Rainbow Six: Siege - The Fallen

by DJPet

Lukas Weiss has had an interesting life to say the least. As a member of the Global Counterterrorism Unit, Rainbow, he has met his best friend and fiancee. After the Chimera Parasite had been eradicated, Lukas believed it was time to settle down and start his own family but the past always seems to find a way to rear it's ugly head. (Sequel to Matter of Family)

17. Home Again

17th January, 2027

Our House

San Francisco, CA. America

I woke up to see that Ela had grabbed onto my arm at some point last night. She was still fast asleep and muttering to herself. After listening intently, I heard "No Spider-Man, I've got you." I smiled and whispered "I need to take care of the little ones Mary Jane." Ela responded with "Babies" and loosened her grip on my arm allowing me to get up. Before walking over I again wondered how and why she had decided not to kick my ass into next week after walking out for a day. I guess she really did love me. Even after...she got hold of me. I still relive it vividly and every single time I am disgusted by it. What always returns me to reality is, really, reminding myself that I was safe with Ela and the babies. Speaking of the babies, I walked into their nursery (yes, they didn't sleep in the same bedroom as us anymore) to see if they were awake. Tobey wasn't. He was holding onto Kuschelt very tightly as he slept. Izzy however was awake and looking around for someone she knew.

"Dada!" she said when her eyes found my face.

"Hi little one!" I said and picked her up. As usual, I checked the diaper. Clean this time. Thank you Ela.

"What would you like to do with Dada this morning?" I asked Izzy. I took the baby monitor from our room to keep an eye on Tobey and so Ela could sleep. Izzy just babbled happily while she held onto me. I made myself a lazy breakfast of one of those frozen breakfast sandwiches after turning on the TV. Apparently, the news was on. I sat down with Izzy and my sandwich (Izzy was trying to steal it from me too) to listen for a second. Nothing major. Just some local stuff.

"Dada!" Izzy exclaimed and flailed her little arm.

"This food is for big girls. You're still my little one right now," I said and booped her on the nose. She giggled. I flipped through the channels before landing on one of those networks that just played old cartoons. I left it there for a moment because I had heard Tobey had woken up and was crying for someone he knew. I went upstairs to retrieve him and to my relief, the master bedroom door was closed as Ela was still fast asleep. I picked up my son (who had exclaimed happily upon seeing me) and brought him downstairs too. As soon as I placed him in the rocker next to his sister, yet again, some asshole decided it was time to, oh what's the phrase Derrick uses…tear ass? Yeah! That's right! Idiot decided to tear ass down the road in some garbage car. Both babies didn't like that and started crying immediately. Thinking quickly, I pulled out one of my acoustic guitars and started strumming randomly. The babies stopped crying so loud and instead focused on me. I strummed between a G and Cadd9 chord for a few seconds before deciding that it might be better in a different key. I clamped my capo down on the 3rd fret and did the same basic strumming between the two chords. I added a Dsus4 as well as an Em7 in there as well. Yeah…yeah! I could work with this. After unearthing my old song writing skills, I looked down at my children, smiled and said "Daddy's gonna improv something about you and Momma ok? Might be a little cheesy if that's ok," I closed my eyes and began to sing:

I want you to know you're my everything

You keep me from fully unraveling

You beat back the demons from taking control

You keep me whole

Your hair is like your mother's, your looks are from me

There's no other place that I would rather be

I may make mistakes it seems every other day

But I hope you stay

Stay with me, stay with me

A good husband and father don't you agree?

Stay with me, stay with me

Stay. With. Me.

I never thought once I would be in this place

Being in somebody's loving embrace

You build me up instead of tearing me down

I'm your clown

Stay with me, stay with me

A good husband and father don't you agree?

Stay with me, stay with me

Stay. With. Me.

I never said I was perfect

That doesn't ring true for you

You saved me from my darkest moments

Without you I don't know what I'd do

So,

Stay with me, stay with me

Your mother's an angel kids, don't you agree?

Stay with me, stay with me

Your Tante she loves you and so does Auntie

Stay with me, stay with me

I'll never leave again because I'm your daddy

Stay with me, stay with me

Stay. With….Me

I held out the last chord for a few beats, opened my eyes and looked down at my now smiling children. Both of them were giggling happily.

"Well well well, look at this cute doofus singing to his babies," Ela's voice said from behind me. I turned to see her leaning against the wall with her phone camera pointed at me. Great. I knew what was coming. She had sent a video of me playing to everyone in her contact list. Sure enough as soon as Ela had sat down next to me still smiling, I felt my phone in my pocket start to vibrate nonstop. I sighed and took it out to read the messages. Ready for these ones? Because here we go!

