Tord's P.O.V

"Alight Edd. I was Told to be civil with you. Lets see how that works out, shall we?"

Edd still sat in his place on the recliner, "We shall, even though I know you would be civil anyways because let's face it Tord, You're all bark and no bite."

I clenched my jaw slightly, "What's with you trying to fucking piss me off today? Just because I've never beaten your arse before doesn't mean I'm afraid to."

With a hum Edd looked away, "No needs for threats. I just wanted to say sorry."

"Apology accepted. I'm gonna go help Tom and Matt."

Before I could walk away Edd grabbed my wrist, "No." I glared at him and he returned the glare, "I was gonna be nice about it, but if you're gonna be a cunt then I will be one too." He stood to meet my eye level, "Stay the fuck away from Tom. Knowing you, you will cause even bigger problems. Sure I joked about you two being together before but now I see that you only like him for what he is. Not who he is."

I gritted my teeth and pushed Edd back from me, "I love Tom! Why are you so insistent that I am a horrible human?! I loved Tom for a very fucking long time now!"

Edd pushed me back, "I insist that because all you do is have one night stands! You are incapable of holding a relationship down! It wouldn't surprise me if you where incapable of loving at all!"

I felt my heart fall to my stomach, "What...." my mouth went dry, "You think i'm incapable of loving...?" Complete rage flared up in me but I didn't show it, "If anyone here is incapable of loving, It's you Edd." My voice was tight and scarily calm, "All you do is sit there on your fucking laptop. If you paid attention for once in your fucking life, you'd see that I'm constantly looking at Tom when he's not watching. You would now that I truly make an effort to spend time with Tom. You'd see that i'm usually smiling when I'm talking to him. If you'd pay attention you'd be looking at me right now instead of looking anywhere else but my face." Edd jumped at the call out and looked at me for a brief moment, I gave a smirk "If you'd pay attention for just a day, You'd realize Matt likes you. If you'd pay attention, you'd see Matt is actually a very smart guy. You'd see Matt makes an effort to just get your attention."

Edd's eyes snapped to meet mine, "Really?"

I barked out a laugh, "No."

"Oh..." He looked back down

"And if you where paying attention just now, You'd see that I was lying to you. You think that Tom, Matt and I are all strictly one way. A drunk with no patients, A stupid ginger who's obsessed with their looks, and a trigger happy pervert. But that's because when you do truly pay attention it's during our bad moments. Yes that makes up some of our personality but that's not how we live out lives. Tom doesn't drink much anymore and has more patients than a mother with 5 toddlers. Matt is incredibly smart and likes helping others with their looks. I have slight obsession with guns, because I make them. I don't fantasize about people. What I enjoy to read is very different than what I am looking for in a partner,"

Edd chewed on his lip in guilt, "What are you trying to get at...?"

Rubbing my face I sighed, "My point in all of this is, give me a chance. Let me prove How much I care for Tom."

"How do I know you're not gonna leave Tom when you get what you want from him? Like I said, You where never one to hold down a relationship."

I smiled softly, "Because I never had a reason to hold down a relationship. I never wanted to hold one down because none of them where Tom. Tom is all I've ever wanted. So please just trust me..."

Edd sighed, "Tord"

"Tom asked me to be his mate." I held up my hand before Edd could interrupt, "I know It was just his instincts talking, But he said it to me multiple times now. He even insisted he wasn't thinking irrationally. I told him we could talk about it when he was back to his normal self."

Edd pinched the bridge of his nose, "Tord..."

"I know Tom isn't too keen on pregnancy so I'd be careful when he is in heat and I know how to deal with him. And yes I am saying I will take responsibility as being his mate."

"Tord..." Edd said again

"What?" I finally asked.

Edd shook his head with a sigh of reluctance, "I am only giving you this one shot. You fuck it up and you're not dealing with me. You're dealing with Andrew and Bethany. But Bethany likes the fact of you being with her son and Andrew likes that you are making an effort to help his son, so you got lucky there."

A smile broke out on my face, "I'll do everything in my power to keep Tom safe, happy, and taken care of. In and not in monster form Tom will be treated like a prince with me."

A loud crash came from the kitchen following by a shriek from Matt, "TOM NO!!!"

Edd and I shared a glance then Tom came running out of the kitchen laughing like a maniac with Matt chasing him. I caught Tom and looked at the chocolate smeared on his lips, "Matt...."

