Descendants characters belong to Disney, the dwarfs' wives are my ocs

Also Angels Fall Sometimes and Your Man belong to Josh Turner one of my favorite singers.

Evie has gotten to meet her stepsister as well as Grumpy's family. How do you guys like what Grumpy had to say to Evie or how Evie has put herself completely devoted to helping Doug care for his parents?

PLEASE COMMENT

"Uncle Doc?" Doug whispered as he answered his phone the next morning, remembering he and Evie had fallen asleep on the couch, the thought making him blush despite all they'd done was pass out from a tiring day, not wanting to go back to Evie's cottage when they planned on heading back to the hospital the next morning.

Evie watched, her eyes filled with concern as she could only hear part of what was being said.

"Okay, Evie and I will be there soon, love to Dad." he said before hanging up.

"Doug, what is it?" she asked, laying a caring hand on his shoulder.

"Uncle Doc said Dad could be waking up but I'm worried something's wrong, you know he already has seizures, which he's had since he was born, what causes them the same reason he can't talk." Doug sighed "I'm going to put the stuff for Mom by the door and make us something quick while you get ready though you're beautiful without it."

"Don't forget your father's hat." Evie replied, believing Doug more every time he told her she was beautiful however she looked.

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"How's Dad?" Doug whispered as Evie followed him, gently taking his father's hat from the top of the bag of clothes they'd brought.

"Mr. Dopey, it's Evie back with your son again." Evie whispered as she carefully slipped Dopey's hat over his head before she gently took his hand in hers once more.

"Doug, I know you have other things to do, your Uncle Happy is coming shortly" Daisy sighed while she was greatful both her sons cared for their father and herself the way they did she wished they could have lives slightly outside of their family, having been thrilled once she learned Doug was so involved with Evie's fashion brand knowing he'd found something besides his academics that was important to him.

"Mom, I know you're not alone but I just feel better having me or Derek with you." he replied, glad he had Evie by his side this time.

"Doug," Doc whispered as he stood "your father is still very much out of it but his vitals are slowly coming back up, I thought you should be here though I can't say for sure he'll wake up today."

"Is there anything I can do?" Evie asked, the level of empathy she felt for the dwarfs evident as she laid a hand on Doug's arm.

"Do the same thing you were yesterday, Evie." Doc gently told her while taking her hands into his own "Maybe it seems like it does little but I assure you it'll help him come to. Once he does is when things get questionable because I can't tell you what… You saw how bruised his head was, Jack and I are both concerned whether he has brain damage."

"Jack?" Evie whispered."

"A long time friend of mine, he's been checking on Dopey but I don't think you and Doug were here." Doc explained when he heard someone walk in.

"Hey, Doc, thought I'd help Evie besides I wanted to get to know her better after a certain nephew of ours decided to give me an earful ." Happy stated as he walked to his brother's side, Bashful following behind him.

"I guess you've met my son, Bash?" Bashful hesitantly spoke up as Evie took Dopey's hand once again, the motion of brushing her hands back and forth over his arm somehow easing her own uncertainty.

"I've met him, as well as Cheerful, all of Doug's cousins that graduated with us." Evie replied, knowing there were only a few now that she'd never met "Bash tended to be a target for Chad Charming and some others, mostly the boys because he was always nervous but I liked him because he was so sweet and creative, finally showing me the beautiful pictures he'd sketch once he slowly became comfortable around me. Cheerful always somehow made you feel better if you were having a bad day and looked out for his cousins and their well-being, I initially thought he was the leader among his cousins."

"What did Gordon say last night?" Doug hesitantly asked looking to his uncle.

Happy merely chuckled at his nephew's question "Nothing much, just Evie's mother is who she is and stuff Doc and I already know, Crabby and Grumpy both like you and Gordon… he'll mellow some eventually like his father but I wouldn't worry about him too much, like Grumpy he tends to let his emotions get carried away when he thinks his family needs protecting." he added, reassuring Evie and his nephew.

"I can understand that and I do hope everyone in your family eventually accepts me." Evie sighed as she hesitantly fixed Dopey's hat and made sure his blanket covered him to her satisfaction, well aware after the past couple days how cool it was around the bed despite the fact he didn't shiver, though he whimpered ever so slightly two things that concerned her despite Doc assuring her that Jack had said it was normal.

