"I just think you should talk to me more..you know..just like you used to do.." I say in a concerned voice.
"What do you want me to talk about if there's nothing to talk about?!" David says to me as he puts his glass of water down on the counter.
"David you've been in your office 24/7..your not even taking care of yourself at this point! It's like you've given up on yourself..!" I say throwing my hands up in the air. "Well what do you want me to do?! Just forget about my work?! Not everything is about you all the time you know! I have a life too!" He says looking at me in frustration.
"I know that but not everything is about your work either! Your full on pushing yourself to your limit! If you were a bomb you would've exploded by now!!" I say slamming my hand on the island countertop. "What would you know..! You know nothing about my work and how stressful it is.." he said walking out of the kitchen and making his way back to his office.
"I may not know a lot but I know enough!" I say running Infront of him and blocking his way to his office. "Oh yeah?! Then what do you know?! Hmm?!" He says looking down at me with a frowning face. "I know that you have important gig's for the security company!" I say. He scoffs and rolls his eyes "is that all you know?! I mean those are the most obvious things!"
"David I just want you to take care of yourself!" I say. "I am taking care of myself!! I don't need you to check up on me all the time and waste my time like your doing right now!" He says in a snappy voice as he shoves me to the wall and opens his office door.
"i miss the old David..." I whisper to myself
"what..?" He says turning around to look at me. "I miss the old you.." I say holding back tears that are wanting to come out and role down my cheeks.
"what do you mean the 'old me' i haven't changed?!" He says grabbing my hand.
"I miss the David that I knew! The one that would make time for me! The one who wouldn't just spend all his time in his office or at work! I miss the one that slept beside me and made me feel safe! The David that would call me his Angel! You don't even call me Angel anymore...! I..I just miss my Davey..!!" I yell yanking my hand away and letting the tears roll down my cheek freely.
"I miss the Davey that I knew.."
"My Davey...!" I say falling to my knees
"Angel..." I hear him say.
"I'm sorry.." he says as he hugs me and holds me just like he would all those other times.
I'm really really really sorry for taking so so SO long on this fic I've just been really busy with a lot of things and my job is being a pain in the ass and giving me more hours to work so that doesn't really give me time to work on the fic..! Thank you for your understanding and patience! Enjoy the fic!!
TW: attempted murder and character deth
Why would they do this?
'Why not me'
I thought as I set the flowers I got for Angel on the table beside their hospital bed. "Hey Angel...I love you..and yeah I say that a lot because I come visit you a lot..heh"
"I'm sorry I couldn't visit you yesterday.. It was so busy myand so stressful..you would have made it better if you were there..never thought I'd admit that.." I chuckled at that a little.
I smiled at that a little. Something that they might have done. I grabbed their hand and gave it a gentle kiss something they love..
"Today wasn't as stressful. Christian was still a pain in the ass like normal.. Asher isn't acting like himself and actually started to take pack meetings more serious and he stopped doodling during them..a lot of things changed when you got into that accident.. Sam and Marie offered to help and heal you as much as they could but I didn't want them using their powers up to the point were their exhausted.... you gave me so many heart attacks you little snot.." I smiled a little.
They would have been laughing their ass off knowing I admitted something like that..
"I love you Angel..and I want you to know that...even if you could or can't hear me.." I said putting their hand against my forehead. I tried not to cry but it was hard. Seeing them lay here in this hospital bed being in a coma. Not being able to hear their voice..or that beautiful laugh that they have.
"I have to go Angel..but I'll come by tomorrow...I promise.." at that I kissed their forehead and stood up and walked out.
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I laid against the wall staring at the pictures that hung on the wall. The picture we took together when we first bought the house, the picture that Ash took of Angel shoving cake into my face on my birthday, the picture of Angel playing with the pups in the pack, the picture that Milo took of Angel shoving me into the pool while Marie and Tank laughed in the background, or Angel and me being pied in the face by Ash and Milo while the whole pack where laughing in the background...
I felt tears running down my face. Why. Why did the universe want them to suffer...why didn't the universe choose me...?! Why not me...!
*knock* *knock*
I looked towards the door. It looked like there was multiple people outside."
David! It's me! Ash and the rest of the pack!" I heard Asher scream just enough so I could hear it through the door. But what were they doing here? They didn't send a message or anything? "
Ash?" I said. I opened the door and Asher fell in the house dropping everything he had in his hands. "Ow" he said as he got up picking up the thing that he dropped. "What are you guys doing here?" I said giving the pack a confused look. "Well we didn't want you to be alone on a Friday! So we all brought somethings that we cooked!!" Ash said that same smile that he would always have as a kid and now.
"You? You cooked something?" I said as I raised a brow. "Well....no..I...didn't cook anything..buttttt my mate and I brought some snacks and drinks?" He said as he lifted the same bags he dropped a second ago.
"I'm not surprised" I said as I moved to the side motioning for all of them to come in. Ash was going to take the fist step in but the pups all ran in at the same time making Ash fall again.
"God damn it" Asher said getting up and running after the pups.
