8-18-21

The last epilogue. Not crying.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - How could you do this to him?

Ten years later

CPOV

We're celebrated 10 years of marriage a few months ago. Ten blissful years. Growing up, I never thought I could have this and then when Ana came into my life, I didn't realize how good I could have it.

I'm in my study with three pairs of eyes staring at me, intently. Our oldest, Theodore Raymond Grey who Ana and I affectionately call Teddy/Tedster or Teddy bear is eight and half. His sister Rose Grace Grey who we call Cat, is six and our youngest, three and half year old is named Sloane Katherine Grey who we call Sloth. Teddy, Rose and Sloane are all parked on the three seater couch with the two older siblings sitting upright like proper human beings and our little Sloth hanging upside down and looking at me.

"Is it bad if I have a favorite child?" I ask Ana very carefully, hoping I don't land myself in the doghouse cause this could go either way. Maybe I should've asked Elliot instead.

"It depends on who the favorite child is." She answers and eyes me quite curiously. Is she daring me to fuck up?

"As weird as Sloth is, she's kind of my favorite."

"Oh thank God," she sighs in relief. "She's my favorite too."

We both laugh and relax on the couch and sip on our wine. The kids are asleep and we have an hour or two before we power down ourselves.

Tedster is a quiet and serious soul. He's a mini-me with Ana's crystal blue eyes. He may shove his sisters around when they annoy him but he is otherwise very protective of them in school or in public and often indulges them when they want to play. He's got a curious mind and I think we've got a scientist on our hands. He's obsessed with figuring out how things work and watching documentaries. I've had some profound conversations with him and he's the best company to have around.

Rose or Cat is quite feisty and wears her heart on her sleeve. When she was born she sounded like a little adorable kitten then a screeching one when she turned two. She looks like a tiny Ana with blue eyes and copper curls. She's taken after Mia and Kate as they've spoiled her rotten which means it's only going to get worse as the years go on. She's already quite opinionated but she loves me more than Ana so I shouldn't really complain. My Rose is a natural born leader who can command a room and leave you no choice but to pay attention to every thing she says or she'll ruin your life. It's soul crushing when it happens to you but entertaining as hell when it's happening to others.

Then there's our little Sloth who just floors me at every turn. She's three and half but going on forty-five, the walking embodiment of no fucks given. Visually, she's a combination of us, one second she'll look like me and in another, like Ana. She's got my eyes and Ana's mahogany hair. Her personality so far has her the most quiet and quirky of them all. She's always wearing mismatched clothes and socks if she's not barefoot and in the beginning when she started to assert her authority on her satorial choices, it drove me fucking insane given my OCD but Ana told me to calm the fuck down and let her express herself. Anytime Ana has to dress her up and make her look like a human being for an event, Sloth just looks like she's being punished and sulks in a corner.

She's only gotten weirder as time goes on. She has an actual pet cat—a stray she found on the grounds and brought into the house three months ago simply stating that the cat was hers. No discussion. Just an executive order. Ana gave me the mom eyes that meant I shut the fuck up and capitulate. In retaliation, I made Ana capitulate multiple times in bed but that's a story for another day— anyway, this feline demon follows her and only her around and always has a paw or tail on her person. They're joined at the hip. That cat gets more love than any of us humans do. The cat is called Squishy. I won't lie, the furry bastard is sorta cute.

Teddy and Rose were born without any issues but of course, we gave Sloane her nickname in utero because she never wanted to move or cooperate. Hell, she didn't even want to be born. They had to induce labor because Ana was three days over and then it had to be a C-section because the little weirdo got the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. And now, she barely says a word but when she does, her voice booms throughout the house. She's a tiny woman of a few words. Effective and deadly. Basically, she's scarier than Ana on a good day… and I fucking love it. I'm always eager to see what she's doing, which is normally walking around, eyes constantly scanning her surroundings (she's hung around Sawyer too long and is the only person she actually likes I think, a fact that I barely can tolerate) or hanging from the chair or table like an actual Sloth. Sometimes, I think she's high but then if she gets pissed off it's as if she's on speed. There is no in between with this kid. She keeps us guessing.

Teddy is writing a small report for Valentine's Day, and I'm telling our kids the story of how I met their mother.

"Was it love at first sight?" Teddy asks, scribbling down a few notes from my last answer that told him the date we met and how we got stuck in an elevator.

Love at first sight? More like love at first fight.

"Yes. Your mother was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen."