"Don't worry, you'll fit in more comfortably once you become used to all of us. Hap told me DJ and Shy are coming here for a short bit later over their lunch." Happy assured Evie with a smile as he helped her by moving his brother's feet.

"I can't wait to meet them. Any word from my sister?" Evie asked, already realizing how much she enjoyed being around Doug's family.

Doc hesitantly nodded "She'll be here but she has one of her events for the children today, something we usually help her prepare for and carry out but of course.."

"You and your brothers are family to her." Evie sighed "Mr. Doc,… do I have a niece or nephew?" she hesitantly asked, knowing she'd yet to meet anyone that claimed to be related to her.

However, Doc could only shake his head "No, they're I think only royals who don't have any heirs." Doc sighed as he helped Evie with his brother "Snow has always loved children but she was never able to have any, why she cherishes all twelve of mine and my brother's children, her godchildren are the closest she has to call her own… I can't tell you anything for sure but Jack thinks what your mother did could have something to do with it but nothing's ever been proven. After however many years of trying she gave up hope despite Florian's support."

"I can't believe how much my mother has done." Evie gasped "So, how did the events start?"

"Florian. He couldn't stand watching how hopeless Snow became while also knowing that some of the children in our kingdom weren't given the best start in life. He knew Snow wanted to be there for them and this was the best way he could think to do that."

Evie nodded, not quite believing that her stepsister had such a tragic detail in her life.

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"What do you think, Jack?" Doc asked as his friend who worked, focused as he did various things, some Doc himself wasn't completely sure himself as he had less medical knowledge than Jack of what they were dealing with.

Jack could only sigh as he looked to Doug "Your father is coming to but from what I've seen it's happening very slowly which doesn't surprise me given what happened to him in the mine."

"Mr. Jack, once Doug's father does come to, what can we do to help him heal?" Evie asked the pure dedication she had to both father and son easy to see.

Jack sighed "That depends on what state he's in, if he's capable of moving and how much. The best thing I can tell you now is let him know you're there for him whether that's just talking to him, holding his hand or if he's mobile enough supporting him with the therapy he'll need regardless of when."

Evie nodded having become uncertain, not of whether her future father-in-law will accept her but how difficult of a road will be ahead for him and his family, how whatever happens will affect how he'll be able to be involved in the wedding as well as hers and Doug's life afterwards "I just want to do all that I'm able for him because he's Doug's dad but he deserves it as well if he's anything like his brothers. I haven't really gotten to know him yet but I care about him so much."

"Evie," Jack whispered, a gentle smile on his lips, laying a hand on her shoulder as he briefly looked back at his patient "Dopey is so lucky you're going to be his daughter-in-law, unfortunately this is a bridge we can only start to cross once I can assess his physical and mental state once he comes to. I guess he already knows who your mother is but for now I wouldn't bring it up because I don't want him having a panic attack because he remembers the queen but not you. I'm sure you don't want to start off keeping secrets from him but I think you can understand why."

"Yes, I don't want to do anything that would hurt him further." Evie agreed as Doug smiled, giving her a greatful look that also showed his love for her.

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"Dad?" DJ called to the group as he, Bash and Shy walked over to their dads, Bash helping Evie and Doug "How's Uncle Dopey?"

Doc sighed as he looked to his son and nephews "Nothing new really, as Jack told Evie earlier, he'll only know when your uncle comes to when it happens and he'll only be able to tell how he's been affected after that. I wish we all knew more than we do but unfortunately medicine is science not magic."

"Evie?" Shy whispered, feeling his cheeks heating knowing she was his cousin's fiancé "Thanks for looking after my brother while you were at Auradon Prep together, I know the boys loved to pick on him like I was. We just get nervous around big groups, people we don't know well… stressful situations."

"I remember overhearing Chad mentioning him to the other guys after tourney tryouts, at the time I didn't make the connection, him being Doug's cousin but I couldn't believe it, King Ben being the only one that stood up for him. Something told me princes shouldn't act that way."

"No, but Bash and I are used to it, Dad and Mom got quite a bit of the same treatment as we did… do." Shy agreed.

"How did they meet?" Evie asked, sure Bashful wouldn't answer this himself while also hoping she wasn't overstepping a boundary as she was so curious about the men who would all too soon become her new family.