Matt froze at my tone, "T-Tord! I-I swear I didn't give it to him! He took it when I wasn't watching!"

I turned my gaze back to Tom who was struggling to get out of my arms, "Tom, Did you eat the Chocolate Matt was using to bake brownies?" Tom shook his head and continued to struggle, "Tom..." I warned.

Tom managed to get one arm free and quickly wiped the chocolate from his face, getting it all over the sleeve of his sweater. "No chocolate see! I didn't eat chocolate." he giggled

I looked over ant Matt and Edd who just shrugged. Closing my eyes I sighed, "Tom," My voice was serious, "I don't like liars. Don't lie to me."

Tom's ears flattened against his head, "I-I didn't eat chocolate....Because you said no more sweets...." Huffing, I dropped Tom and the couch and turned my back to him. Tom let out a whimper, "T-Tordy....."

Ignoring him I kept my back to Him, "Tord, what the fuck are you doing?" Edd asked a bit angrily, "You're going to make Tom cry."

I just my finger to my lips, signing Edd to be quiet. Tom sniffled softly. The sound made my heart shatter but I didn't turn around. I heard Tom's feet hit the floor when he got off the couch and I grabbed the back of my shirt, tugging on it softly, "T-Tordy...?" His voice wavered and he sniffled more but I still didn't turn. Finally Tom walked around me and stood right in front of me. He had tears running down his cheeks and had his hands ringed in the sleeves of his sweater, "I-I ate the chocolate..." He had to look up at me when he talked, "M-Matty wasn't looking a-and I really wanted it.... d-don't be mad at me.... p-please..." he cried.

Finally giving in I picked up Tom and hugged him close, "It's okay Tom....Don't cry anymore.... Just don't lie to me again, okay? Lying is really bad and I don't want you to be a liar." I ran my hand through his hair to calm him down.

Tom just nodded and buried his face against my neck. I looked over at a shocked Matt and an emotionless Edd, "How'd you know that would work?" Matt asked.

"I didn't know." I shrugged, "Just thought that if Tom is a trouble calming down when hyper, then Ignoring him would replace that energy with guilt or sadness making it easier for us to calm him down."

Edd crossed his arms with a glare, "I thought you said you wouldn't hurt Tom."

Rolling my eyes I gave Edd a glare back, "If Tom acts like a child, He would get discipline like a child. No I won't hit him. That's just... inhumane... I will take things away from him. Give him restrictions until he apologizes or tells the truth. Just makes amends for whatever he did."

"Oh well that's certainly a good method." Matt agreed, "It's better than actual punishment, because the more you add fuel to the fire the larger the fire gets. By hitting a child you are just driving them more to disobedience. By taking things, you are teaching them that their actions in the future would cause loss for them, so they would be more reluctant to disobey."

I nodded, "Exactly why I'm doing that." I rubbed Tom's back who had stopped crying and was purring quietly, "People who hit their children and partners disgust me. Like if you truly love your kids and partner then you would't make them terrified of you. I don't get how some people get joy out of abusing their loved ones."

Tom moved his face from my neck and hummed, "You'll never hit me right, Tordy?"

I chuckled softly, "That's right, Tom. I'd never dream of hitting you." I hugged him tighter, "I'll cuddle you to death though" Tom let out a giggle and nuzzled his nose against my cheek, "Hey Tom, how about you go change? You have gotten chocolate all over you."

Tom hummed a yes and squirmed out of my arms and ran up to Matt, and took the ginger's hands into his own, "Can Matty come help me? You can make me look pretty!"

Matt cooed, "Oh of course I'll help you look so pretty, Tom! Let's go!" The two happily went to Tom's room, leaving alone with Edd.

After a moment of silence Edd spoke, "Earlier you said what you read is different from what you want in a partner. What is it that you want in a partner?"

The question surprised me, "I Uh... well I'm not sure how to explain it..." I fiddled with my fingers thinking of an answer, "What I want in a partner is Tom. Someone who is patient and smart. Someone who will tell you their own opinions and isn't afraid to tell you off. Someone with many mysteries so you're always finding out something new. Really just someone I can enjoy to be with I till the day I die."

Edd nodded shocked with my answer, "How long since you found out your feelings for him?"

I chewed my lip and looked at my feet, "Since Junior High...."

"Why'd you wait so long to show your feelings?"

Wow Edd is really digging for answers, "I wasn't sure if Tom would accept my feelings. Hell I wasn't sure if Tom was even gay or not."