"That's so romantic." Cat sighs with a dreamy smile and I narrow my eyes at her for a moment. You're not dating till you're past 30 so don't even try to get any ideas. Teddy and Sloth roll their eyes and I snort at their reactions.

"Yes it was." I smile at the memory of her walking in after she washed her face and got rid of all that makeup and fuck! that pink corset… Shit, I need to relax, I've got a story to tell.

"But there's a lot more to this story than us both getting stuck in an elevator." I share with a sigh.

I tell them everything and their expressions go from excited to filled with absolute dread and anger. Suddenly, Teddy gets up and storms out of my home office with Cat, Sloth and Squishy charging behind him. I bite my cheek and quickly follow them into the kitchen.

"MOM!" Teddy exclaims, the hurt in his voice is so visceral. "How could you do this to him?"

Ana's stunned and trying to assess the situation. I keep my face impassive when I'm secretly just dying to see how she digs herself out of this one.

"How could I do what, Teddy?" She asks, after taking a deep breath. "What happened, baby?"

"You!" He points at Ana. "You had the...a..a… Dad, what was the word you used?" Teddy looks at me and I repeat it. "Right, you had the audacity to try and marry another man before you met Dad."

"Yeah, Mom! How could you?" Cat is crying as if someone has died.

"I'm not happy with you, Mommy." Sloth adds, her brows furrowed and arms crossed.

Ana's mouth drops open and she looks at me. I give her a smug grin. She arches a brow and looks at our three beautiful and easily manipulated children.

Instead of addressing them, she turns and slowly walks out of the kitchen with the kids following her, demanding answers. She quietly takes a seat at the table and motions the children to sit across from her which they do. I too take a seat near her, facing the kids and then, the moment my ass touches the seat, I hear a loud sob.

What the fuck?

Her face is covered by her hands and she's actually crying.

"Yeah, well…" She hiccups and looks at the kids who immediately fall for it and then faces me for a second where I see the payback in her eyes. Fuck me… "Did he tell you about the pretty girl he was going to kiss in his room when he met me?" Pretty girl? She was… hell, I don't even remember her name. Honestly I forgot that even happened.

But then three pairs of eyes whip towards me and stare at a goddamn hole into my body.

"YOU WANTED TO KISS ANOTHER GIRL!" Cat shrieks. "WHEN MOMMY IS SO BEAUTIFUL?"

"Wait a minu-!" I protest.

"SHE WAS SO PRETTY." Ana wails in dramatic fashion while cutting me off. Would you like an Oscar with that, honey? "And.. and, he was going to kiss her. Do you know he made fun of me when we met?" She wipes her fake ass tears. "He called me a drunk racoon and an angry badger."

Shit, she pulled out the big guns.

"You called yourself a drunk raccoon!" I exclaim.

"He also said my dress was ugly." She sniffs and starts to sob again. She's so good at this and so full of shit.

Our three kids are looking at me like they'll murder me, dismember my body and then feed the pieces to Squishy.

Great. Fucking great.

"I'm so disappointed in you, Daddy." Cat is the first to share her thoughts. Teddy just shakes his head, teeth grinding into dust no doubt.

Sloth jumps off, walks up to Ana and opens her arms. Ana slumps from the chair into her embrace and fake sobs a little more. Sloth for all her quirk and apparent detachment at times, is the most affectionate of us. She kisses Ana's temple and stares at me with a very serious face.

"You made my Mommy cry. I am not happy, Daddy." Her voice is low and sinister. Hell, she sounds like me when I'm about to rip someone's head off work. She's gonna be CEO of GEH one day. I can rest easy now.

"I think we all need to focus on the fact that she almost married someone else." I say, trying to bring the band of crazies back in line. "What about me, huh?"

"You called my Mommy ugly. I don't like you." Sloth growls. Fuck… that hit me deep. I can handle my other kids being pissed at me but Sloth… it hurts when Sloth is pissed.

"Apologize to Mom, Dad." Lawyer Teddy begins. "You hurt her feelings." Ana sniffs and looks back at me from the floor, where she's still hugging Sloth who's petting her head. Ana gives me her sinister and smug smile before it quickly vanishes and she cries a little more to keep up with the act.

"What about my feelings?" I exclaim.

"Well, you should have thought about that before you kissed another girl." Teddy replies. Fuck, this is all backfiring on me now.

I grab my hair and rest my elbows on the table and sigh. One thing's for sure, all my kids have my jealousy streak.

