The semi reunion, this was harder for me to write than I thought. I wanted to get it to a certain point and had a hard time creating filler. but I promise that what is to come next will be worth the wait, hopefully. Samsin for the win.

there was an awkward moment of silence as my eyes locked on the woman standing in front of me. Ayn squirmed on my back trying to get into a proper piggy back position. I grabbed her as I tried to force the words out, "How, Why are you here? I thought that you...you were..." I was completely nervous. The last time I had actually looked at the Valkyrie was when I was in pain and scared. My memories of her were left unchanged, though. Tamsin looked the same, but better. I didn't know if it was because of the amount of time passing or if living in a ethereal place was good living, but she looked healthier, brighter, and beautiful as the last time I saw her. Tamsin kept drifting her eyes to Ayn, "I am still up there. He sent me down for a special pick up. I felt your call a minute ago, it only works when I am in the, well area, so to speak. "Her eyes landed on the wing necklace, she took a deep breath and was now staring at Ayn, "I was compelled to answer it, to see you." She folded her arms, "I'm sorry, I didn't meant to disturb you and your daughter." Tamsin started to take a step back as a smile broke across my face, diminishing my nerves slightly.

"You mean Ayn? Did you look at her? Closely?" Tamsin glared at me, "who do you see in the munchkins face?" Ayn giggled, "Ysabeau is my mommy, Fi is my super big sister!" Ayn squeezed her arms around my neck to emphasize it. I watched as the Valkyries face turned almost beet red.

She smiled lightly, "You know, now that you say it. She looks exactly like Bo. I assumed that..."

"Assumed that I would be waiting, alone. Not having moved on, hoping one day you would fall from the sky and come to me?" my tone was even but harder than I wanted, but my words were honest. Tamsin's jaw clenched as she moved her eyes to look in the shop window to her right. I had no idea when she would ever come back to me and if she was hoping that I would be a war wife, waiting until my loved came home. I had wanted to move on but my heart never allowed it.

Ayn was starting to pick up on the tension, she leaned into my ears whispering, "She likes you Fi, like mommy and mummy." it was my turn to blush, betraying my attempt at keeping a strong face with Tamsin. I looked up to see Tamsin staring. The air between us was thick with tension and nerves. Ayn slid down my back, reaching for my hand, "We have to go, Fi. The gift! And you promised me candy."

Tamsin laughed lightly when she saw Ayn pout, "Definitely Bo's kid."

I smirked as Ayn pulled at my hand, "she is also impatient, kinda like mom."

Tamsin nodded, "I should let get back to your shopping." She dropped her folded arms and moved to walk away. My hand acted on its own, gently grabbing her forearm, startling us both, "Wait. How, how long are you here for?"

"the weekend." Tamsin shrugged, "it's kinda like a weekend pass. Odin gave my pick up a few extra days before." She pointed up.

Silence fell across us again, our conversation was easy but very shallow, neither one of us knowing what to say. I knew Ayn was a distraction, I could see it all over the Valkyries face. Her interest in figuring out if Ayn was my daughter turned to mild sadness when she realized that she had missed mum being pregnant and being there for her. I was trying to cover my nerves and slight anger as my heart threatened to jump out of my chest.

Ayn broke the silence, "Fi. Ask her to come to the party. Mummy would want to see her if she's her friend, right?" Ayn looked at me with bright brown eyes. I smiled as she sort of winked at me, I turned to look at Tamsin, "It is their thirtieth wedding anniversary. WE are having a small get together at my house. Well small until AK changes everything."

Tamsin kept her smile as she swallowed down her nerves, "Maybe. It would be nice to see the captain again."

I nodded and dug in my bag for a pen, "Let me give you the address." I could not find a scrap of paper in my entire bag. Ayn giggled, grabbing my pen and walking to Tamsin, she grabbed the Valkyries hand , holding it steady as Tamsin was caught by surprise. She scribbled on her palm, "AK does this all the time to me when we are out of paper and have to make lists." She held up Tamsins hand, "I even wrote down what time it starts."

Tamsin smiled as she looked at the little kid handwriting on her palm, "thank you, Ayn." She dropped her hand as Ayn walked back to me, "I am a maybe."