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After everything was settled and all the dishes that everyone cooked were warm we started to pull out tables to the back yard so everyone could sit it was dark out but the lights that Angel and I put up where lighting the whole backyard so it looked nice.
I came out with a stack of plates and Marie came out with the stack of cups and Sam came with the utensils.
"thanks for helping" I said to both of them as we got everything set up so we could all start eating. "Of course David. Your goin' through a hard time right now you need all the support you can get." Marie said patting my back. "Yeah this is the least we could do to help and my offer still stands 'bout helping your mate David" Sam said with a comforting smile. "Thank you." I said giving him a smile of my own.
"your parents would be so proud of you" Marie said as she set the last cup down. "Thanks Marie.." I said. She shot me a small smile and then called out to everyone that the food would come out in a little so everyone could get ready so all the people in the pool could get dry or something.
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When everyone was settled with food on their plate I looked over to my right side with Ash seated right next to me and right next to him is his mate. I looked to my left and an empty seat where my Angel usually sits.
"I want to thank all of you for coming...even thought I didn't expect this" I said. "I want to thank all of you for being there for my mate and I and giving me all your support...I really appreciate it.." I said with a small smile.
"To David's mate!" Asher said as he raised his glass. "To David's mate!" The whole pack said as they all raised there glasses. "Now eat before the food gets cold" I said as I sat down.
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"You guys could stay if you'd like. I could bring out blankets and pillows." I said to my pack members and some of them agreed and the rest went home after I thanked them for coming.
After I said good night to the people that wanted to stay I went up to Angels and mine shared bedroom to change and go to sleep but before I could get my cloths out to change my phone started to ring in my pocket.
"Hello?"
"Hi is this David Shaw?"
"Who's asking"
"This is Dahlia's local hospital I'm Ally and a patient here has that name on their emergency contact list if anything happens to them we call the first person on their list of emergency numbers and the named David Shaw was the first one so are you or are you not David Shaw."
"yes, my name is David Shaw. May I ask what the patients name is?"
"their name is *Angels name and last name 0v0* and we would like to see you as soon as possible Mr. Shaw"
"Alright..Thank you I'll be there soon.."
As I hung up the phone I ran downstairs waking everyone that were sleeping. "David what's wrong?" Asher said getting up from the spot he was laying down on with his mate.
"something's wrong with my mate and I need to go to the hospital as soon as possible!" I said as I got my key's and opened the front door. "I'll be right back Bebe!" I heard Asher say before I heard him grabbing his keys.
As soon as I opened my car door I see Asher sprint down the block to his car.
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As I arrived at the hospital and parked my car I started to run to the hospital.
'Why the hell did you decide to park far away from the hospital you dumbass!'
I thought as I got closer to the hospital. As I reached the hospital I ran up to the desk lady that was there. "excuse me I'm here to see *Angels name and last name :>*" I said a little out of breath.
"Ah yes Mr. Shaw. Let me get a doctor and they'll lead you to your...?"
"Partner!..Their my partner.."
"ah yes, let me just get the doctor." They said as they called a doctor.
"David! I'm coming with ya buddy" I heard Asher say as he gave me a comforting smile.As the doctor led us to us to the room it looked different.
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As the doctor led us to us to the room it looked different.
"this is the recovery room. Witch means they recovered an-"
"How do you know they recovered?" I said cutting the doctor off not letting him finish. "Like I was saying they recovered and they are now..., Well I'll just show you..." he said making a sharp turn to the right and a couple seconds later stopping in front of a door.
"ready?" Ash said giving me a comforting smile. "Yeah...kinda.." I said.
As the doctor opened the door I could see that the room looked...different...A lot different.
"They look the same to me so I don't know what you mean they recovered?!" I said to the doctor. "Mr. Shaw. Please. Your in a hospital so please don't yell."
"David..?...Ash...?"
Ash and I both looked at the bed and there they were.. Awake...After months and almost a year..they were there..awake.. Infront of my damn eyes.. "Angel!" I yelled running to them holding myself back to not jump on them. "Angel..!" I said hot tears running down my face.
"Davey please don't cry..." My mate said cupping my cheeks. I put my hand over theirs and closed my eyes knowing they were safe. They were alive..That's the only thing that matters to me. "w-what happened?" My mate said looking away from me to the doctor. "I'll let the department catch you up about everything that happened." The doctor said walking out of the room.
Angel started to look around the room like it was their first day on earth. "You okay?" Asher said putting his hand on their shoulder with a worried look on his face. "Yeah...I-Im just thinking.." they said. "About..?" I asked gently not wanting my voice to sound pressuring.
"About...you know..what did I do to make someone hurt me...?" My mate said a tear rolling down their face. "Angel..no.. you didn't do anything..all you've done is be kind and help people.." I said hugging them.
Asher walked out so my mate and I could have a moment.
A couple of minutes after someone from the department came in and Asher following the looking shocked so I guess they might have told him first. "Hello. My name is Oliver. I'm from the department." Oliver said looking through some papers that he had in a folder. "We have been investing on who did this and why they did this. We've talked to people that were there when the accident happened and lucky enough someone actually got the license plate number and that made it easier to figured out who it was."