"I didn't kiss her." I mutter.

"But you wanted to." Teddy reminds me.

I never kissed those women, kid.

Taking pity on me, Ana gets up and reclaims her seat again with Sloth in her lap who's still doing her best to soothe her mother. It's so adorable and now I'm jealous. Little traitors.

"Daddy was joking a little bit," She begins. "And so was I." Ana takes her time explaining what really happened, leaving out the part of my pay for play sex life and the mess with Acero.

"Your Dad and I had different lives before we met but that day, yes, I was supposed to marry someone else but thank God, that guy ran away because then I got stuck in an elevator with your grumpy but handsome father and he took care of me. My heart was broken and he fixed it." Ana smiles, and grabs my hand on the table, giving it a light squeeze. Her eyes shine with love and adoration and I smile at her feeling ten feet tall all of a sudden. Damn, she can break me and build me in the same breath. Only her.

"How did he fix your heart?" Cat asks in wonder. There's my hopeless romantic.

"I let her eat all my food." I answer and they all laugh. Okay, so they don't hate me anymore. Thank God.

"It's good to share." Sloth nods, impressed with me, I think?

"Yeah, it is." Ana giggles and squeezes Sloth who laughs. That sound makes my heart skip a beat. Almost 10 years with her and she still takes my breath away. "And your Daddy did not kiss that other girl, you think I would've let him do that after I met him? Absolutely not!"

"Good! Cause Dad is only allowed to kiss you and you're only allowed to marry him." Teddy nods.

"I agree." I add.

"Well, I'm already married to him." Ana giggles and puts Sloth down on the floor then walks over to sit on my lap sideways to kiss me.

"Okay, you two are being icky." Tedster groans and gets up to walk away. Cat and Sloth follow him making gagging noises.

"I like you again, Daddy!" Sloth gives us a thumbs up and scurries away with Squishy behind her. Thank god, my favorite kid likes me again. Who am I kidding, they're all my favorite.

We both laugh and watch them disappear from view.

"You never give up do you?" Ana turns to kiss me again.

"Just once I'd like to win."

"I gave birth to them, Grey. I'm always gonna win. Heck, even when I don't win, I win. You need to give up." She runs her hand through my hair and it softens the blow. I sigh and lean into her chest and bite her breast through the fabric, not giving a fuck that the kids could easily walk back in and see us. She laughs and pushes me back, I grab her hips to keep her from grinding against my already hard dick. With the kids awake right now, there's no real way we can do anything elaborate. We've learned that lesson the very embarrassing way.

"We need to stop being emotional terrorists." She laughs in between kisses.

"We're training them for the big bad world." I reason and she rolls her eyes. "Don't make me spank you."

"But it's so much fun when you do, Sir!" She replies, her voice husky with need. I run a hand up her thigh and find that she's wet and ready to go.

I fucking love this girl.

"Then let's make sure you have fun tonight but for now, I want just a little taste." I carry her to the library and lock the door.

A few weeks later

APOV

I yawn and settle into my place on the couch, slumping down a little. Tiny little feet touch my forearm and I squeeze them. Kate smiles at me. She gave birth to her third child two months ago. Alexander Elliot Kavanagh-Grey. They have twins that are two months younger than Sloth. She thought she was done after the twins since they were one of each, Wyatt Carrick Kavanagh-Grey and Charlotte Sarah Kavanagh-Grey… but then, Mother Nature decided to triumph and show them who's boss.

"Your son is trying to get fresh with me." I tease and tickle his feet while Kate breastfeeds him.

"He's mine and Elliot's, what did you expect?" She laughs.

Elliot and Kate finally got married a few months after our little Cat was born. The broke up twice before realizing they were– actually, only Kate was– being really stupid and got hitched… in Vegas. I expected no less from her. It was so silly and hilarious but then to appease both parents, they had a grown up reception, still, nothing beats a Vegas party with friends.

We thought Mia and Ethan would become a thing but they sizzled out and Mia ended up dating a doctor she met at one of Grace' hospital events. They dated for quite a while but then he wasn't ready to commit and then they broke up two years ago. Now she's been fooling around with Ryan for the past six months. They both think we don't know but… we know. I also know that Ryan has it bad for her.

