The Pixie's Warrior Wolf (Completed)

Man To Man

Grabbing milk and thinking of ice creams his girl might like, he was stumped until someone chuckled, “She likes them all.” Jumping he looked at David who nodded as he held up his basket, “I’m not stalking you. My wife sent me to the store, she couldn’t come today.” Upset and not feeling up to it, David had tried to make himself useful.

Now he had to really make himself useful.

“Can never go wrong with chocolate, brownie, Cookies and Crème, Banana split, or even a Black Walnut.” He turned and seriously said, “Nothing just vanilla, or anything mint with chocolate. It’ll get freezer burnt and thrown away.” Grinning surprised, Henry nodded, “Noted.” Grabbing small pints of those flavors and a few other things, he checked out and was met again by David.

Holding their bags both stared at each other.

In silent agreement, they were at the park together. One joint later, and Henry stared at the old man concerned, “Sir-.” He sighed, “David.” He smiled as the older set of the aqua blue eyes he’d just stared into this morning shined at him, “I think we shouldn’t have such formalities and respect after how we’ve started things. We’re past it.”

Henry shook his head, “This isn’t how I wanted our conversations to go.”

David agreed and whispered, “How is she?” Henry didn’t know. There was the night before last when he’d brought her to his home. She’d taken a shower and with a soft goodnight had curled into his bed before passing out. Sleeping with Zeus on the couch to be respectful, Henry had gotten up at two in the morning to pee and heard her crying. Not wanting to upset her, he’d gone outside and she’d been up another hour upset before finally going to bed. Then last night she’d slept like a rock and didn’t get out of the bed until she had to pee and claimed she wasn’t hungry. Unable to sway her, it was day three, she’d finally come around.

But he still felt her pain. Even when she’d kissed him wanting pleasure, it was in the back of her mind. Lingering.

“She’s upset about this situation between the three of you. Everything.”

David was upset too.

Having spent the later part of the day and night reading up on all things he’d missed and wanted to be told over the past two years, David felt like a failure of a father. He was. “I failed her. I know this now, and I don’t know how to fix it.” Henry shook his head, “Failing would be not caring about what you did and justifying it. You let her down and you’re still here. So don’t give up trying to fix it. And maybe…you’ll get there.”

David breathed out, “Ask her to come home. Please.”

Henry shook his head, “I’m not going to tell her to leave. Which is what you’re asking me to do, and I won’t. If she feels safe in my home with me, I will not tell her to go somewhere where she is not.” David flinched and then wilted as he nodded, “Fair. And I don’t want to force her to move back home.”

He rubbed his jaw, “But before she starts mating with you and building your family, I wanted a chance to make things right.” Henry started to ask why she couldn’t do both when David answered almost like he knew it would be a question, “Because once you two cross the line of marriage, full-fledged mating, babies, she’s going to pour her love into your family.”

And with him not knowing if she’ll even be in the area, let alone willing to let them see their grandchildren at this point? David knew he had to act. Now.

“A young mother will want to focus on her child. Making her home happy, finding her place in society in a community such as ours so she can work, and you…well I know you might want a pack and as young, strong, and powerful as you are, you’d easily get placement.”

Meaning they had more than enough options with Katheirne also being bright and powerful. As well as resourceful and a hard worker. David knew no matter where they went, they’d do well. He just…couldn’t stomach not seeing it.

“She’s not going to have time to sit around and pick scabs at her messed up relationship with her parents. She’ll want to be happy with the family she created and would eventually make herself okay with leaving us and the fractures in our relationship because we’ll be in our graves. I can’t...I can’t let that be the relationship I have with my daughter going forward. I want to be there for her, for my grandchildren…hell for you. For whatever time I have left.”

It'll be the last cycle of his life and he didn’t want to waste it fighting.

“I know you don’t want to stop your mating; it’s already driving you mad to have her this close.” Henry frowned as he grumbled, “I’m not going mad. I’m fine. And our ice cream is melting.” Leaning forward and layering a permafrost over the melting treats David smiled at his son in law, “Let me guess, you’re already trying to fix up a place for her even though you’re not even sure you want to settle in this area.”

Henry frowned and tried to play it off but the man beside him knew already, he had been there, “I remember when I first realized my Eloise was my mate. I know how easy it is to fall in slow and then the second you two are close all bets are off. You stopped becoming a singular individual when you meet your mate.”

True, Henry could attest he now felt Katherine like a extra limb, and they hadn’t even consummated the mating yet.

“I won’t suffocate her.” Henry promised, “She’s my mate not my property, I know me being a different creature might make you worry but I don’t plan on becoming some possessive domineering prick. I want her to find peace with you and your wife.” Happy to hear both of those things, David surmised, “And we’ll still try our hardest to reach out to her. We just…we want her home so she can’t run before we can talk. To send her off finally in the right way.”

Henry couldn’t promise anything and David wouldn’t make him, instead he thanked the wolf and headed home. Doing the same, Henry found his mate laying on the couch with his dog. Door opened and screen closed, Katherine let the cooling spring breeze in and he smiled as she sighed rolling over.

Kissing her head and going to make dinner, Henry knew he had to tell her what David said. But as his mate slept comfortably and with good dreams for once, he found he didn’t want to ruin it.