"well? Who did it?!" I asked impatiently. Dying to know who did this to my mate. My Angel who's done nothing but be nice to the whole damn world.
"Um. Do you know someone named.."
"Um.."
"Michael...?"
My heart dropped. "Michael what?!" I said raising my voice. I could not believe what Oliver just said. Was it their ex?! Or a different psycho.
"Michael -----"
...
I looked at Angel and they were just as shocked as me.
"why would he do this.." I heard them say under their breath.
"we charged him with a hit and run"
"and attempted murder"
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"Angel calm down" I said to my mate as their breath got faster and faster. "Angel calm down please" I said with one hand cupping their cheek and my other hand on their hand.
They start to calm down a little bit getting their breath under control. "Why..?! Why would he do that?!" They asked looking up at Oliver.
" He said that he still loved you. That he couldn't get over you so he thought the only way he could get rid of you..was by... killing you... The only reason he tried to visit you was because he wanted to look like he had nothing to do with it. He wanted to seem like a friend was visiting a friend in the hospital so he would get his name cleared. But that didn't work" Oliver said.
Angel started to cry. Oliver and his partner walked out of the room to give us some space. It was a lot to take in knowing someone wanted to kill my mate..To take them away from me..
I hugged them not wanting to let them go..Ash came over to us and hugged them too. I could hear him cry along with my mate. I mean I don't blame him. Over these past few years when me and Angel were dating Ash and my mate grew closer. They have the same sense of humor and have a lot of thing in common and they grew a great friendship...and know learning that your friend was in a life threatening accident knowing that they might have died..that's a lot to take in...
"I'ma..I'ma go back to your house David if you want I could tell the pack that stayed there..?" Ash said "You guys had a party..?! And without me..?! How dare you" Angel said acting like they were offended witch got a small laugh out of Ash and me.
"Alright I'ma go. I also think there's some snacks left over like chips-" Asher said before I cut him off "witch your not having Angel" they looked at me with the face they would do when I told them no when they wanted to get roman at the grocery store.
"You can have chips when you get better mini boss" Ash said waving a goodbye and walking out.
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Asher
"Ash what happened?!" My mate told me as I walked into David's and his mates house.
"I can't tell you right now bebe. Maybe David could tell you later cuz it's kinda of a Alpha and beta thing right now..you know??" I said. I didn't want the to know David's mate woke up. I mean yeah the deserve to know but I want David to tell the pack or surprise the pack that their mate woke up.
"let's just go to sleep yeah?" I said yawning. It was pretty late at night and I was pretty tied.
"okay but where's David? Shouldn't he be with you?" My mate asked. "He stayed behind! He said he'll be here in the morning or something!" I said.
I picked my mate up and set the down where we are going to sleep. "Good night bebe. I love you!" I said cuddling them like I always did every night. "Love you too" they said before drifting off to sleep.
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David
"come on Davey I could walk perfectly fine without you being behind me making sure I don't fall" They said as they keep walking looking over their shoulder to me.
"well if you weren't stumbling every few seconds I wouldn't be behind you now would I?" I say opening the passenger side door for them.
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It was 6 in the morning by the time we got home and Angel was dead asleep by then.
I got out of the car and carried them all the way to the door. I knocked on the door. I didn't want to take my keys out because that would wake them up and they needed all the rest they could get. I mean they just got out of the hospital.
Liam opened the door and looked shocked he was one of the teenagers of the pack and one of the night owls so I wasn't surprised to see him at the door. "Oh..My..God.." he said and his shoulders dropped. He hugged my mate and I as gentle as he could. "Could you get my keys from my car Liam?" I said. I was really tied and I just wanted to lay my mate down and go to sleep. "Yeah of course!" He said moving a side so I could walk in and after he walked to my car and got my keys and locked the car. "Thank you" I said walking up stairs.
Everyone was sleeping but Liam. He was playing call of duty on his phone but I could see that he logged out and was at the main area.
I set my mate down on the bed and turned on the ac. It was hot and I didn't want the waking up all sticky and sweaty.
I walked back downstairs and saw Liam sitting on the couch and continuing his game.
"why don't you go to sleep Liam?" I said pulling out a water bottle from the fridge. "I don't know..I'm just not that sleepy you know.." he said shrugging his shoulder.
"You need your sleep Liam...I could see your eye bags from a mile away." I said sitting on the floor beside him giving him a water as well.
"I couldn't sleep you know..I mean you and Asher ran out of the house and that kept me up..you know.. what would you do if your Alpha and Beta ran out without a single word..and then you Beta coming back without your Alpha and...never mind.." he said shaking his head and grabbing the water bottle.