Dad lives at the south end of Tacoma and is doing really well with his bespoke carpentry business. He even teaches classes to people of all ages. Three years ago he met Clarissa who was looking to have a pair of chairs with a table made for a small nook in her home office. She got more than she bargained for. She got a husband. They're absolutely adorable together and I'm so happy for Dad, he's finally with someone who understands him and makes him happy. They often take trips together and send me silly selfies. Clarissa never married as she focused on her career; she's a successful nephrologist and has her own private practice in addition to taking appointments at Virginia Mason.

I never heard from Carla after she cancelled on my first walk down the aisle. Dad eventually told me about her frantic phone call where her identity got stolen and was begging for help. I found it odd that she didn't try to contact me, especially since my engagement to Christian made national news. I knew if she had called it would've been to probably ask for money or try to be the doting mother she never really was. That call never came… but I found myself surrounded by mothers in Kate's mom, Grace and as of recent Clarissa. In addition, being a mother is fulfilling. I'm grateful but every now and then I wonder about her. I suppose, a small part of me always will.

My phone chimes and I'm brought out of my thoughts of how my life has changed and grown. I see it's a facebook notification. Sliding it open, it shows me a memory from another life. I'm not exactly active on the app, I check it once in a while to see old college mates are up to. I've blocked those two and their families. The facebook memory shows a picture of me with José and Gaia. It's from when we went hiking a year before graduation. We look so young and happy but I suddenly remember the constant bout of worry and tiredness that I carried in my bones. I don't even recognize myself. So naive. I feel nothing.

"Ana?" Kate calls out to me.

"Huh?" I look at her. She asks me what's wrong and I show her my phone. She rolls her eyes, taking my phone from me to delete the picture.

When Kate told me she ran into Gaia Reed/Gia Gray on vacation 7 years ago, it seemed like something out of a movie. Kate and Elliot being the fully invested gossip queens they are, kept track of what transpired after. Christian too, enjoyed every single detail but I felt numb. I felt pity and sorry for their child. He's a beautiful boy and I sincerely hope he has a better chance at this life.

Gaia was convicted of bigamy and fraud. She apparently had been making money from some subscription app that she was stashing away. Both her husbands sued the shit out of her, thanks to her second husband reaching out to José to give him a chance to get what he was owed. It turned out he felt bad for their son. He told Kate that he truly loved Gia and didn't believe he could be duped. Elliot and Kate have remained friends with him. They even went to his second wedding and how he's a proud father of two young girls and is madly in love with his wife who's also a doctor but originally from Miami. They met at a conference a year after his divorce from Gia was finalized. We met at Kate's wedding and a few times we've all been in New York.

Given the fraud with the Rodriguez', the money she made from the subscription app was first paid out to help them with their debt and the remaining went to her second husband for damages. She was left penniless and sentenced to 5 years in prison but since she hadn't had any priors she'd be eligible for parole in 3 years. Her name remained Gia Gray and when she got out, she remained in New York. At least that's the update I got from Kate a few years ago and then it got boring to keep tabs on her so we stopped. I'm sure she's doing well, Gaia was never one to let anything bring her down. She always landed on her feet or as Kate says, her back with legs wide open.

José actually got married again. Once the debt was paid off and his divorce from Gaia finalized, he was free to progress in life I suppose. Rosa's instagram is public and Kate stalks people she doesn't like from a fake account. She likes to cultivate her grudges into beautiful gardens. It appears José married a woman who seems to also be from the tech space and unfortunately shares a striking resemblance to me. I find it weird but since it's all out of sight out of mind, it doesn't bother me so much. They have a young daughter and José teaches high school football in San Diego where they raise their little family.

When Kate showed Christian the picture, he grumbled a few expletives not liking the resemblance. I didn't hear the end of it for the two days that followed... that I begged him to shut the fuck up and go to therapy. You'd think the fact that I married him and had his children would make him feel secure… but nooo, he still loses his shit over small time stuff.

I really have married an ape.

I crawl into bed, technically I didn't do anything but laze around with Kate and Alex while we watched trash TV. Christian and Elliot took the kids hiking and came back all grimy and sweaty.

"Sloth couldn't stop talking about the damn berries she picked on the trail." I giggle. "She even stashed some in her bag and tried to feed them to me at bedtime."

Christian laughs and sighs. "That kid is just… hold on, let me show you something fucking hilarious." He grabs his phone and cues up a video. I watch in horror as Sloth sits on Wyatt and beats the crap out of him. Char tries to intervene but Sloth growls at her and she whimpers away, running to Elliot for cover.

"What the hell, Christian?" I gasp. "Why didn't you stop her? Where were Teddy and Cat?"