Zoolander - "HEY! I did that first! Although…I cheated and did a cover. Great song buddy!"

Mrs. Zoolander - "Never let anyone tell you that you are a bad father. Never. Ela and I are so lucky."

Joyce Kinney - "Wow…just…just wow…"

Har-Monika - "You listen to me and you listen good. I do not care what anyone else tells you. You are the best little brother ever. EVER. I want that recorded and on my phone yesterday. Did you see Tobey's face? You're his hero."

Elena - " :') "

Liza Minelli - "Can I have one for my baby too? Please? Derrick is allowed to help."

Zo- "Everyday you find new ways to show me that you are perfect for Ela."

Harry - "My man! Singing to your children, just like your Norse buddy!"

Big Nate - "Save that shit. That was awesome!"

Gav - "Send me the tabs for that bad boy dude. My brother just had a kid."

Jackie - "Look at the wittle babies! They're so happy you're their daddy!"

Rick - "Ooh! A Weiss original I see! Haven't heard one of those in a while!"

Heidi - "Wow. I forget you're a musician sometimes!"

Julia - "That was beautiful Lukas!"

Leon (Julia's husband) - "Who knew a metalhead that once sold me a Helloween and a Hardbone album had a softer side to him?"

Mami - "My baby. All grown up and singing to his own kids :') "

Dad - "I do believe I owe you a comic book after that do I not?"

Ela was silently watching me read all the messages. Odd, I expected her to jump me aft- oh…right. That. I moved my guitar aside and held my arms open for her. She leaned into my body and moaned happily. That nearly triggered a flashback but I recognized how gentle Ela's hands were compared to her's.

"Mine forever," Ela said in a muffled voice. She turned to our children who were watching us with interest. Ela rested her head against my shoulder and addressed them.

"See him? This is the man Mommy loves more than anything in the world. He's right up there with you two. No matter what happens or how mad he makes Mommy, Mommy will always love him," she said. "Mommy has never heard him write such a lovely song like that before."

"Mama!" Tobey exclaimed after seeing Ela. Ela however was telling me with a look that she meant it when she said she'd always love me. I squeezed Ela a little tighter.

"You don't ever have to ask. I trust you. But I'm not ready for anything more than hugs and kisses yet ok?" I whispered into Ela's ear. She responded by kissing me softly. This was way better than the last time someone kissed me. It was gentle and I could feel the love toward me rather than just lust. Ela stopped after a few seconds and rested her head against me again. We sat there watching TV for a little bit before something from last night entered my mind.

"Did you know Mommy knows how to sing too? Why, just last night she sang to Dada," I said. Ela tensed up for a second and asked "You…you heard me?" Ela must not have realized I wasn't quite asleep yet last night because she crawled into bed next to me, gently caressed my arm and sang blink 182's First Date softly. That night I experienced no nightmares too.

"I do like your stupid hair," I said and ran my hand through Ela's hair. "Stop. Thinking. You're bad." Ela didn't answer. She still looked ashamed. Tobey however didn't feel that way. He was looking at his mom intently.

"Hey little man," I said to him. Tobey turned to face me and smiled. "Do you think mommy should do a duet with daddy and his band?" Tobey responded with a big smile and a laugh.

"Well…I guess I can't argue with that," Ela said and ran her hand against Tobey's face. Tobey grabbed her finger and said "Mama!" Ela picked him up out of the rocker and sang "In the car, I just can't wait." Then she turned to me and continued, "To pick you up for our very first date." I took the next 2 lines of "Is it cool if I hold your hand? Is it wrong that I think it's lame to dance?" We went back and forth on singing lines from that blink 182 classic. At the end Tobey and Izzy were still giggling and smiling at us while Ela planted another kiss on me.

"Forever?" she asked.

"And ever," I responded.

20th January, 2027

My Home with Lukas

San Francisco, CA. America

It was mid morning as I stood holding my little boy in my arms. He was the only one awake in the house other than me. The little guy was reaching his arms towards my face as he said "Mama!" I pressed my own forehead against his and he giggled. God. I can't even fathom the amount of love I have for him. His sister too. Izzy was still fast asleep in the crib. Where was Lukas? He was still asleep. I decided to give him a little break this morning. I've been up since 7 so I figured I'd just stay awake.