"No, say it. I want to know." I said. "It's just that..what if something happened..you know with the whole Quinn thing..I thought something happened but when I saw you and your mate I felt a relief..like something was pressing down on my chest and then when I saw you guys that just..went away..you get me..?" He said looking at me. "Yeah..I mean this one time my dad ran out with no explanation and I felt just like you Liam. Until he came back with a damn cat in his hands and we ended up giving that cat to Milo and that's how Milo got Aggro." I said smiling at the memory. I still can't get that moment out of my head. How Milo jumped up when he found out he got to keep a cat.
"Thanks David.."he said getting off from the couch and crouching down to give me a hug. "No problem kid.." I said hugging him back. "You know..your a good Alpha right" he said pulling back. "Thank you." I said getting up and walking up to Angel's and mine room.
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Angel
I walked downstairs and Milo and his mate ran to me and hugged me like if I was lost for years. "I think you should let 'em go if you want them to breathe" I heard Marie say. At that Milo and his mate let go. "Sorry" Milo said backing up.
"that's okay" I said with a small smile. "David's cookin breakfast so we should all start to get ready" Marie said.
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After that we all hung out for a couple more hours and then went to bed.
"I love you David" I said with a smile laying next to him. "I love you too Angel.." he said kissing my forehead.
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David
I woke up and got up from Angels and mines bed and went to use the bathroom. Once I got out I could see that Angel was still in bed. By now they would have been awake and getting ready for the day.
"Angel get up" I said in a soft voice. I said it again but this time I stepped closer and said it again..and again..
I stepped closer up to the point where I was hovering over them.
I sat on the bed and put my hand on their cheek
They were pale.....
And cold....
And my Angel was gone....
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Hope y'all enjoyed this fic 😂
I know this has a bad ending but..I love angst even if it hurts me myself 😂
Hey y’all! This is my first one-shot request! Woohoo! Thank you to the fantastic Anon who sent this in! To directly quote a brief piece, they’ve requested: “something that is years in the future, about the pack’s children and their shenanigans”
Also I included Darlin’ and Sam because I love them and I can’t not include them, even if they weren’t specifically requested
This one swaps POVs between the mates a few times, but who it is will be in italics at the beginning of their segment, as usual.
There’s a list of the pups’ names at the bottom of the post, if you need to reference it.
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Angel
“I called Asher and his mate,” David said, sitting next to me in his spot on the couch.
“What for?” I asked, not looking up from my laptop.
“To come get Natalie tonight so she can have a sleepover with Evelyn.”
I scrunched my eyebrows and met my husband’s eyes. “What for?” I repeated.
“Gabriel called me while he was at school today. In tears.” David cleared his throat and folded his arms. I’d called our son Gabe once when he was just an infant and David had flinched so hard we’d never called him that again. He was Gabriel. “He felt his Core activating. We’re going to the clearing tonight so I can teach him how to shift.”
“Then why are Asher and his mate coming to get Natalie? I mean, are you just planning on leaving me here home alone for no reason? I can watch Natalie.”
David looked like I’d smacked him. “Angel, you’re coming with me and Gabriel to the clearing. We’re his parents. We’re both going to be there. But Natalie’s not old enough yet and her powers won’t activate for another couple years, so she gets to go to Uncle Asher’s to have a sleepover with Evelyn.”
“Davey—baby—I’m not a shifter.”
“Doesn’t matter. He wants you there. And, frankly, so do I. He’s our son. You should be there no matter what.” He leaned over and kissed me. “You deserve this as much as he needs you there.” He ran a gentle hand down my cheek. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
“Daaaaad! Natty’s stuck in the tree again!” Gabriel called from upstairs.
David sighed.
“How many times have you told her not to climb that tree?” I asked as he got to his feet. He leveled a serious look at me.
“Are you surprised? She’s your daughter too—and she hero worships you.”
I opened my mouth to deny it, but he had a point. Natalie had always clung to me closer than her dad. She still loved David and was close to him, but if he and I were going different directions in a grocery store, she’d come with me.
“I’m going to go get our daughter out of the tree,” David said, heading for the back door. “If Ash comes while I’m outside, let him in. I don’t think Natty’s packed yet for the night.”
He went outside.
Gabriel came careening down the stairs, running over to me and jumping onto the couch. He wrapped his arms around me. “I’m scared,” he said softly.
“Of what, sweetie?” I asked.
“Tonight.”
I stroked his hair. Stick-straight and brown like David’s. Gabriel had his eyes too. Bright green. “You’re going to do fine. Your dad is a pro at this. He’s helped all the pups in the pack shift for their first time since he was in his early twenties. He even helped Uncle Ash when they were both teenagers. And I bet you’re gonna be a natural.”
Gabriel snuggled harder against my side. “I’m not worried about shifting,” he mumbled. “I’ve seen Dad as a wolf. I know I’ll be able to do that. I…” He sighed and buried his face in my shoulder. “I’m scared of what comes after.”
“What do you mean?” I wrapped my arm around his shoulder.
“Everyone’s gonna look at me different. ‘Cause they think I’m gonna be the alpha one day. They’re gonna start… expecting more from me, y’know?” He lifted his face from my shoulder and looked up at me. For being 13, he wasn’t going to be shorter than me for much longer. “And I’m not ready for that.”