I nodded, my own polite smile stuck to my face. I wanted to grab her in my arms, kiss her, anything at all to touch her and expel some of the emotions rolling through my body at the simple sight of this complicated woman. "Please come. I know mum would love to see you and AK, she has not had a decent waffle pong partner since you left."

Tamsin nodded and started to turn to leave, "It was good to see you Sera."

I could see her struggle with something, but I could not place it. She was closed off and guarded from the moment she saw my little sister. She kept her smile as I said, "It was. Um good to see you, Tamsin. Please, don't be a stranger while you are here." I cringed at my silly, vapid words as they fell out of my mouth, but I had no idea what to say to her, well I knew exactly what I wanted to say to her, but in the middle of the streets of London was not the place. This woman had infected every cell of my body, my heart and mind. It had been seven years and she literally fell out of the sky.

I watched as Tamsin waved to Ayn and started to walk in the opposite direction we were headed. I watched until she disappeared around a corner. That was when I realized my hand was over my heart as it thrust against my chest in a panic.

"Was she your girlfriend?"

I let out a breath, "No, Ayn. She was never that." Ayn looked up at me confused. "But her thoughts say..."

I shook my head, "Ayn, don't tell me. I have never been able to look in on her thoughts. I really don't want too, especially right now." I smiled lightly as not to scare Ayn. I didnt want to know anything Tamsin was thinking, for fear it would break my heart even more than finally having her stand in front of me and say nothing at all. I felt Ayn's hand in mine, I looked down at her, "Lets go get that candy first."

Ayn smiled wide and bounced in her spot, we continued on our way to the candy shop. I tucked the wing necklace back under my shirt as Ayn and I began telling jokes. We were both giggling so much that I didn't notice Tamsin standing on the far corner watching us, wiping away the tear that slid down her face.

Bo and I were walking back to the house from the forest at the edge of the massive backyard. we had just gotten back to Sera's after our trip to the castle where I had proposed. Walking hand in hand she smiled, "What do you want for our anniversary?"

I smiled, squeezing her hand, "Nothing. I pretty much have everything I want." She pulled me closer to her and as if on cue, a brown haired blur came running out of the back door and at us. Bright smile and giggles coming at us. She ran to me with open arms and I scooped her up in a hug, "You are back early! Fi and I were going to make you dinner." She wrapped her arms around my neck, "We went to London, we went shopping and I got candy." Bo moved to behind me so she could attack her youngest with kisses, making Ayn giggle even more, trying to climb over me and get to Bo. I passed her off to Bo as Sera came out of the backdoor.

"She was not suppose to tell you about the candy." She shook her head, "Did you guys have fun at the castle?"

Bo smiled, "of course we did, noodle." Ayn held her moms face in her hands, "Noodle! Noodle! Fi is a noodle." Bo set the girl down both of them laughing and bouncing. As Ayn was running a circle around Bo she looked up at me, "mummy! We saw the Valkyrie today! She came out of the sky like superman, and, and, she is tall. Very tall!" the little girl was breathless in her running excitement. I looked up in Sera's eyes, Bo looked at me, smiling but slightly confused at the little girls confession.

Sera tensed up and tried to cover it, "I may have given her a little too much sugar today." she held my eyes as she kept a tight smile on her face.

I walked over and hugged Sera, "don't worry about it, but we will need to eat dinner soon." I looked over my shoulder and nodded at the hyper active Ayn making Bo a little hyper. The two ran into the house playing tag. Sera went to follow them when I asked, "What was Ayn talking about?"

Sera smiled, "Its nothing, she was nervous walking in the city and we used the necklace." I searched her face, knowing that there was more to what she was telling me. I knew she had told Ayn the story about the wings to help with monsters under the bed, Ayn would call the Valkyrie whenever she was scared. Sera shrugged, "She is hyper that's all, I also promised her we could watch superhero movies tonight." she motioned for me to come in the house, "come on mum, I am hungry and the children are getting restless." I looked into the window and saw Bo and Ayn pressed against the glass of the back door, smushing their faces against it.

I laughed and followed Sera in, not being able to shake the feeling that their was more to the little girls words just than want Sera told me.