"They were watching and who the hell stops free entertainment. He deserved it, Wyatt was poking her and she told him to stop. He didn't, so she made him stop. I'm so proud of her." He grins proudly and watches the video again. "Ah, I fucking love this kid."

"Christian!"

We go back and forth and I make him promise me to stop Sloth, Cat or Teddy from ever resorting to physical violence unless it's absolutely warranted.

"It's not my fault that Katherine Kavanagh gave birth to a bunch of wimps. They're like little hamsters."

I burst out laughing. "The hyena and barracuda gave birth to hamsters."

"It's a pity isn't it?" He smirks.

"Not everything has to be a competition, Christian." I smack his arm but he laughs shamelessly.

We catch up, talking about our work plans for the next week and relax a little more. His body is half on top of me, treating me like a goddamn body pillow right now.

"Can we have another baby?"

"Huh?" I stare at him in complete surprise. I'm hearing things, right?

"Another baby…" He repeats and nuzzles into my neck. "Little feet, little hands, just a tiny version of us."

I know what's happening. Mr. I'm so obsessed with babies is still reeling from the high of carrying little Alex around this evening.

"Christian, I thought we were done after Sloane."

"I know but… just one more?" He pouts. Oh the power of the Grey pout… goddammit.

"What am I, a vending machine? Target curbside pick up?"

"I was thinking more of an Amazon 1-click subscribe and save." A salacious grin accompanies his little joke. I giggle and tell him that if he's so desperate for another baby, he can look into getting pregnant himself because I don't like being a whale. He turns on the charm, going from 1 to a 100 and five minutes later I'm convinced. Who am I kidding? I got baby fever too after spending the day with Alex and Kate. Those chubby cheeks and little baby yawns put a spell on us.

I think he also misses paternal leave. He's always taken it so seriously, attending the baby's needs so diligently that it was almost OCD.

"Is this your way of taking time off of work? You know you own the place right? We don't need to have another kid for you to have a vacation under the guise of paternal leave."

"I know that." He rolls his eyes and smiles. "I miss all that stuff. Watching them grow and being with you guys. They're so small and full of wonder… they're growing up so fast." His tone is wistful and it tugs at my heart. He's right, our babies are growing up too fast. My Teddy, Cat and Sloth are no longer tiny cherubs that I can carry around and smother with kisses. Oh, who am I kidding, I still embarrass them.

But before I open up shop for business, I need to take care of some other kind of business.

"You can't ask for a fifth after this. In fact, you need to get the snip like Elliot did."

"I'm not getting the snip and you're not getting tubes tied. If a fifth baby is meant to happen, it'll happen."

"I want it in writing, Grey. If you do not promise to get the snip then I'm not going off the shot… oh and you better start wearing a condom as well. I'm not taking any chances of a shot failing."

His face settles into a grim and petulant scowl.

"It's easy for you to want a baby but I gotta go through the pain and recovery every time. So if you want to fuck me senseless whenever you want after this last baby then please have some sense to do some sperm control or my shop is closed for business indefinitely."

"You wouldn't dare."

"I have memories and technology to keep me warm at night." I snap back.

The gears are turning and he's assessing his options. A few minutes later I hear the murmurings of an assent.

Victory is mine!

"Good. Let's practice making another baby!" I clap excitedly. We both laugh and get busy!

Eleven months later

CPOV

I have been anxiously waiting for this day and it's fucking here. THANK GOD!

Everyone has come by to see the newest addition to our little crazy beautiful family. Our goldfish is here, Cyrus Steele Grey. We named him goldfish given how the three kids kept looking at Ana's belly and talking to him all the time. He seemed to really like reacting to the kids' voices, moving a lot when they massaged her belly and kissed it.

Teddy and Cat are over the moon and have already fought and whined about wanting to hold Cyrus for longer than they were allowed.

"Don't worry, Cyrus, Dad and I will teach you all the cool guy stuff." Teddy promises. "And if Rosie and Sloanie get annoying, I'll save you from them,"

"Cy Cy, you're so adorable!" Cat gushes. "Mom, when can we take him home?"

We assure her it will be soon and she breathes easier. And now, the real moment of truth... finding out what Sloth thinks.

"What do you think, Sloane?" Ana asks, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear. "He's your baby brother."

Sloane's head cants slightly and she gives goldfish another once over with her usual quiet and contemplative gaze. "We can keep him."