“Oh. Honey.” I pulled Gabriel against my chest, holding onto him. “You don’t have to be alpha ever if you don’t want to. You know Dad won’t pressure you into it. And he’ll make sure the pack doesn’t either. And you’re too young for all of that right now. Your dad was always somber and serious—according to Uncle Ash, Uncle Milo, and every member of the pack older than him—and he had a deeply-ingrained sense of duty to his pack, since Grampa Gabe founded it. That’s why it bears our name. Shaw. But if you never feel ready to be made the beta under your dad, that’s okay.”
Gabriel sniffed. “I… I don’t…” He shook his head. “I don’t want to disappoint Dad.”
“Gabriel David Shaw. Look at me,” I said seriously. He looked up, meeting my eyes through tears. “You will not disappoint Dad. He loves you so much—he would never want to put responsibility like that on your shoulders if you didn’t want it. Your dad was born a leader. You don’t have to be. You can be part of this pack however you want to be. I’m telling you that now, and Dad will tell you that later.”
“But… if I’m never made beta… that means when Dad dies, Uncle Ash will be the alpha!” Gabriel looked horrified. I smiled.
“Yeah. He would be.”
Gabriel pretended to gag. “That wouldn’t end well.” He met my eyes again. “I’ll think about it.”
“You’ve got a long time to think about it, honey,” I said. “Dad told me that Grampa Gabe made him beta when he was eighteen because he felt ready for it. Five years is a long time when you’re as young as you are. And you can even be older if and when you decide. For now, you’re still young. Enjoy your wolf form, Gabriel. Wrestle with Lily and Evelyn—and Natalie, Danny, and Micah when they’re old enough. Run around in the woods playing tag. Don’t let the weight of a future that may never come weigh you down, okay?”
Gabriel wiped his eyes. “Thanks,” he said softly.
A knock echoed off the door. “That’ll be Uncle Ash, coming to get Natty for the night.” I got up and opened the door.
Asher and Evelyn were standing there. Evelyn was only a few months older than Gabriel, but she’d hit puberty early and had been a wolf for nearly two years. Much like Asher and his mate, she was a sweet, playful menace. But Gabriel and her were best friends. The same way their dads were.
“Heeeeey!” Asher said. “I believe we’re here to pick up a pipsqueak?” I let him and Evelyn into the house.
Gabriel snorted. “Dad’s helping her get out of the tree in the backyard,” he said.
Evelyn started laughing, turning to Asher. “Dad, can I go watch?”
At that moment, the back door opened and David came in, Natalie thrown over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes while she cackled. She liked wearing her hair long, and it dangled toward David’s upper legs.
“There she is!” Asher said, smiling widely.
“Uncle Ash!” Natalie exclaimed. She squirmed on David’s shoulder until he hauled her off and dropped her into Asher’s waiting arms.
“Here,” he said.
Asher chuckled and passed my baby girl to Evelyn, who held her the same way her dad did—with almost no struggle. “Hey, Shaw, ready to lose at Mario Kart?” she teased.
“I never lose at Mario Kart,” Natalie retorted.
“She really doesn’t,” David and Gabriel said at the same time in two very different tones. David was the tired exasperation of a parent, and Gabriel was the excitement of a supportive big brother.
Evelyn smirked at Gabriel. “Well neither do I. So tonight one of us will be proved wrong.”
Natalie tugged on one of Evelyn’s short black curls—she looked so much like Asher it was sometimes disorienting. “Come up and help me pack!”
Evelyn set her down and the two girls ran upstairs.
“Thanks for this, Ash,” David said.
Asher beamed. “Hey, it’s no biggie for us. It’s important.” He looked past David to Gabriel, who’d gotten up off the couch and was standing just behind and between me and David. “It’s our little man’s big night!” He held his arms out. “Hug?”
Gabriel ran between us and slammed into Asher—who grunted. “Ohhh! You’re getting big,” he said, voice strained from the impact. “Keep this up and you’ll be taller than David one day.” Ash glanced at me and David. “That’ll be weird.”
David smiled. “About time someone in this pack outgrew me.”
Asher ruffled Gabriel’s hair. “Excited for tonight, kiddo?”
Gabriel glanced at me—warning me not to say anything. A look I knew very well. David made the same face all the time. “Yep,” he replied.
“Think you’re gonna be all-black like your dad?”
“That’d be cool,” Gabriel said. “But I don’t know.”
“Well, whatever your wolf form looks like, it’s gonna be awesome.” Asher chuckled. “Because it’s you. And you’re the best little man in the pack!”
“Don’t say that around Danny, Andrew, or Justin,” I said.
“Oh, I won’t,” Asher said. “But this guy knows he’s my favorite.”
The next hour went by in a blur. The hike up the clearing in the encroaching darkness felt dangerous, but David knew the path by heart and helped me and Gabriel keep our footing.
The three of us sat on the ground, me a little farther away from my boys. David held Gabriel’s gaze seriously. Spoke quietly. Explaining how shifter magic worked. How it felt. Why it burned a little when Gabriel’s Core activated earlier that day. He talked Gabriel through the process, and encouraged him to try whenever he felt ready.