After dinner and finally clearing out Ayn's sugar high, I left the three girls on the couch watching movies as I went to the store to get popcorn and other snacks. Bo and I wanted to spend the night with our girls watching movies and staying up late, Ayn was an instant sell, Sera was won over after her mom and little sister smothered her in hugs and pokes. I smiled as I left the house, my little immortal family was quite normal at the end of the day.

X

My parents fell asleep first, then Ayn. I left the three of them cuddled up in each other, mom snoring with Ayn on her lap and mum mumbling about science terms. I smiled as I covered them up with a blanket and went outside, grabbing my bottle of scotch and a glass on the way out. I walked to the middle of the massive land span that I called my backyard and sat down in the grass to look up at the stars. I sipped at the scotch, the warmth of the alcohol chased away the slight chill of the late night. The sky was clear and I could see all of the constellations clearly. I tried naming all of the ones I could to distract where my mind was headed. I had done my best all night to cover up what Ayn blurted out, I knew my mum had been upset over the years that the Valkyrie made a hasty exit, leaving so many holes in all of our lives. I absently reached up, pulling the necklace out from underneath my shirt, holding it as it reflected the moon light gently. It was worn, but still glinted. I had not taken it off since the day she put it back around my neck. I drained my glass of scotch and filled another, I was letting my emotions run through me now that I was alone and didn't have to hide them from anyone, especially my mum who I could tell knew I was lying to her.

I was angry the more I thought about it, after the initial shock of her appearing in front of me took a while to wear off and when it did, my anger filled its space. I was angry for her leaving like she did, being gone so long and then having the brazen audacity to appear like nothing happened. Even more angry that she said nothing, that our first meeting after seven years and she said nothing other than weak formalities. I pulled off the necklace and stood up, glass in hand I balled the necklace up. I could feel tears of anger rise as I pulled my arm back, "why would I have expected anything more from you, old one." As I went to throw the necklace into the endless backyard, a hand gently grabbed my arm, stopping my throw.

"Kid, it took me a week to make those. If you don't want them, give them to your little sister." the gruff voice was quiet so as not to scare me.

I looked at her hand, "I didn't call you." I watched as her hand dropped from my arm. I turned from her, I didn't want to look at her.

"I know."

"then why are you here?"

"because you are." her words hit directly in my heart, making me swallow the feelings down.

I turned suddenly to look at her, she had her hands in her jacket pocket and smiled as soon as I met her eyes. "yes, but why are you here." my anger was at the surface and the scotch was making me brave as it weaved its way through my bloodstream.

Tamsin looked down, "because, there is so much I wanted to say to you earlier but couldn't."

I nodded, "that has not changed." I finished the glass off, dropping it on the ground as I picked up the bottle, I knew that soon I would need the bottle more than small glassfuls.

"Sera, please. I was caught off guard when I saw Ayn. And I didn't know what to say in front of her."

I smiled and nodded, "please? Please what? Please listen to you as you fall from the sky into my life for a few short days. Immediately assume that my little sister is my daughter?" I pointed at her with the bottle, "which by the way, good job on not being their for mum during her pregnancy. Ayn was a difficult one and we almost lost her at one point." Ayn was a hard pregnancy for mum, her body was not meant to carry such powerful fae and a week before she gave birth, her body shut down from a energy surge from Ayn, we had to keep her in a induced coma until grams could do the C-section. Also effectively shutting down an future possibilities of siblings. "you leaving me, that is something I could deal with, but mum." I shook my head, I left out that I also had wanted to die the moment mom told me Tamsin left, that the only thing that kept me fighting was my little sister.

Tamsin cringed, "I didn't know she was pregnant, Bo, your mom didn't tell me when I was..." she let out a breath, "leaving."

I took a sip from the bottle, "why did you leave? Why did you not tell me that you signed up for the great hall? Why all of it? Tamsin?" I held back tears as my anger began to leak out, "You left without saying goodbye." I stared up into the night sky, "The only thing I held onto while I was in the fae hospital was the last words you said to me, that I finally got you to confess how you felt about me. Then I woke up, my mom telling me that you were gone." I closed my eyes, "seven god damn years and you fall out of the sky, what do you want from me, now."

silence hung in the night air as I waited for her to say something, I turned and looked at her, shaking my head. I mumbled, "Just leave, its the one thing you are the best at." I sat back down on the ground, setting the bottle next to me, pulling my knees up to my chest.

