Wyatt stepped closer to Raph, stroking Ben’s hair from his forehead. “Are you hungry? I made oats for you.”
Ben smiled, five little white teeth on his gums.
“Gods, he’s so cute,” Raph said. “But only when he isn’t flinging food at me.”
“Or peeing on you.” Wyatt laughed. Raph rolled his eyes. “Remember the time you were going to kiss him? And he peed all over your new shirt.”
“Not like he didn’t pee on you, too.”
But unlike Raph had feared, he hadn’t dropped Ben. In the first few months after Ben was born, they’d slept with Ben between them on the bed, before moving him to the crib some months later. Ben loved applesauce, and teething biscuits, and he’d been smiling along when Wyatt played on the piano.
Wyatt snuggled into Raph’s side, slipping his arms around his alpha, and their baby. Ben smelled like baby soap. Wyatt pressed his nose into Raph’s neck, just breathing in, Raph’s warmth soaking through his shirt.
“I’m glad I’m doing all this with you,” Wyatt murmured. “I don’t know what it would’ve been like by myself.”
“Don’t even think about that,” Raph said, sliding his fingers through Wyatt’s hair. “You’re doing great with the kids.”
“So are you. And you’re a first-time dad, too.”
Raph grinned, his eyes lighting up. “I’ve got you. It’s my chance to show you what a great dad I am.”
Wyatt snorted, slapping his ass. “When you aren’t goofing off with Hazel.”
“Hey!” Raph frowned.
“What did you say about me?” Hazel popped up in the doorway, nibbling on an apple. “Did you find Ben?”
“He was in the laundry hamper,” Wyatt said. Raph turned, so Hazel could see her brother. “Looks like we’ll be searching the closets next time, too.”
Hazel raised her eyebrows, whistling. “Looks like he’ll be great with hide-and-seek. I can’t wait for him to grow up!”
Wyatt groaned. Ben, with his mischievous older sister? Who knew what those two would get up to? But Hazel was growing up, too. She was eleven now, and when Ben was five, she’d be fifteen. In four years, she might already have presented as alpha.
“Gods, the children are growing up so fast,” Wyatt said. “Pretty soon, Ben will be old enough to walk down the aisle.”
“For our wedding, or his own?” Raph grinned.
“I meant ours.” Wyatt glanced at the ring on his finger. With the way time flew, it wouldn’t be long until Ben found his mate, too. “The more I think about it, the more I’m ready to be married.”
“Yeah?” Raph kissed his cheek. “Want more babies first?”
It wasn’t a terrible idea. Wyatt smiled, looking at Ben, then Hazel. They were adorable, and Wyatt would never regret them, not even for a single day. “I don’t see why not.”
“Does that mean I’ll get more brothers to play with?” Hazel bounced on her heels.
“Probably.” Raph smiled, nodding for Hazel to join them. “C’mon over. Group hug.”
Hazel groaned. “That’s cheesy, Dad.”
But she padded over anyway, snuggling between Wyatt and Raph, leaning away from Ben so he didn’t grab her hair. Wyatt hugged them all.
They’d come a long ways, him, Hazel and Raph. Hazel had stood by Wyatt through the difficult times, young as she was. With Raph by his side, Wyatt had finally been able to give her a stronger dad. Someone she could look up to.
She loves you as her dad anyway, Raph had said. No one can replace you.
And maybe he was right.
Without Raph, Wyatt knew he wouldn’t have dared stand up to Grandma. Max would’ve still been around, and Wyatt would still have been afraid.
But with Raph as his alpha, Wyatt had made the decision to follow his heart. He stood stronger, and he was learning to see the good in himself. He wore Raph’s markings on his skin, and he’d built a family with his alpha, a home they were all safe in.
Someday, maybe he and Raph would have another child. For now, Wyatt was content to hold his family, and look forward to their future.
Author’s Notes
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Omega Teacher’s Baby
Divorced and shamed for his infertility, Professor Dale Kinney has spent the past ten years proving his worth: by building a solid research lab in his field. With his tenure two years away, everything's finally going right... except he also has a secret.
Dale has a crush on his student—Greg Hastings. Sweet, straight-A alpha, and also the college president's son. Greg has been asking Dale out for coffee since semester began. And it's been taking all of Dale's self-control to turn him down.
Four years ago, Greg lost his best friend in a fire. At eighteen, he'd had ambitious plans: build a home, drive fast cars, live his life. At twenty-two, he's lost his courage to believe. How can he be there for an omega when he couldn't save his best friend? How can he promise anyone a future? The only things keeping him afloat—college basketball, and the cute, awkward professor in his classes, who sneaks glances at Greg when he thinks Greg isn't looking.
When Greg stumbles on Professor Kinney in heat, the spark between them explodes into an inferno. And despite countless failed attempts at pregnancy... Dale conceives. Dale refuses to abort the child. Greg refuses to abandon this omega. With the pregnancy an increasingly difficult secret to keep, will their slow-burning love cauterize
