little left out of the conversation, but he wasn't offended. He had spent most of his life running from being with a family and now, he was being thrust in one and it was so unlike his other experiences. He didn't expect it to be a smooth one. But he did envy how Phoenix was with his 'daughter'.

Apollo was still a little tense, "Don't you have to go to work?" It was directed at him. He looked at his watch. He should go. He was going to be late.

"Is it that time already?" Phoenix said looking at a clock on the wall. He looked like he was going to pout as he looked back.

He rose from the chair. "I am afraid so."

"You haven't eaten. You should take some with you," Phoenix grabbed the top box which contained the scones. The food had not been touched yet. He had actually forgotten about it. He doubted he could eat anyway. He didn't realize how upset his stomach was until he thought about the scones in that box.

"I will be fine," he said but the box was thrust into his hand. Phoenix looked at him, and it was a look that was asking a lot of questions.

"I will come pick you up after I am done at work today," he said. "If you don't have any other plans."

"No, no other plans," Phoenix whispered, being very aware of the other two set of eyes that were watching them quite intently. He could see the tension in him and he himself had to resist the urges that were presenting themselves to him.

"Aaahhh," They both looked at Trudy who was sitting on the edge of the couch and had her hands folded under her chin. "You two were so cute."

He felt his cheeks actual start burning. Phoenix chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck, his cheeks were burning also.

Apollo rolled his eyes but there was a small smirk on his face.

He started to the door, with the box of scones and reached for the door. Phoenix met him there. "I can have food ready, when you come, so you don't have to worry about a meal."

He smiled. "That would be nice," he confirmed and found himself leaning towards him. He smirked as he whispered into the dark haired mans ear, "We can finish where we left off."

He felt Phoenix shutter and watch his lips quiver a bit as he said that. He was surprised at even how his own words send chills through him.

Despite the prying eyes that were still watching them at the door, Phoenix kissed him and it wasn't a small chaste kiss either. He was tempted to call in sick after the kiss, but knew that he couldn't.

There was another cooing sound that came from Trudy. Phoenix smiled and with a flushed face and whispered in turn, "I can't wait to taste you."

He just about didn't make it to work after that comment.

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