"when I thought Ayn was your daughter, I was scared. Scared that you had finally moved on and found a happy life, with someone who deserved you. For a minute I actually hoped it was true until I did see how much of Bo is in that little one. I froze then, realizing how much I had missed by leaving." Tamsin sat down next to me, close but not too close. "I left because of you, for you, Sera." she sat cross legged as she pulled at the grass, I looked over at her, the moonlight catching the edges of her face. Illuminating her beauty in a way that irritated me more. She turned and met my eyes, "I told your mum about going home to protect you from me and my inability to care for anything other than myself. I knew I was falling for you and it blindsided me, because of so many things." she looked away from me quickly, "I wanted you to move past me, find someone who could love you properly and not fuck everything up like I always have throughout my time in this world, I had already brought Arden and his evil knocking on your door." she faded off as she took a breath, "time moves differently up there, when Odin sent me down here it felt like a day since I left. I felt you call me and then I saw how much time had passed." she stopped suddenly. "I just wanted to give you what I couldn't."

I stared hard at the woman, "you never tried, Tamsin. If you did, you would have seen that you had already given me everything I wanted and could hope for. I was so in love with you." I watched as she bit the inside of her mouth, "that day you left, you took my heart with you. You never gave me a chance, you never gave us a chance." I took a sip from the bottle, the scotch taking a strong grip on me, "All I had left of you was the necklace and a few scars." I looked down at my right hand and the small white scars that had never healed from her wings. I held out the bottle, "you want a drink? you look like you could use one."

"I quit drinking a long time ago, had too, Odin keeps a dry town up in Valhalla. You should probably take it easy on that stuff." I blew out a laugh as I heard her stand up, "I am sorry for coming, maybe it wasn't the best idea." I said nothing as I held the bottle tighter. Her feet made soft crunching sounds as she took a few steps in the grass, I closed my eyes as tears threatened to come hard and fast. She stopped and I heard her utter a curse word, and come back my way.

She bent down to be at the same level as me, "I am not going to waste the little time that I have here." she took a deep breath, "the fear I felt in the moment I saw you, thinking that you had done exactly as I hoped you would, move on and find love, overwhelmed me. Then I didn't know how to tell you..." she reached out and pulled the bottle out of my hands, setting it down so she could grab my right hand. Her thumb running over the small white lines, "to tell you that what I told you that day, that my heart has never known a love like you, still holds true. You were and are the one thing in this world that I love more than I can ever explain. I still love you Sera, more now than ever."

I looked down at her hand in mine, my heart pounding as I gently pulled my hand from hers, "Tamsin."

she nodded and quickly stood up, "I know, but I had to tell you before I went back. It would be another one of the many regrets I have." she jammed her hands back in her pockets, "tell your parents happy anniversary if I don't make it to the party." I knew in her tone that she was not coming to the party Ayn had invited her too. She turned and started walking into the dark span of the yard.

"Was mom telling the truth when she told me I was your Sophia in this life?"

Tamsin paused, "Yes, my love for you could never compare to my love for her. You gave me a chance, where I never gave myself one. I cant seem to look at you and still breathe at the same time " she looked over her shoulder, smiling lightly, "I can promise you, no one will ever compare to you." Tamsin shrugged and turned back around.

"You stupid old woman, still blind to what is in front of you." I half shouted it out, full of liquid courage and fear that if I let her walk away I would never see her again. Tamsin stopped again, turning to look at me, confused. "Kid, I know I am too late, I can see that clearly."