It didn’t take long. After maybe fifteen minutes, I heard the familiar sound of magic—
And a black wolf was sitting opposite my mate.
David went rigid. Gabriel wasn’t entirely black, like David. There was a streak of grey on his forehead between his ears, and a long stripe from Gabriel’s neck, down his chest, and all the way down his belly.
Exactly how David had described Gabe’s coloring to me.
David shook off the rigidity and smiled. He shifted himself. Gabriel smiled as best a wolf could and tilted his head to one side. A brief nod from David sent our son running in circles around the clearing. I couldn’t help but get teary. My baby boy was growing up so fast. It felt like last week that we brought him home, not thirteen years.
Gabriel stopped his running and plodded over to me, rubbing his forehead against my face, wiping my tears. I scratched him behind the ears. “I’m okay, sweetie. I’m so proud of you.”
😮 The one that started it all has made it to 300 y’all!
Thank you all so much for loving these kids so much. I never thought a batch of OCs would be as popular as they are within this fandom. These kiddos were the first time anyone has ever drawn fan art of something I wrote completely unprompted ( @happywhisperspoetry and @axelwassup are both incredibly kind people) and I am grateful to everyone who has left comments or tags on any Pups AU post or asked me about these goofs just because they were invested in this little ongoing AU of mine.
@starlitangels you deserve it!! You put so much effort to all of your AU's and stories ( Don't know if those are both the same things cuz I'm an idiot even for an adult ) You are an amazing writer keep it up!!
Ok so I've been writing chapter 5 on a note book because I don't have time to do it on my phone because I can't use my phone at work only on my break's so now that I hurt my god damn ankle and took the day off I could FINALLY put the story on my phone and try to get it out ASAP :'D
(Sorry that this is taking to long I'm really trying to get it out)
@starlitangels it's been a while since I've drawn fan art but this is Gabriel (again sorry I'll try to make the rest of the pups) and I made Gabriel crying (again) and their was when he lost a hockey game and it hit him hard and Natalie came in to find him crying :')
(I also drew the little wolf that Asher got him from the Angel and David argument :D)
When I tell you I wanted to scream. I WANTED TO. but I couldn't cuz my roommate has work in the morning and they get all grumpy when they don't get their beauty sleep🙄
@starlitangels I did another one and this one is about Natty and Gabriel rough housing in their back yard and Natty being jealous because Gabriel won her (also Natalie doesn’t have short hair it’s just that I drew it as her having a ponytail but it looks like she has short hair)
I’ve been thinking about this one for a bit. And, uh, also forgot for a while because of some life stress. But… here goes
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With a little, “Rawr!” Natalie leapt on her brother, trying to drag him to the ground. He was still a year-and-a-half older than her, and he’d always been a lot bigger than her. Except in wolf form, once she’d manifested. She wasn’t strong enough to pull him down to the ground.
“Not too rough, kids!” I called across the yard from where I’d been drinking a soda on one of the lounge chairs Davey had set out for the new burgeoning summertime.
Gabriel fell to the ground dramatically, clutching at his chest like his sister was actually having an effect. “Oh nooooo!” he exclaimed sarcastically.
Once he was on the ground, Natalie pounced in earnest.
The two of them devolved into a blur of limbs as they tried to wrangle each other. Gabriel was bigger and stronger, but Natalie was quick. I caught a glimpse of Natalie grabbing the ankle of Gabriel’s black Converse hi-top with a gleeful expression on her face.
“Stop that, you little brat!” Gabriel growled.
“Make me, jerk!” she retorted.
“Oh I will!”
Natalie yipped. “Pull my ponytail like that again and I’ll pry your teeth out of your mouth, you sonofa—” She cut herself off as she jumped on him.
I glanced at Davey, who was weeding the small tomato garden attached to the side of the house. He met my gaze and shrugged. Name-calling wasn’t much of a punishable offense in our house. We still tried to ensure that our kids were nice to each other, but they were siblings—they were bound to get under each other’s skin.
That, and I saw every day how much my kids cared about each other. Natalie and Gabriel fought for each other more than they fought with each other.
“No biting in human form!” Davey called over his shoulder as Gabriel yelped. I looked back at the kids to see Natalie ducking behind her brother with eyes wide with guilt. He flipped around and pursued, belly-flopping on top of her and forcing her to the ground, pinning her down.
She wriggled like a caught bug. “Get off of me you cheater,” she spat. “Daaad! Tell Gabriel to play fair!”
“Gabriel, play fair,” Davey said flatly, with no conviction in his voice at all.
Natalie sighed dramatically and looked at me. “Will you tell him?”
“Gabriel, sweetie, fight fair.”
Gabriel rolled his eyes but got off his sister. “Fiiine,” he complained. I chuckled.
Natalie scrambled up and leapt onto her brother’s back. “Ha-ha! Let’s do this the right way!”
Apparently “the right way” was more flurrying limbs and laughter.