"Come on my sweet little man, let's go downstairs so your sister can sleep," I whispered. Tobey and I walked downstairs to sit on the couch together. I turned on the TV just for some background noise as I sat there and held my son. He would soon be too big for his momma to hold him like this but something tells me deep down he will never hesitate to give me a hug. Call it motherly intuition I guess. I glanced once again at the portrait of me and my family members Lukas had given me. Zofia had received a similar one recently. It was just of our parents, her and Jana together. Andrzej had gifted it to her. Zofia wasn't as close to my jaja as much as I had been. He was kind of the father I had always wanted. I recalled how Jaja had reacted when I was expelled from my father's military school.

"Don't beat yourself up about it, maleńka. It wasn't your fault. My son overreacted again…" he had told me. I had been expelled for defending myself against some fucking asshole that called me (and Zofia) scum for having no mother. Zofia managed to pull me off before I beat them senseless. Jaja never got to see me graduate high school as his old age and sickness caught up with him. For a while, that event was the hardest thing I had ever cried at. Then it was Lukas's initial disappearance back in Oregon. I smiled to myself as I thought about how Jaja would react if he had lived to meet Lukas.

"German eh? Well, you aren't shooting at me so I guess you're alright. Don't you even think about hurting my maleńka or I will end you," he would have said. Then I imagined him sizing up Lukas as if for a fight. Lukas is about 187cm and Jaja was about 180. My eyes lingered on my father for a second and I remembered getting the call about his passing. For a time, I felt I had buried what I had left of my relationship with Zofia on the day of his funeral. She had left me alone. Like everyone else had whether directly or indirectly. At that moment, Tobey had decided to make one of his baby noises which stopped the resentful thoughts about my father and instead triggered better memories. There was this one time where my father had picked me up from school early so he could get me ice cream for my birthday as an atonement for forgetting the previous year.

"I'm sorry I forgot last year. I was so busy. I'll get you whatever you want today." he had told me. More memories like that were starting to replace some of the more painful ones. He was a single father working as the head of GROM so of course things would slip his mind. I felt myself on the verge of crying again because I had recalled that he had committed suicide. Allegedly. Zofia told me he had seen our father greeting 2 suspects in the assassination of Poland's president at the time. Something told me that he had actually been assassinated…and that caused me to get angry. And I made very bad decisions when I was angry. Like joining Nighthaven. Basically throwing Meghan's recommendation that I join Rainbow right in her face. I do remember going to her after returning and asking for forgiveness. She had given it to me and again, had recommended that I date Derrick. Derrick is a nice man, but not quite my type. He's a much better fit for Tina. Now that I knew Derrick way more (and him and Tina being the "non immediate family" guardians for Tobey and Izzy), I made more connections between him and how he acted as Jack. Derrick copied Jack's mannerisms pretty well but Derrick had those "Jim Carrey"-esque reactions to certain things. I had confronted him as Jack one night. Alone. I pulled a pistol on him when he entered his dorm room at Nighthaven.

"Talk." I said.

"Whoa! Who's there?" Derrick responded (in a very good imitation of Jack's voice) and turned to see the gun barrel in his face. "Is this about me saying that perogies are inferior to dumplings? I can explain."

"No," I growled. "Who. The. Fuck. Are you?"

"Me Jack," he said pointing to himself then to me. "You Ela. Us allies." I pulled the hammer back on the pistol.

"Jack Estrada does not act like this," I snarled again.

"Ela Bosak doesn't betray her friends. Even if she doesn't have many," Derrick said and folded his arms. He wasn't scared of me.

"How's your sister?" Derrick asked and that had pissed me off quite a lot. I lunged forward and pressed the gun against Derrick's forehead. At the time, I hadn't noticed the barrel of the gun had penetrated the holographic disguise. Still Derrick hadn't flinched. Looking back on this event, I had failed to notice a knife in one of his hands.

"You think she left you alone? What did you just do a few weeks ago? I watched you basically spit in her face and your father's legacy. Oh yeah, I know about Jan Bosak. I am sorry for your loss but you don't seem to be bent up about it. Or so it seems? Why are you in his former unit? Hmm? There was a Navy SEAL you recently collaborated with. She spoke highly of you and got you the recommendation to join Rainbow right? This is how you thank her? Pointing a gun at her colleague. Now yes, I am not actually Jack Estrada but I am very close with that Navy SEAL so watch it. Actually, do me a favor, look down," he rattled off. Stupidly, I had looked down to see that Derrick made that "ok gesture" on his leg with one of his hands. By the time I looked up, ready to punch him, he had already grabbed the gun from my loose grip and threw it aside.

