Warning: Minor character death
Notes: First section is 2nd POV - great-grandma Ross and the second is 2nd POV - Wes.
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Chapter 12: Great-Grandma Ross
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You remember the first time Mike brought little Wes into the room.
The boy was quiet – still learning who Mike and Harvey were and that they were his new parents – but when his big blue eyes landed on you, he had smiled wide and laughed.
And Mike and Harvey just looked at you like you were some sorceress. But you smiled knowingly and held out your hand and Wes came running, giggling the way only toddlers can.
But, time is flying by and the boy is growing like a weed.
And it terrifies that you'll be gone before he's done.
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Great-grandma Ross passes away in her sleep the day after her hundredth birthday. Harvey is the one who pulls you out of class – the whole time wearing absolutely no emotion on his face.
It was one of things that always scared you about him – how the man could so absolutely shut himself down.
It's not until you see Mike, eyes red as you slide into the car with Harvey right after you. Mike tells you about great-grandma Ross' death – assuring you that she went peacefully, assuring you that she was in a better place now.
It would be the only time you ever saw Mike cry.
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End.