I was only half paying attention—until Natalie whined like a wolf. “Okay, okay! I yield!” she cried. My eyes snapped up, and Davey twisted quickly.
Both of them were bruised and bloody—though the blood stemmed from minor scrapes that probably came from fingernails—with grass stains on their skin and clothes. Gabriel had wrapped Natalie’s ponytail around his hand and locked her head with his other arm. Tears of pain pricked her eyes.
“Gabriel, let her go,” David said sharply.
“She can take it,” Gabriel mumbled.
“She yielded,” David pressed.
Gabriel released his sister.
She shoved him in the chest—hard—with her elbow. Gabriel tumbled to the ground with a loud, “Oof!” as the breath whooshed out of his lungs.
“What’s wrong, Natty? Jealous that I beat you?” he asked, raising two fingers with a peace sign.
The phrase If looks could kill passed through my mind as Natalie glared daggers at him. She flipped him off, whirled, and stomped toward the house. “I’m going to go shower,” she grumbled at me as she stalked past my lounge chair.
I caught her wiping tears off her face, smearing dirt over her cheeks, as she slammed the sliding glass doors behind her.
Davey sat back on his heels and regarded Gabriel, who’d flopped onto his back, one arm behind his head, staring up at the bright summer sky. “Gabriel,” Davey said. My son turned to look at his dad. “This is the only warning you’re going to get: she won’t lose next time.”
@starlitangels I did another Gabriel one were he vents to Asher because he didn't know what to do and he figured that if Asher knew David the most Asher would know what to do. Idk but I hope you like it!!
Sorry if this series is taking a lot of time but thank y'all for reading my stories ಥ╭╮ಥ
Anyways here's part 4
TW: cursing, mention of an ex, mention of cheating, and argument
Enjoy!
Please...
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David
As I drop to my knees hearing Angels voice I feel a hand on my shoulder and smack it off.
"ow!" I hear the other person say. "Damn you smack really hard!" I turned around and saw Tank. "You've Punched me before but you've never smacked me." They said with a tired smile. I've never seen them cry before so this would be the first.
"you look like shit.." I said in a low voice. "Don't we all" they said with a little chuckle. "But you look the most shitty one then all of us.." they said their voice going low and shaky.
"of course I do..I mean my mates life is on the line and you heard the doctor they might not make it and there's a 95% that their not making it!" I yelled.
"but they still have that 5%... They'll make it..I just know it..." They said with a sheepish smile. "Now let's go back inside..it's kinda cold out here." They said walking back inside. I stood up and waited for a moment. Like something was going to happen. Then I turned around and went inside.
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Milo
"hey Milo I'm going to go get water.." My mate said. "Ok..love you sweetheart.." I said kissing them on the head before they walked off to one of the vending machines.
"Don't cry ma...you know I hate to see you cry..." I said "you herd em' Milo..they could die.." my ma said looking up at me. "And you heard Ash's mate ma. They still have a chance." I said.
My ma looked to the side of me and broke the hug that we were in and walked over to David that just walked in.
"David.." My ma started before David shook his head. "I know Marie.." he said with a small smile.
"Excuse me" we heard a voice say from behind us. "You all could see them but only 1-2 people could go inside at a time." The doctor said motioning for 1 or 2 people to follow him so they could see them.
We all looked at David to see if he wanted to go ahead and go first but he shook his head.
"I'll go last.." he said and everyone nodded and 2 people went in first each of them carrying a little gift for them that they bought before going to the hospital.
As the last few people came back from visiting them they looked like they cried even more and their eyes got more red then they already were.
As me and my mate go in I could hear my mate sniffing and crying more. I reach for their hand and we start to walk in.
We could see them laying in the bed several thing connected to them. It was all so overwhelming.
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David
As Milo and his mate came out I could feel my heart rate getting faster.
As I start to walk down the hall towards their room. As I got there I heard someone call me down the hall.
"David!" I heard the voice say. It sounded familiar but as if I never heard the voice before. I looked back and Michael was there...what was he doing here?! I heard what he did to my Angel...I know why they broke up...what he put them through when they were together and what he put them through when they broke up.
"Michael?! What are you doing here?!" I said in a harsh whisper. "I can't be here?" He said raising a brow twords me. God I just want to punch that smile off of his face.
"look I heard what happened and I rush here as fast as I could ok..just let me see them one time...please.." he said. He looked like he didn't care. Like he was just there to see what had happened to them.
Angel always said that he didn't care about them that's why they broke up..how he would tell them nasty thing and how they had caught him with multiple girls..and now he wants to be there for them?!
"no." I said in a cold voice like a parent telling their child no when their at the grocery store and their frustrated because the child wants everything yet the child just sits there and cry's.
"Hey! Their a human being and I am too! I should get to see them not just yo-" he said but I cut him off. I'm not going to stand here let and him say things that aren't true.
"you say that like you've never hurt them..It makes you look like the good guy because all you want to do is see an old friend yet the history behind you and MY Angel...makes you look bad you damn 5 year old. Their not a toy to play with. Their a human being." As I said that I turned around to continue walking to their room.