"Do you really like it here? When was Kali ever loyal to you?" Derrick said after dodging my sloppy punch.

"She didn't abandon me! Like everyone else!" I snarled and threw another punch. Derrick caught this one and then proceeded to get right in my face.

"Like how you just abandoned the only place you could call home as well as your sister? The only living link you still have to your grandfather?" he said and threw me back. I remember standing there thinking about my actions and coming to the realization that he had been right. Jaja would have been absolutely appalled at me for abandoning Zofia. He had retrieved my gun and handed it to me.

"Before you ask, I am a friend of Eliza's. Tell her I sent you," he said and patted me on the shoulder. For some reason, I had allowed that and I left Nighthaven that night. I returned to Rainbow after visiting Jaja's and my father's graves in Poland. That turned out to be the best decision of my life because it had led me to the point where there was a little boy in my arms and my sister and I were on speaking terms again.

"Mama!" Tobey said after he spotted me. It brought me back to the present. I looked down at my little Mini Lukas and smiled at him.

"Hi sweetie!" I said and gave him a kiss. "Mama loves you!" Tobey moved his head around the room as if he was looking for something. Must be his teddy bear…but then he said "Zee" I gasped again. He had just basically said his sister's name! What a smart baby! I suddenly heard movement from upstairs and heard Lukas' voice say "It's ok, Daddy's on his way." I smiled. Lukas was getting better mentally every day but even I could tell the assault still bothered him. I could see the poor guy staring at the wall from time to time. He still hadn't fully told me what happened and I wasn't going to pressure him to do so. He and Izzy came down the stairs. As he rounded the corner, I saw that he had excitement in his eyes.

"Ela!" he said. "Izzy just asked where Tobey was!" Tobey heard his father's voice and turned to face him.

"Dada!" he said before noticing Izzy. "ZEE!"

"Oh-bee!" Izzy's high pitched voice responded. Lukas walked over with Izzy and both babies reached their hands towards the other. I nearly lost it entirely. These babies were my entire life. All 3 of them.

Later that day, after Lukas and I had put the babies down for their afternoon nap, we were just sitting on the couch together. I was reading while Lukas just fiddled around on his acoustic guitar. It was perfect reading music to be honest. After about a few minutes, the music stopped and I looked up to see him staring at the wall again. I put down my book and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. He looked over at me and took a deep breath.

"About…about what happened," he began before stopping. I could feel him start to shake again.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," I said and rubbed his shoulder. "I still love you."

"No…no. You deserve to know," Lukas said and took a deep breath again. "That…that bitch just forced herself on me. She kissed me. No…no kiss isn't the right word. She jammed her tongue down my throat. I felt so horrible when she was doing it." He managed to keep his eyes on me as he told me what happened. I hid my anger well. I wasn't angry at Lukas for kissing another woman because he hadn't done it because he wanted to. I was beyond livid at the woman who decided she could use what is MINE as her own personal sex toy. I nodded however and kept rubbing my man's shoulder.

"It…it gets worse…" he said. My face fell. Oh no.

"Ela…Ela…then she…she unzipped my pants and just grabbed my dick. Then she tried to get me off. I hated it. I hated it so much, Engel," he said and started to cry. First off, the use of Engel was surprising. He hadn't done that in a while even though I know that is my name in his phone. Second off, NOBODY DOES THAT TO HIM! LET ALONE IN FRONT OF MONIKA. THAT BITCH!

"They…they felt like sandpaper. I begged for someone to help…but they were all unable. Ela…Ela… I called for my mother…and she took it as me calling her mommy…She didn't stop. She got more forceful. She thought I liked it but I didn't Ela. I hated it," Lukas said through his sobs. I didn't know whether to stop crying myself and start busting heads or just hold the man I still loved more than anything. I decided on option 2. Lukas was still shaking as he cried into my shoulder. I rubbed his back and shoulders gently and told him "I've got you Lukas. It took a lot of courage to tell me this"

"It was all my fault…I didn't do anything to stop her. I cheated on you and it was all my fault," he said. That was a lie. I was told by multiple people that he had been tied up and unable to stop her.

"No it isn't. You did nothing to deserve that," I said softly.

"Will…will you help me?" he whispered.

"Of course I will. You know me, Monika and Derrick will always listen. I've been looking into therapists as Six wanted you to see one. You don't have to if you don't want to," I said. Lukas nodded.