"What would you do if Tom was pregnant with your child." Edd's tone was serious but it completely threw me off.

"If Tom was pregnant with my child...." I paused. What would I do? "I.... Well I sure as hell hope he keeps it. If Tom was pregnant with my child I'd be ecstatic. I do want to have a family. The fact I could have one with Tom makes me even more happy. I know Tom would be terrified. He doesn't want to get pregnant. But that's because Tom fears rejection and abandonment. He is scared he would be left alone to fend for himself and his child with no alpha to protect them. So I'd make it clear to Tom that I would never leave him or our kid and I'd love them unconditionally until the end."

Edd looked happy, "You really do love him..."

I let out an airy laugh, "Glad to see that you don't think I'm lying anymore."

"Do you want to marry him?"

I hesitated, "I-I do want to marry Tom.... but not yet. I want to give it a while. Heh... you never know when things could go wrong.... knock on wood." I knocked on the coffee table.

"At least you don't want to rush into it."

"Of course I don't want to rush into it. I want to take time to grow a real relationship with him. Just because I feel this strongly about him doesn't mean he feels the same way."

There was a knock on the door and Edd stood, "I'll get it." He went to the door but since my back was facing the door I didn't see who was at the door, "Hey Bethany! Oh and Patryk!"

I choked on my spit and turned so fast I almost gave myself whiplash, "Pat?!" I shrieked, "Mamma what the hell are you doing here?!" I always tend to switch between calling my parents by their names and mamma and pappa seeing as they aren't my real parents.

Patryk stepped in from behind Bethany, "Visiting my son because he doesn't like to come back home to visit his parents." He had a small scowl set on his face. "You know Paul and I would love to see you sometimes. Bethany was telling me today that she was gonna come visit Tom, so I decided to tag along."

Bethany and Patryk worked in the same hospital. Seeing they are in their scrubs they had just gotten off work, "Oh don't give me that bullshit Mamma. I call sometimes."

Patryk's scowl turned into a hard glare. He hates when we curse, "We saw the pizza man coming up to the door. I took the opportunity of paying for ya'll."

Edd sighed, "Oh Patryk you didn't have to do that. Here let me pay you back." He pulled out his wallet to get some money out.

Patryk hummed and waved off Edd, "No no its fine. I never see you boys so I was happy to do it."

Edd chewed his lip, "Are you sure...?" He asked hesitantly.

"Of course i'm sure, love." Patryk then turned his glare back to me, "Don't think i'm done with you. When's the last time you visited? Hmmm? 5 months ago. When the last time you called? 3 months ago."

I did have a horrible habit of never seeing the once who raised me, "Sorry Pat...."

Patryk just sighed and came over to me and hugged me tightly, "You know Paul and I love you right, min sønn...."

I hugged him back "Selvfølgelig vet jeg det" (Of course I know that)

Bethany cooed, "Oh how cute! Patryk I've said it before but I'll say it again, you and Paul truly did raise a fine boy." Patryk only answered with a smile so Bethany places a hand on Edd's shoulder, "May I ask where Tom is at?"

Edd gave Bethany a sweet smile, "He's with Matt right now. I'll go get them...."

Edd handed me the boxes of Pizza and walked off to Tom's room, so I took lead as host and sat the two parents down in the living room, "How's Tom holding up, Tord?" Bethany asked.

Patryk's ears perked up. Right he didn't know about Tom.... oh shit he doesn't know about Tom!

"Mummy!!!!" Tom ran into the living room startling Patryk half to death at the high pitch scream and the little monster running in.

Bethany smiled sweetly as Tom jumped onto her lap, "Hi sweetie. How my little monster doing?"

Tom wore black shorts and a baby blue tank top, "Amazing! Ooooh pizza!!"

I chuckled and handed Tom a sliced and tucked a napkin into the collar of his shirt like a bib, "Careful now Tom. It's hot." I warned, unaware of one of my adoptive dads' panicking

Tom smiled and nodded before blowing on it. Bethany just smiled at my care for Tom, "Has he been like this since he came here? He never switched back?"

Just as I was about to answer Tom opened his mouth to take a bite of the pizza, Showing off his fangs. Patryk let out a little shriek and I snapped my head to him.

"Mamma!" I cursed silently and turned quickly, placing my hands on the elder's shoulders, "Mamma! Patryk it's fine! It's just Tom!"