"You really want to know?" Bashful whispered, visibly nervous despite wanting to share this with her "A certain brother of mine set me up with a beautiful, sweet woman who also was set up by her own siblings, one who was friends with Doc."

"But did you regret it?" Doc asked, a knowing look in his eyes.

"Don't know how I could say I did. I was so terrified but once I realized how alike we were somehow it made me a little bolder. I knew, like me, she needed someone to be there for her and I soon found out just how alone she was when I asked about her family." At this Bashful blushed, a nervous chuckle escaping his lips at the next memory "When I proposed to her I sang a song I felt was the best way I could describe our relationship… how I felt about her."

"And what song was that?" Doug asked knowing he'd done something similar when he'd proposed to Evie.

"An older song from Sherwood Forest, Your Man. Dopey was the same way. Of course he can't sing but his fiddle playing has always been a big part in their relationship." Bashful explained.

"Doug did another one by the same man… Dale I think?" Evie replied with a smile.

"Yes, Alan-a-Dale's brother but Angels Fall Sometimes, song that has so much meaning for us." Doug agreed.

"Why don't you two have supper with me, Bash, Shy and their mother Bella tonight?"

"We will Uncle Bashful." Doug assured them before his uncle became nervous at the thought.

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"How is your mother holding the past few days?" Bella asked as she set a pot on the table "I can't imagine and I hope I never have to." she whispered, the thought of Bashful in the same situation making her struggle to keep from becoming emotional.

"Thanks Aunt Bella, Mom's pretty strong but she loves Dad so much. She insists she's fine but I know it's hard on her. She hasn't left his side since he was brought to the hospital. If he really is coming to I'm glad but I also wonder whether it will lift her burden or make it worse as I know she'll stay with him the same. I know she'll insist on caring for him however the staff will let her. I know she'll be as involved in his therapy, if not more than Evie and me."

"You want me to come up there while you and Evie have a little break yourselves?" Bella asked, hating how much had been put on her nephews by the situation they were currently in.

"I'd be greatful for it, I'll stay with them until Dad can come back to our cottage but I'm worried about her more than Dad because I know just how much she'll put him first. I've been there for breakfast and lunch, which I almost have to force her to eat but I worry she doesn't eat at night. I know she doesn't need to eat a lot but helping us or Uncle Doc with Dad she needs her strength. I trust Uncle Doc does what he can and maybe she eats some but somehow I think she might listen to one of my aunts more. I know you need to get supper for my cousins and uncle but thank you so much."

"Joy will help me with that when she does supper for her own boys and Happy will possibly invite you two to eat with them tomorrow night. Don't worry about us, Doug."

"Thanks Aunt Bella." Doug whispered.

"I feel more excited to join your family all the time but I must admit somehow I still have a slight uncertainty in the back of my head." Evie confessed as she shook her head "It has nothing to do with any of you… it's just I've never met a family, certainly not one the size of yours, that loves and supports one another so much, my uncertainty is just that until now I didn't know that existed."

"I can't imagine how your mother was." Bella sighed knowing what her husband and Snow had told her."

"I suppose she wasn't that bad but everything she put in my head left me feeling insecure and feeling like I was never truly beautiful… until I met Doug… Who would've thought a son of one the men she hated so much would be the person to teach me looks aren't all some people care about or that he would be my true love. I love my mom but now I've found something this amazing I can't let her be a part of it. She made her choice, she wants to stay on the Isle with some of the other villains and she'll never accept the wonderful life I have now… I know she'll never accept any of my children and honestly, I'm not sure I want her to, I want them to grow up without the judgement I had to face myself, from my own mother of all people."

"Evie," Bella whispered, like her husband she had a few tear streaks down her cheeks "I can imagine how you feel. My mother told me how loved I was but until I met Bashful I'd never heard it from a man, nor that I was beautiful… When I learned I was pregnant I'd hoped for a daughter knowing unlike me she would have a father who would give her everything I wish I had gotten myself but instead I got a son who I knew loved me since the day he was born and now both Bash and Shy are just two more men I have that I know love me and are both very defensive of me."

"Mom." Both brothers cried, their faces hot with embarrassment.

"I'm glad your father can't do those things to you anymore." Evie whispered, having not expected something like this away from the Isle.