"you are too late, yes, seven years is a long time to come back and expect anything from me." I took steps toward her, "but my heart never moved on, it never left your hands when I gave it to you so many years ago. You falling out the sky, acting as if nothing happened, made me angry, but not angry enough to stop loving you." I stopped as I stood inches away from her, "seven years and no one has replaced you, no one has made my heart skip like it does when I look in your eyes, see your smile and endure your backhanded compliments." I reached up, slowly brushing my fingers across her cheek, "Even seven years later, one look in your eyes and I had to fight every muscle in my body to grab you, kiss you, hold you." I held my hand against her face, pulling a heavy sigh from her as she closed her eyes, I moved closer, "there will never be anyone else, because I will only love you, Tamsin." I leaned forward, our mouths inches apart. I paused, waiting for her to back away and walk away. I smiled as I closed the gap slowly, our lips meeting tentatively at first. My hands came up, holding her I kissed her slowly as she kissed me back. I meant for the kiss to be brief, reaffirming my words, but I quickly lost myself in the softness of her lips against mine and the longing I had to feel them again. I felt Tamsins hands come up and tangle in my hair, holding me closer, encouraging me to continue. We kissed for several moments, our bodies pressed against each other completely from chest to hip.

I pulled away slowly, trying to control the desire to take more from the Valkyrie, "I couldn't resist..."

Tamsin held her hand against me, her thumb running across my cheek slowly. She looked in my eyes for a moment before she stepped out of my arms, "I need to go..." her face suddenly changed, one from a flush of just being kissed to one of sadness.

I reached out and grabbed her hand, "no, don't." I held on to her hand, "There is not enough time for you to walk away. Stay, stay with me." Tamsin looked down at our hands, she pulled up my right hand and kissed it, her lips brushing against the scars, "I hate that I gave you these." she lowered our hands, letting go as she raised her hand and pressed it against my chest. Even through my shirt, I could feel her touch burn my skin with desire for her. "and this." she smiled as she felt how hard my heart was pounding, "I have to go, I am being called away." she stepped back, her fingers lingering as her hand fell from my chest.

I caught her hand again, "will you come back?" I felt tears slipping down my face, "please. Tamsin, come back."

she laced her fingers in mine, "I wont make promises." she looked in my eyes, smiling lightly as she quickly grabbed the sides of my face, pulling me into a fierce but gentle kiss that took my breath away. When we parted, she leaned her forehead against mine, "if I don't come back, promise me you will move on."

I grabbed her arms, "what if you do come back?" I wasn't going to think about it, even though I had a sinking feeling I was losing her forever.

She kissed the corner of my mouth lightly, trying to smile to ease me, "I love you, Sera." she dropped her hands from my face. Reaching down to dig in my pocket for the necklace I had absently jammed in there to free up my hands for my scotch, she opened my hand and pressed the necklace into my palm, "just promise me." she closed my fingers around the necklace. Tamsin let go of my hand and started walking away, I called after her, "You know you are the first person to ever say I love you too me, and actually mean it."

Tamsin didn't look back, "you are the first person that made it mean something to me." she kept walking and eventually disappeared in to the darkness. There was a quick flash of gold light in the distance, I squeezed the necklace in my hand until it started to feel warm against my skin. I looked down as I opened my palm, the necklace was glowing delicately, almost pulsating with my heartbeat. I was compelled to put it back on, when I did it set against my heart and synced up perfectly with my heartbeat. I sat back down in the grass and stayed out until the sun rose, my hand over my heart.

Bo smiled as she zipped up her dress, our anniversary party was about to begin. It had been a surprise until I felt Kenzi come into town and her thoughts blazing about the party and how she wanted to make it a big event. Sera eventually picked up that I knew and the plans were altered into more of a giant outdoor dinner party. The weather had been perfect for early spring and it just made sense for us to have it out there.

I couldn't help but stare at my wife as she fidgeted with the final touches on her dress, she looked as beautiful as the day I married her. She was wearing a deep red vintage dress that hugged all the right places but was elegant. She pulled her hair up and smiled at me in the mirror, "You are staring."

"I know, I have no reason to hide it. You are beautiful." I smoothed out my dress as she walked to me. She kissed me softly, "you are equally as beautiful, my wife." her hands went to my hips. "I like this blue on you."

I was wearing a dark navy blue cocktail dress that Bo picked out, it actually covered more skin than I expected from her. I smiled as she ran her eyes over me, I ran my hands up her arms as I smiled, "I can also read that you think it will look even better on the floor later."

