Rosie whined as she collapsed on the fine leather couch in her father's office. She popped a bubble of gum in her mouth and cursed silently like a petulant two year-old. She always does this after being told off. She throws a fit in her father's office until he looks up from his work.

It was her typical behavior.

Rosie kicked at the arm of the couch until she heard her father sigh.

''What happened,Rosalie?''he asked.

''Well,I finally meet someone cute,and I can't have him!''Rosie huffed.

Rosie's father set his pen down with a a groan of annoyance.

''And just who did you meet?''

Rosie whined pathetically. She pulled out her phone and flipped through the few pictures of Genesis that she'd managed to take. Holding her phone out,she sighed like a hopeless romantic as her father saw the picture.

''Isn't he cute?!''

Her father,Galerkin Vsevolodovich,took his daughter's phone and looked at the picture. A silence fell on the office. When Rosie meets a boy she likes,she has to have permission to pursue him from either her mother or father. Galerkin looked at his daughter,at the phone,then back to his daughter.

"Uh,no. He's off limits."

"What do you mean he's off limits?! He's cute,I want him,I want him,I want him!" Rosie jumped up and down like the brat that she was,creating a slight quake and shaking the desk and the glass items on the desk. Her behavior was a pure embarrassment to their Russian lineage.

"Rosalie,no! You had the nerve to try and get to him,you're lucky to be alive! Genesis Caine is off limits. He is married and has two children,already."

Rosie fumed. "How do you know?!"

"Lt. Caine and I are old friends. The answer is 'no.' You go after Genesis again,and I will drag you back here myself and shoot you!"Galerkin warned.

Rosie whined and kicked the solid oak desk,knocking a stack of organized papers into her father's lap. "I hate you!"

The redhead stomped off,her steps vibrating through the floor. Galerkin sighed. ''Her mother wasn't nearly as demanding.''

As soon as Genesis and Jay stepped in the house,both were wary of Horatio's...uh...reaction to the result of their lack of protection. They got into the living room and saw the elder redhead sitting patiently on the couch. Horatio got up,took a deep breath,and grabbed Jay by the ear.

"Ow! What'd I do?!"

Horatio dragged him up the stairs fairly easily,knowing that he had hold of a sensitive point. "We need to talk."

Genesis simply stood dumbfounded as his husband was basically dragged away. After a moment,Eric came in and cut his thoughts short.

"Dorian,why don't you go upstairs and unpack?"the Cuban offered. The boy took off to his room,and Genesis set his bag down.

"Where is my other son?"Genesis asked softly. Eric motioned towards the back porch,and Genesis kicked off his shoes before venturing outside. He opened the door quietly,not wanting to scare his son.

"Aidan? Are you okay?"

Aidan looked up at his birth giver,revealing the bruises that littered his face and the bandage that was still wrapped around his head,and earning a gasp of shock.

"What happened to you?!"Genesis sat down and gently took Aidan's face between his hands,"My baby's face is all bruised up!"

Aidan jerked away,wanting to be left alone. Genesis was wounded by this,and he sighed. 'When I get ahold of Athos,I'll rip him a new one!'

Genesis remained quiet for a moment,then pulled the boy into his lap. Aidan fussed to get away. He even tried to bite at Genesis' hand. The older redhead didn't yell or scream,or react in any way,really. He just pulled the boy closer until Aidan found his ear pressed against his birth giver's chest,listening to his steady heart beat.

Horatio did this with Genesis from time to time,and it usually helped.

Aidan paused,allowing the sound of the older male's heart beat to resound softly in his ears.

''You need to relax. Please.''

Aidan sighed and closed his eyes. He was tired still.

Genesis relaxed as Aidan seemed to get comfortable there in his lap. "I don't know what Athos wanted or why,I'm sure I'll find out. He went great lengths to drag you back here."

And that got Genesis thinking. Athos had gone through a lot to get Aidan back in the south.

"Why do you think he brought me back?"the boy asked after a minute,speaking for the first time in days.

"You know,that's a good question. I think I'll ask him."

The redhead carried his son inside and set him on the couch. "Eric,I'm going out!"

The Cuban stared in disbelief. "Already?!" They had just gotten in the door for heaven's sake! His eyebrows raised even more when Genesis pulled a book off of a shelf and opened it up to reveal money between the pages. Where the hell had that come from?! His eyes widened more as he counted how much the redhead was removing. Ten thousand dollars.

"May I ask what you intend to do with all of that?"Eric questioned,despite that it was Genesis' money to use.

"If I like his answers to my questions,Athos gets to walk."

The Cuban's jaw hit the floor. ''He kidnapped Aidan and beat the hell out of him,now you're paying his bail?!''

Genesis put the book back onto the shelf and started for the door. ''Yes. I also intend to civilize him so he and Jay can fix their problems properly,and then I'm going to beat him myself for kidnapping my son.''

''People like that can't be civilized,Gen. You're wasting your time. He's got nothing to lose.''

The redhead sighed softly. ''He thinks he has nothing to lose,''he corrected.

''What do you really want with him,anyway?''Eric pressed.

''I want to bring the family closer.''

Eric scoffed as Genesis exited the house. 'Never gonna happen.'

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