"H-How!! It's a monster!" Patryk yelled in fear. Tom whimpered at the word monster and hugged Beethany tightly.

Bethany handed Tom to me and leaned over to grab Patryk's hands in a soothing manner, "Patryk.... it's fine.... Tom is still Tom... he was in a lab accident when he was younger. He can shift from human to monster. Clearly his monster form is childish. I assure you he isn't dangerous."

Patryk still shook his head in denial and I sighed, "Tom is as dangerous as a fly... see...." I carefully sat Tom on Patryk's lap

Patryk panicked more and Tom looked up at Patryk with slight fear, scared that he would push Tom off or something, "H-Hi Patty....." His voice came out in a whimper.

Something flickered in Patryk's eyes. Almost a look of pity.. .or disgust... I can't put my finger on it, "I still don't understand.... how is this possible...?" He hesitantly placed a hand on top of Tom's head who purred gently at the touch.

This time Tom took liberty of telling his story, "When I was a baby, daddy did big oopsies by leaving me with little juice thingys. I drank them and bam! I was a monster. The juice thingys where animals."

Bethany giggled and cleared things up, "Anthony was studying female genetics of animals. Tom drank the DNA of the animals. Now he is this little omega monster. He acts like a child but we suspect when he is baring a child, he'll mature. He is just stuck acting like a child because he as yet to reach adulthood and he won't reach adulthood until he bares a child."

Patryk made and 'o' shape with his mouth, fear not present on his face anymore. Just curiosity, "Well this is certainly interesting...." he kept petting Tom, "And he can willingly change?"

This time I answered, "Yep. And as a regular human Tom is a fully functional working adult."

"And....why hasn't Tom bared a child yet? He's 23 no? Does he not a have a mate?"

"No I have one!" Tom chimes happily.

Bethany smirked and looked at me while Patryk hummed, "Who is it then?" He asked.

Tom slip off Patryk's lap and jumped onto mine and hugged me tightly, "Tordy's my mate!"

Bethany smirk grew, "Since when?"

I chuckled nervously, "Since Today...."

Both the parents nodded, Bethany with joy and Patryk with content, "So are you telling me you'll give me grandchildren?" He asked nonchalantly.

Tom tensed and hugged his stomach. I chewed on the inside of my cheek and looked away with a small blush, "Umm...."

Tom shook his head, "No babies..."

Patryk looked over at Bethany with confusion, "Tom fears pregnancy." She said simply and Patryk nodded in understanding.

"And I suggest not to dwell on the subject. It's still a sore subject for some of us..." I felt Matt staring right at me as his sweet voice filled the living room, "And we would rather not think about." Matt leaned down to place a friendly kiss on the two parents cheeks, "Now how rude is it for Tord to not offer you guys any drinks? Would you guys like some tea?"

Patryk, who was taken off guard at the gingers suggestion, smiled softly "Ah no thank you, Matt."

Bethany second the answer, "No sweetie I'm fine. Actually I should get going. Andrew wanted to go out tonight and I'm not about to leave the house looking like this." She looked down at her scrubs.

"But you look pretty Mummy. You always do." Tom said with a small frown.

Bethany giggled softly and stood up, "Thank you baby...." She kissed Tom's head, "Next time I come I'll bring daddy with me. Okay?"

Tom's black orb eyes lit up, "Okay!" He squeaked out with joy.

Bethany patted Toms cheek before leaning over him and planting a kiss on my cheek, "Take care of my little monster..."

I smiled at her, "I always will."

With a happy nod, Bethany waved to the others before walking out. Tom had leaned over to get his disregarded slice of pizza and ate with a small hum. Patryk, who was still quite curious on the matter, continued questioning, "How long have you guys known about this? About Tom?"

Matt leaned against Edd on the couch, "Since last week."

Edd blushed softly and cleared his throat, "Hum... Yeah, last week was Tom's heat and he and some complications at home so Bethany brought him to us."

Patryk raised an eyebrow, "What kind of complications?"

"He was raped." My voice was cold, "I swear if I ever see that fucking thing he would wish he never was even fucking born." Tom whimpered at my tone. I rubbed my thumb on the top of Tom's thigh to calm him down, "It's okay Tom... I'm not mad at you..."

Patryk let out a little sigh of pity, "Poor thing.... At least you have Tord here to help protect you..." He brushed some of Tom's hair out of his face.

Tom gave a cute smile, "Yeah Tordy is really strong.... and really nice..." He looked up at me with a light blush dusted across his tan cheeks.