The Sloth approves! Ana and I both chuckle. Well, thank God for that.

"Mrs. Grey, you've made me the happiest man alive." I lean in to kiss her and then kiss our little goldfish.

"And you've made me the happiest woman alive but you're still getting the snip." She giggles.

Of course, how could I forget. My appointment is set for next week. Time to lock my expert swimmers away.

Taking stock of my life, I look around and know that I'm the luckiest son of a bitch alive. An incredibly intelligent and beautiful wife who I love to death, four beautiful and healthy children, two loving parents and siblings, our families growing… Ryan knocked up Mia and the fucker is lucky that I haven't strangled him yet, anyway… back to counting my blessings– a successful business that's still doing well and a shit ton of money to last the next 6 generations of Greys.

Yeah, life is fanfuckingtastic!

Three months later

APOV

"When did we become zoo keepers?" Christian asks, snuggling into me. After we put the animals to bed, Christian had a conference call with the Taiwan office that was long enough for me to nurse and put our goldfish to sleep before I slipped in for a hot shower to wash the day off.

I know he's tired too. He gives his all when he's engaged with the kids, meeting their level of energy and enthusiasm about anything and then he goes straight into CEO mode to take care of whatever fires need to be put out. Then, as soon as we hit our bed, we melt into tired puddles of goo and sappy feelings— unless we're fighting of course, which thankfully doesn't happen much and when it does, we still hold each other while we sleep. That need trumps everything else.

"The moment you decided to take in a drunk raccoon and angry badger that night." I joke, turning around and wrapping my arms around his neck. He's warm and strong against my form. My home. I'm starting to see slight slivers of grey hair appear on my very handsome husband. I'd like to blame the business but I know for a fact that it's the kids too.

He chuckles in my embrace and we exchange a few kisses. "It's been quite a ride."

I know the answer to what I'm about to ask, it's in his voice but I ask anyway. "Tired?"

"A bit but nothing a little sex and sleep won't cure." He grins lazily at me. It surprises how no matter how exhausted he is, he's always in the mood for sex. He also had to recover from the vasectomy which was in a way good since I too was out of commission so when we both got the all clear, it was like rediscovering each other again. At least the first three times I could help him out with my hands or my mouth but this time we both truly were avoiding each other. It was brutal.

"Then let's get you some medicine, hot stuff." I laugh, hooking my leg over his hip while he works to rid me of my silk nightgown. His strong hands take control, working me up into a frenzy before he's swiftly cocooned inside me. I gasp, reveling in a feeling that is familiar but still so new every time.

"Fuck, baby…." His voice is a whisper filled with relief. "Four kids later and you're still so fucking tight. And this body…hmm." He croons, his warm breath tickling my skin while he leaves kisses along my jawline. "Yes, this body is everything I nee— oh fuckkk."

With his words trailing into nothing but harsh grunts and rasps, he eventually shifts positions to loom over my body and pound into me with urgency that I beg more for.

Thank god I stuck with yoga and kegel exercises all these years. Everytime I clamp myself around him, it drives him crazy… and I live to see and feel him at my mercy just as he lives to see the same from me as we give ourselves to each other completely.

"Mrs. Grey?" He whispers, after a long stretch of comfortable silence as I lie comfortably in his embrace.

"Hmm…" I manage to answer while teetering on the edge of falling asleep.

"Thank you for spending both of your wedding nights with me."

My eyes flutter open and meet his dark grey gaze and peaceful expression.

"No other man, I'd rather spend them with." I say, kissing him softly.

"You're my world." He adds, kissing me back. "You know that right?"

Anytime he says this it turns me into a weepy mess of lovesick feelings. "Stop making me cry."

"You cry at everything." He chuckles, wiping my tears away and kissing both my eyes. "Sleep, badger."

I nod, cuddling into him and burying my face in his neck.

"Goodnight, ape."

The End.

A/N: I hope you liked this little end to this story.

I'm so sad it's over. But thank you to each and every single person who read this story and reviewed. This story was a love letter to all the people who have supported me on here and on the Facebook group. You have been such a light in my life. Thank you for giving my stories a chance.

I will be marking this story as complete - it feels a little weird to be honest! There will be five outtakes that I'll be posting for this story but that will happen eventually.

As most of you know, I've been working on DLMH in my off time and posting sneak peeks in my Facebook group. I hope to start posting soon but that story is taking time to write. If you have any questions for me, feel free to PM on here and I'll respond :)