Bo blushed lightly, squeezing my hips, "you got me there, but I am actually looking forward to this dinner and spending time with everyone." she kissed my neck, "we will have plenty of time later." I smiled, "Are we becoming an old married couple finally? No more honeymoon phase where we can barely keep our hands to ourselves?" I winked at her as she frowned.

"Lauren, even when we hit our ninety year anniversary I will still want to make out with you like a teenager under the bleachers." she reached up to brush back some of my hair, "I just am excited for this party our girls planned for us." she sighed and held out her hand, "shall we Doctor Lewis?"

I slid my hand into hers, marveling at how perfect our hands still fit together after all these years, "lead the way Mrs. Lewis." she smiled as she kissed the top of my hand before leading me out of the bedroom.

We were received with a warm round of applause as we stepped out into the backyard. The large, long table was littered with candles. Sera, Ayn and Kenzi had also set up a light canopy of Chinese lanterns on poles that lit up the backyard as if it was dusk. Bo could not wipe the smile off her face as we looked out into the crowd of our family. My parents were smiling, just having celebrated their own anniversary, Trick was present with his current lady friend, Dyson was smiling wide as he half hugged his newest girlfriend, Kenzi and Hale clapped and whistled and I smiled wider as I instantly read his intentions to propose to Kenzi within the coming days, all of our friends and family were present, celebrating with us. Lastly we looked at our daughters, Sera was wearing a soft white linen dress, smiling. She had seemed different over the last day after coming in at morning smelling like booze and very distant. But now as she stood smiling with her little sister standing on a chair so she could be the same height, I could only see how happy she was that her mom and I were happy.

Ayn hopped off the chair and ran to us, grabbing both of our hands, "come on! Lets eat!" I laughed as we were dragged to the table.

The dinner was amazing, Sera and my mother had made the entire meal with some help from Kenzi and Ayn. We sat enjoying wine in between the final course and the giant cake that sat inside the house. I looked around the table at all of the couples and smiled, in one strange way or another, my relationship and marriage with Bo had slowly inspired the people around us to search out their own love regardless of the obstacles set before them. I then looked at Sera, who was playing with Ayn. I sighed, I wanted her to find love at some point before she lost herself in her work like I once did and became closed off to even wanting it. She was a sexual creature by nature but one could never tell as she moved through life silently. I watched her as she giggled with her little sister. I felt Bo's hand slide over my knee squeezing it, "Lauren, honey. You zoned out on your mom, she just asked if she and Finnegan could take Ayn with them when they go to New York city." I smiled and placed my hand on top of hers, "sorry, I was thinking." I looked up at my mother, answering her request, still thinking about Sera. After discussing taking Ayn on a quick trip, I stood up to grab a few more bottles of wine from the house. I had waved off Sera when she realized she had forgotten to get more, "Sit and enjoy yourself." I nodded at Kenzi as the two had been deeply engaged in some sort of weird conversation about zombies and the newest zombie film. Sera smiled, "I hope you like the party mum." I bent down and kissed her cheek, "I love it, and I love you for doing this for us." she smiled wide and winked at me as she and Kenzi both turned to look at Hale playing with Ayn, laughing as she ran circles around him.

I walked into the house and dug around in Sera's side room where she was keeping the extra wine. I picked up a box and headed back out to the party when I felt a fae come closer, it was a fae that was familiar to me but one that I had not felt in a long time. I paused and stared at the party, trying to clarify who it was. A soft knock on the front door distracted me, I sighed and set the box down on the dinning table and walked to the front door. A couple guests had rsvp'd that they would be late and miss dinner. I smoothed out my dress as I opened the door, "the party is in the back, there is some leftovers if you are hungry." I stopped as soon as I opened the door wide enough to see who it was.

"thanks captain, I am a little hungry." Tamsin stood at the front door in a dark green cocktail dress, she held a couple of small gifts in her hands and a bottle of vodka, "Sorry that I am late, I didn't think I would have time to make the party."

I stared at her for a second, holding onto the door as I tried getting a hold on the fact that my oldest friend had suddenly reappeared on my doorstep, "you are seven years late, commander."

More to come!