I felt my cheeks warm up but it was replaced with a chuckle when Tom stretched like a cat, yawning, "Oh someones Tired." Patryk cooed. Tom shook his head but yawned again, "I think this is my que to leave. Paul is probably wondering where I am."

"I'm surprised he hasn't blown up your phone yet." I hummed.

Patryk rolled his eyes, "You father has loosened up over the years. You would know that if you came and visit every once in a while."

I let out a groan and Matt gasped, "Tord you don't visit your parents?"

"No. And why would some big shot mechanic and gunsmith come visit his aging parents?" Patryk drawled.

I face palmed and was about ready to make a snarky remark when a tired Tom tugged on my sleeve, "Tordy... You should visit your mummy..." He let out a mewl of a yawn, "So.... so he know you love him..."

Looking down at the little monster in front of me, I sighed, "Okay okay I'll go next week..." I looked at Patryk for confirmation and he just nodded with a smile. Probably because of the sight of Tom near passing out.

Standing with Tom in my arms I kissed Patryk's cheek, "Bye mamma... I need to get this one into bed."

"Bye, min sønn" Patryk ran a hand through Tom's hair, "Goodnight Thomas..."

Tom whined and curled up more to my chest, "Don't call me that...."

Patryk chuckled, "Okay I'm Sorry Tom. Sleep well."

Tom hummed in response and let his eyes flutter shut. Edd got up and held out his hands, "Here I'll take him to bed..."

I shook my head, "Nah I got him...." I gave Patryk a last smile before taking Tom to his room.

Once we got to Tom's room, I shut the door with my foot and set Tom on the bed softly, "Tommy, wake up so I can change you into something else." Tom whined and rolled so his back was to me, "Tom..." I shook his shoulder lightly, "Come on it'll only take a minute."

Tom let out a incoherent sound and looked over his shoulder at me with tired eyes, "Only if you promise to sleep with me Tordy...." He yawned out.

"S-Sleep with you...?" My cheeks warmed up and I hesitantly sat Tom up.

Tom rubbed his eyes, "Mhm... I want to cuddle up with you....." he gave me a tired smile.

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. God damn how dirty is my mind...? Tom just wanted to sleep with me. Not sleep with me. Although how fucking sexy that would be.... no! I shook my head. I can't think like that. Not when Tom is like this. I can not take advantage of him. I don't want to take advantage of him. I want him to love me as much as I love him... so I slapped on a small smirk, "Yeah Tom. I'll stay with you for the night. But tomorrow we need to talk so you have to change back tomorrow Okay?"

Tom nodded lazily, "Alrighty Tordy.... can we sleep now...?"

I let out a chuckle, "Silly I haven't even changed you yet.... come on lift your arms."

Tom bitched about it but still lifted his arms above his head. I slipped off his sweater, "Okay Tom. What do you want to wear to sleep?"

Tom slid his hands under my hoodie. The nails Matt had did on Tom slightly scratched my skin making me shiver, "Can I wear this...?"

"H-Humm..." I cleared my throat, "Y-Yeah sure.... here...." I slipped off my hoodie, leaving me shirtless. Yes I don't wear anything under my hoodie. Fight me bitch.

Tom happily took the hoodie and slipped on himself and wiggled off his shorts. I felt my heat up as I watched Tom squirm. Looking at me, Tom places his hands on the buttons of my pants. I jumped lightly at the touch. Fuck was I right the first time? Did Tom actually want to fuck around? "Can we take these off you....?" Tom asked cutely, "You won't be comfortable sleeping in pants..."

I'm so fucking confused! Did he want me to fuck him or spend the night with him?! "I... I Uh guess you're right...." I unbuckled my pants and slipped them off, leaving me with my boxers. Tom took my hand and pulled me onto his stuffed animal infested bed.

Tom giggled sleepily and snuggled up to my side, his head laying on my chest, "Night night Tordy...."

I shifted and pulled a stuffed unicorn from under me and tossed it to the side. Pulling the comforter over the both of us, I pressed my lips to Tom's temple, "Goodnight Tom..."

It wasn't long until Tom's soft breathing filled the room. Realizing I forgot to turn off the lights I grabbed another stuffed animal from the mass and threw it across the room to hit the switch. Which it did hit perfectly and the room was submerged into darkness. Pulling Tom closer to me I began to wonder...

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"How the fuck is Tom going to react when he switches back to a human?"