Disclaimer: teen wolf does not belong to me in any way, shape or form (cries for eternity) anyway, FINALLY, another chapter haha thanks for your support, it means the world and I hope you like this next installation for this au xxx
To say Aiden being back caused some problems would be a mega understatement. For the past year it had just been Stiles, Kayla and Mia. They would eat breakfast together, go for walks in the park, take long drives to hush her cries. Stiles was there when Mia first started talking, he taught her how to walk, would play with her for hours on end just to give Kayla a break. Over the last year he was, essentially, her dad. He loved her like his own and then suddenly someone intruded in their happy little bubble and Stiles wasn't pleased.
He felt like he was getting pushed out. Aiden didn't like him and he didn't like Aiden. They loathed each other so when Aiden wanted to see Mia, Kayla would have to leave Stiles and take Mia to him. Sometimes she wasn't long, other times it would be hours and Stiles was left stewing in his own bitter filled rage until one day a few weeks down the line, he exploded.
They were the family. Mom, dad and daughter. He was now just an outsider.
"Really?" He snapped, rolling his eyes as he watched Kayla grab her jacket from the end of his bed, "going to see Aiden again?"
She seemed startled with his tone of voice, keeping a firm grip on Mia's reins as she tottered about by her feet.
"Yes... Why, is that a problem?"
He scoffed under his breath, jaw clenched tightly, "no, of course not. Go ahead"
She frowned, sighing tiredly, looking completely exhausted, "Stiles can we please not argue about this?"
He pushed himself up off the bed, trying to keep his voice level as to not scare Mia who was peering between them curiously, "we're not arguing. We've already established you're going to see your abusive ex boyfriend because, apparently, when he tells you to jump, you say how high"
Her eyes were suddenly engulfed in fire, in fact he was sure she would start shouting and balling if she wasn't holding onto Mia's reins, "he is the father of my daughter. No matter how much I dislike him, I can't stop him from seeing her. He has rights"
"He should have no rights" he snapped, "after everything he did to you, abandoning you both and as soon as he fakes a smiles and pretends to care, you go running to him. He doesn't deserve for you to make things easy for him"
"I will not be one of those parents that stops the other parent seeing their child as a power play" she hissed violently, "and I will not have Mia being stuck in the middle. It'll only hurt her in the end"
"He's a prick"
"Yeah, maybe" Kayla agreed, "that seems to be my type" her glare accusatory as she stared him out.
"Don't be passive aggressive with me" he raged, "I'm the only one talking sense here. Everything was fine until he showed up. Are you forgetting everything you told me about him? How he hit you? Made you have sex with him when you didn't want to? Tried to force you into an abortion?"
"I know all that" she screamed, "it was me he did that to, not you"
"He's not worth your time" Stiles shook his head, "and that little girl-" he pointed down to Mia, "-deserves a better father than that scumbag who tried to kill her before she was even born"
"... He's changed"
"That's a lie and we both know it" Stiles snapped, "people like that don't change"
She fell back a step like she had been pushed, "I did"
He must've hit a sore spot, only realising that when she peered over at him with hurt burning through her irises.
"You did" he agreed, "but he can't"
"He deserves a chance" she said calmly, "and he really is trying with Mia and she... She likes him. I'm not gonna tear that away from her"
Maybe he was being selfish, but since Aiden returned things between them had been different. He was on edge, she was slowly pulling away from him and, well, Mia had a new daddy. How long until she didn't take him on at all? How long until the little girl looked at Stiles and just saw a stranger, not someone that loved and cherished her and brought her up?
He felt like he was losing his family and he was desperate to get them back.
"No... But you'll take her away from me" he spoke sadly, tears glistening in his eyes and Kayka blanched at him, finally understanding where his jealousy and aggressiveness came from - he was insecure and scared - scrap that, terrified - and he didn't know what to do.
"Stiles..."
"No" he shook his head, "forget it. Just go" his voice lacking any real emotion, "take your daughter and go"
She flinched at his tone, drawing back like she had been burnt and even when Mia tried to wobble towards him, extending her arms like she wanted him to hold her he just turned his head to the side, ignoring them both.
If Aiden being back meant him and Kayla would break up, he would rather get it over and done with as soon as possible before he became even more attached - which was impossible, he saw Mia as his and he was head over heels in love with Kayla, but anything to try and ease the pain, to stop the torment.
And she listened to him. She picked up Mia, grabbed her bag and left and never returned that night. Nor the next. Or the one after that. His room was back to being quiet - too quiet - and empty, no screaming baby waking him up in the middle of the night or Kayla elbowing him in the ribs as she fidgeted.
He watched from afar as Aiden met Kayla every day after school and, although she looked tense and tired, she still didn't pull away from Aiden. She let him handle her daughter, feeling like she was stuck in the middle. Having to choose between the guy she was in love with and the father of her baby - it wasn't fair, none of this was fair, why did she have to choose? Couldn't she have both?
So she managed to lure both Stiles and Aiden to the gymnasium one day after school, deliberately shutting them all in, Mia resting against her hip.
"What the hell?" Stiles raged upon seeing Aiden in front of him, "what is this?"
"An intervention" she shrugged, holding Mia that little bit closer as two pairs of furious eyes fell on her, "I want you both in Mia's life. I want you both in my life and I won't choose between you, it's not fair so sort out your shit, preferably quickly"
Aiden rolled his eyes, "I am not being civil to him"
Stiles glared, "ditto"
She grinded her teeth at their immaturity, "you absolute fucking children. This isn't about you and your damaged egos, this is about a little girl who is stuck in the middle of this ridiculous feud. I don't want her seeing this. She deserves to grow up seeing her parents being civil to one another. All of them" she cast a look to Stiles, "you might not be her dad biologically, but you still are her dad. You brought her up and Aiden recognises that, don't you?" sending her ex a pointed look.