"You don't have to go today, Lukas. We can stay here with the babies all day like usual. Six wants you to be away from the environment for a few more weeks ok?" I said. "You are no less of a man for telling me this. I see you as that loveable doofus I fell in love with back in Portland. You also DID NOT cheat on me. None of it was your fault," I felt Lukas squeeze me tighter. I didn't think I could love this man more than I already do, but he always seems to find a way. He held me close for several minutes before letting me go. I pouted a little on the inside.

"Thank…thank you for listening," he said and sniffed.

"Of course," I said. "Is…is there any reason you didn't want to tell me?" I saw him hesitate for a moment before he looked into my face.

"Dudes…dudes don't like to open up about stuff all that often," he said. I knew this. It was ridiculous to be honest. Although, a lot of guys have a reason as to why they don't like to.

"You had someone throw it in your face when you told them in the past right?" I asked. As expected, Lukas nodded.

"College. Old 'girlfriend' constantly used my insecurities to manipulate me into…well sex honestly. I really should have listened to Monika on that one…Then she threatened to tell my family I was being abusive. Thankfully, Jackie stepped in. She was my ex's former roommate. Jackie caught her doing cocaine off one of the music teacher's chest after she had blown off a date with me. Both of them were booted and arrested. That girl's father was more pissed at Jackie than the school or you know the 40 year old teacher making out with his 19 year old daughter…" he told me. I patted his shoulder.

"Jackie's a good friend," I said.

"We were never together," Lukas said quickly. "She's always seen me as a friend and vice versa!" I responded by gently kissing Lukas' hand.

"I know. She told me before we got married," I said. "You are everything to me. You are everything to the babies. I will say this as many times as you need to hear it Lukas, you are not less of a man. What you are, is my man."

"I'm so lucky I found you," he said and squeezed my hand. "When I went…when I lost control of my rage, I heard your voice in my head helping me calm down." Honestly, I nearly started crying again.

"You deserve to be happy, Lukas," I said and rested my head against him.

"So do you," he said and rested his head against mine.

"I am happy," I responded and kissed his cheek. "I have you."

21st January, 2027

Our House

San Francisco, CA. America

I woke up to the sounds of hard rock guitar riffs coming from downstairs.

"What the?" I muttered and looked at Ela's side of the bed. She wasn't there. Ah, so it must be her. She had been allowing me to sleep in a little bit more after the assault. My ears adjusted after a few seconds and I recognized the band even though it was muffled. Hardbone. One of the better modern rock bands. These guys sounded like AC/DC in their prime AND they were from Hamburg, Germany! I started to make my way downstairs as the intro to the song "Back in the Day" started playing. That one is one of my favorites! I turned the corner to see Ela's back to me and she looked like she was cooking breakfast for us. God, I simply had the best wife ever. She comforted me after I told her about the assault, she held me when I cried and she honestly cared about how I was feeling. I quietly snuck up behind her and saw that she was lip syncing to the lyrics. I win. That's it. Pack it in everyone else. Ela Krystyna Weiss is the best wife. I waited until the pre-chorus started and tapped her on the shoulder. She jumped and looked at me but I was already lip syncing "I want my Rock n' Roll like back, Back in the Day" by the time she looked. She smiled, put a finger on my lips and did the next part of "I want my Rock n' Roll, No other way" and then kissed me. I think she just expected a short one but I didn't allow that. I figured she deserved a token of my affection. I held her closer to me and lifted her off the ground a little. I heard her giggle as she continued to kiss me. Hearing her voice and feeling her touch constantly reassured me that the woman I was kissing was in fact Ela and not some lustful succubus.

"Well good morning handsome," she said. "Daddy's awake little ones! See!" Ela pointed to our kids currently on the floor in the den…crawling around. I gasped. Ela smiled again.

"I know! Look at them," she said before looking down at the frying pan. "Put me down. I need to finish breakfast." I did so. Izzy meanwhile was crawling towards me giggling and saying "Dada!" I picked her up off the floor and gave her a hug.

"Hi little one!" I said.

"Dada!" she said and pointed to Tobey. "Oh-bee!" Tobey was sitting on the ground with Kuschelt looking at the speaker where Hardbone was still playing (now a little softer because Ela had turned it down).

"Look at your phone," Ela said. With some difficulty, I pulled my phone out of my shorts. I had a crap ton of messages again. I frowned which caused Izzy to giggle again.

"What did I do this time?" I asked.

"Not you," Ela said and added some more bacon to the frying pan. "Your son." With one hand, I started to scroll through my messages. The first one was from Ela and it was a photo of Tobey sitting on the floor with Kuschelt smiling at the speaker…along with an old photo of me doing the same thing at my parent's house in front of the radio many years ago. Oh boy. These messages were from my family. I knew it. Sure enough, every message was prefaced by a variation of "Ela just sent me this." Here are the rest of the messages;

Rick - "Little guy is just like his father. Holy shit man. That is scary."

Julia - "This. This is the same picture. I swear to God."

Mami - "Aww! I remember when you used to do that!"

Dad - "What's he listening to son? Hard rock I'll bet. You used to like when Rock You Like a Hurricane played"

And, of course, my dearest older sister who was currently a short drive from my house.

Har-Monika - "I. AM. SOBBING. I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM!I'M COMING OVER AS SOON AS I GET A BOOT ON MY ANKLE! TELL TOBEY TANTE MONIKA LOVES HIM!"

I smiled over at Tobey.

"Hey little guy, Tante wanted me to tell you she loved you," I said. Tobey looked over when I had said "Tante" and he giggled and attempted to say it but it sounded more like "Tah-Tee!" Izzy meanwhile was looking around the room while still in my free hand. She spotted the portrait of Zofia and Andrezj on the wall and pointed at it.

"Fee-ah!" she said. Ela smiled.

"That's right, little one," she said and pinched Izzy's cheek a little. "That's Fee-ah. Mama's sister." Izzy giggled, reached for Ela and said "Mama!" Ela took Izzy from me and started texting someone. Must be Zofia because I saw messages in Polish. One of them read "Izzy just said your name" followed by "WHAT?! TELL HER I LOVE HER!" I did manage to see what my name was in Ela's phone. It was "Spidey." Ela noticed me and pecked me on the cheek.

"Yours is right there Luke," she said and motioned to the eggs, bacon and toast breakfast on the table for me. I sat at the table and ate breakfast with my family, while listening to hard rock with my son.

Late Hours of 21st January, 2027

My Home with Lukas

San Francisco, CA. America

I was holding my son in the nursery after calming him down. Little guy had woken up crying.

"Shh Tobey. Mama's here," I whispered to him. Tobey stopped crying a little after he heard and recognized my voice. "Tante is coming over in a few days! She just needs to see a doctor because bad guys broke her ankle."

"Bah!" Tobey said and I felt him lean against me in the dark. Then he asked where Lukas was. Well…actually he just said "Dada" but it sounded like a question to me.

"Daddy's sleeping. Do you know something? Your daddy is the strongest man I know. Mama will never stop loving him. He treats Mama so well," I whispered to him. Tobey simply made a baby noise and rested his little hand on my arm, much like when he had realized I had been crying once and comforted me. Oh shut up you. I know it was merely coincidence that he had wanted to see me while I was sobbing my eyes out over my birthday gift but I'm taking it as Tobey comforting his mommy. I felt Tobey yawn and I started rocking him a little to get him back to sleep. He did so after a few minutes. It was when I put Tobey in the crib and looked to see if Izzy was still asleep was when I panicked. She wasn't there. No….no no no no! Where is my baby! WHO STOLE MY BABY! I reached for my phone to call someone but figured the better idea was to tell Lukas first. This turned out to be the correct choice. I saw Izzy with Lukas upon entering our bedroom. Lukas was propped up in a sitting position with Izzy sitting in his lap. Lukas was sleeping but Izzy wasn't quite asleep. I smiled to myself.

"You really are my daughter aren't you," I said to her. Izzy responded with "Mama!" and then a big yawn. I picked her up and she looked toward Lukas again before looking at me.

"Don't worry honey. Daddy's going to be here when you wake up. He always will be," I said.

"I promise little one," Lukas muttered before I saw him open his eyes. "She was awake about an hour ago. Surprised you didn't see us when you checked on Tobey."

"Go to sleep doofus," I said. Izzy backed me up with a "Bah!" noise. Izzy was pretty much asleep by the time I laid her in the crib. I checked the time. I had 4 or so hours to sleep before the next feeding. Perfect. I walked back into our bedroom and climbed into bed next to Lukas. I cuddled up next to him and kissed him on the cheek.

"I love you so much," I whispered.

"Love. Too," I heard him mutter. I smiled, satisfied at how comfy I was just laying there with him. I felt that both my grandfather and father were looking over me and my family with pride in their eyes.

I no longer felt I was going to be alone again.

Link to Lukas' Song Instrumental:

/watch?v=l1hwuH24bj8

(If the link doesn't work, go to the YT channel ItalianStallion330 and it's the video with the IQ thumbnail)