"No I don't. Any moron could do that"
"If that was true, you would've been there" she snapped, "and Stiles... Aiden is an ass, I know that, but... But he's Mia's dad... We can't change that... All we can do is make sure Mia knows that she's loved. By all of us"
Stiles crossed his arms in a huff, "still not talking to him"
She sighed in disappointment, tears blurring her vision, "if either of you really loved Mia like you claim to, you would grow up, get past your issues and be a mature fucking adult. If you can't do that, then neither of you are worth our time"
"Whoa... Whoa whoa" Aiden steeped forward, "what does that mean?"
"It means what kind of life is this for Mia? For me? I'll give you a hint, not a good one"
"You can't take her away from me!"
"I don't want to" she screamed back, "I just need both of you... We both do. Stiles I..." She glanced away from Aiden and over to Stiles, trying desperately hard not to cry, "I'm in love with you, so much. I've never felt this way about anyone and... And I'm..." She blinked, tears catching on her eyelashes, "I'm... I'm..."
"If you say you're pregnant so help me god..." Aiden trailed off, shaking his head slowly as Kayla just shot him a fiery glare and Stiles' heart started beating right out of his chest, panic surging through his veins.
"No I'm not pregnant" she snapped, "I'm just... I'm scared to lose you. You've been amazing. To both of us. I can't lose you over this"
He softened immediately, blinking back his own tears, "I love you too"
"Then please... Please-" she begged, "-understand that Aiden needs to be apart of her life. But also understand that you need to be too. You've felt abandoned and left out, I get that, but I'll fix it. We can go back to being a family again but only if you let this anger go... Otherwise..."
She didn't finish her sentence but she didn't need to. He got her implications perfectly clearly.
"Okay" he sighed, still full of rage but willing to try and let it slide if it meant having them both back in his life, "fine... Truce?" He asked Aiden, still unable to fully look him in the eye.
Aiden ground his teeth together, his eyes verging on flashing bright red but with one withering look from Kayla he gave up, not wanting to lose his daughter over this.
"Okay. Whatever - truce" he rolled his eyes, "great, can I go now?"
Kayla breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the tension would still be there but at least it was a start - that was all she wanted.
She nodded, sidestepping and letting him leave but not before he leaned over to brush a faint kiss to Mia's forehead and then took the exit, leaving just her, Stiles and a grumpy fifteen month old.
"I uh... I thought we broke up" Stiles said slowly, "did we? Or are we not now? I'm confused"
She stepped forward, trying for a soft gentle smile, "I don't think we broke up. Just hit a bump in the road. Unless uh... You wanted to break up? In that case I totally got the wrong end of the stick..." A crestfallen and heartbroken look twisting her features.
"No, no, no I didn't want to break up, I want us to be totally unbroken - like fused together for all eternity" she chuckled which, in turn, made him smile, "I'm so sorry Kayla"
"It's okay" she whispered, now only a foot away from him, "if anything it's me that should be apologising. You were scared Mia would be taken away from you, it's a perfectly natural emotion and I should've done more to ease your worries. So hear me when I say that Mia will always be apart of your life, no ifs buts or maybes. You might not be her blood, but you are still her dad in every way that matters. She loves you... That will never change"
He was desperately trying not to cry, glancing down at Mia who was resting contently against her moms shoulder but was peering up at him with so much love and affection he got a little choked up, trying to cover it up by making a funny face at her.
The little girl burst out into giggles, thick curly hair bouncing around her shoulders as she started squirming from Kayla's grip and reaching for him impatiently, chubby little fingers clinging onto his shirt in desperation so he simply scooped her from Kaylas grip, propping her up against his chest.
"I missed you so much squirt" he playfully bopped her nose which made her continue to giggle hysterically, cheeks flushing a lovely light pink, "yes I did, Stiles missed you so much"
"S-Stiles" she pronounced a little sloppily but still distinguishable none the less and he felt his jaw gaping, eyes immediately finding Kayla's.
"Did she just... Did she just manage to say my name?"
Kayla's smile was wide and beaming, her eyes ecstatic as she cupped the back of Mia's wild unnamable hair, "that's mommy's clever little girl. So smart"
Stiles laughed, happiness surging through his body as he felt contented and warm here, just with them both. With his family.
"I love you" he whispered to Mia, holding her close as he kissed the top of her head, stroking her back, "step daddy Stiles loves you right to your bones" she giggled again, completely infatuated with him, "I love your feeties" he cooed, reaching down to tickle her feet which caused her to squirm in delight, "I love your tummy" he teased, playfully poking her rounded belly which caused these delighted laughing snorts leave her lips as Kayla watched on in amusement, "I love these chubby cheeks" reaching up with one hand to pinch them both together, Mia screeching uncontrollably in hysterical laughter.
How could something so simple mean so much to him?
He laughed, the frown that had been on his face for the past week now no where in sight as he hugged Mia tighter, glancing over and Kayla and reaching out to tug her into his side, "I love you... To the moon and back"
She grinned up at him, "right back at you, mr Stilinski"
Then he swept her into a kiss, Mia laughing and clapping her hands as he did so - his own small personal wingman.
A/n) y'all deserve some cuteness after his cruel I've been recently haha sorry haven't updated this in ages, just life you know, but I sure hope you still enjoyed none the less and please please pretty please with a chest on top leave your thoughts, they mean so much you have no idea and I shall see u soon you lovely peeps xxx
Also: got a new poll up, if you're reading the recent story (ashes to ashes dust to dust) I would appreciate the participation just so I can plan ahead and know what people want, thank you xxx