"you know I love them too...not just you, you bastard.." he said in a low voice. Something that he might have meant for himself but I was able to hear it as well.
"is that why you cheated on them...or put them through misery..you know how many nights they said that they had to cry themselves to sleep because of you?! How many sleepless nights they had to stay up just to get your drunk ass out of the damn hallway or get you inside the damn apartment when you were drunk just not to hurt yourself?! And guess what they get in return?! They come home after a long and stressful day just to come home to you cheating on them with another girl you fucking asshole!" I said trying so hard not to raise my voice in a hospital.
"I know but I've changed!" He said shoving me to the wall.
"you may have changed but you history hasn't!" I said shoving him off of me.
"you need to go..!" I said to him staring him down. He looked at me and walked away.
As he disappeared back down the hallway I started to sprint to their room. I couldn't wait anymore.
As I got to their room I opened the door and there they were...laying down on the hospital bed...that same familiar bed...
As I walked over to my Angel I felt my eyes watering again..I hated seeing them hurt..I hated this so much...I hated it all... Everything that was happening to them...all of their pain..I wanted it to be gone....
"Angel...please..wake up...please Angel...I don't know what I'm going to do if I lose you.. I'm sorry..I'm sorry for all the arguments that we've had.. I'm sorry if I've ever hurt you..! I'm sorry for everything..Angel...please...just wake up...show me those beautiful eyes.." I said holding their hand.
"please...I lost my mom..my dad...I can't lose you too...please..!"
Alright I'm ending it there I'm sorry it's short I tried to make it as long as I could but I didn't want you guys to wait that long so I'm sorry if it is short but I hope you enjoyed! <3
"Angel please..! You have to open your eyes for me..! Baby please...you can't leave me...! Not like this.." I said tears running down my face while I was holding onto my mates hand for dear life.
Like if I let it go the world would end.
We got to the hospital a few moments later and we were walking as fast as we can trying not to run. I mean I was trying not to run. I wanted to get Angel to the emergency room as fast as possible.
"we're sorry Mr. Shaw you can't come any further then this" the medic told me. "BUT THAT'S MY-" I was quickly cut off by one of them "Their your mate we get it but you can't. If you want them to survive then you have to stay here and let us do our job" they said.
Before I could argue the quickly sped off not letting me get a word out.
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Asher
As I got back into David's car I started to follow the ambulance. I called my mate and started to tell them what was going on but then I realized that David left his phone and I could see every pack members name pop up either them trying to call or send messages telling him about his mate and if he already knew.
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I got to the hospital and told the front desk lady David's mates name and they told me the direction to go in and so I did.
As I got there I could see David leaning against the wall tears running down his face. I never seen him cry this much but the time when his father died.
"David!" I yelled. He didn't even flinch or even tried to look at me. I put a hand on his shoulder "David..it's alright..it's going to be alrigh-" I said but he quickly snapped at me "Shut up! That's what you said last time Asher! When my dad was lying there in a hospital bed and the doctors trying to relive him again! Those are the exact same fucking words you said and yet my father's dead! You know how hard it was to get the news?! That my father was dead?! Because of a drunk fucker!" He said shrugging my hand off his shoulder forcefuly.
"I had to spend years trying to find myself again to get back on my feet yet my mate was there for me! The person that I could open up to about that shit! And now their in pain! With their god damn life on the line! And what the fuck am I supposed to do?! I'm supposed to sit here and do nothing but wait! And pray that they make it out alive Asher! And all you say it's going to be alrigh-" he said before I cut him off.
"And you don't think this hurts me?! My friend is in there! And I get that their your mate but their my friend! I don't care if I haven't known them my whole life but that same day that you introduced me to them! I knew that they were a good person! And they were right for you!" I said.
Tears running down my face. I could see David wanting to say something but he couldn't. He was shocked that I snapped at him. I never did in my life.
I ran to him and rapped my arms around him.
"I know your worried and everyone is too..but you need to believe in them..David...your their mate and you know them better then the whole pack does... and I know that you know their a fighter...they could do this" I said in a sheepish smile.
"oh yeah. Here" I said to him handing him his phone. "You left it your car" I said. "Thanks..." he said giving me a sheepishly smile of his own.
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David
As the pack started to come into the hospital we all waited patiently even though it was hard.
A couple more hours past until the doctor came out. I was the first one to stand and then the rest of the pack did.
"How are they?!" I said quickly. "I have good news and bad news..." The doctor said. "No...no no no no..." I said quietly to myself.
"Good news their alive. Bad news...they lost a lot of blood..their in a coma right now..but they might not make it through the night...so prepare yourself for the worst.." the doctor said. "I'll give you guys some time.." the doctor said again and walked away.
I fell to my knees and I felt like I couldn't breathe. Like I was going to die.
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Asher
As we got the news from the doctor David fell to his knees. The pack noticed that his breathing got faster and faster.
"David. You need to control your breathing." Marie said putting a hand of David's shoulder and kneeling down next to him.
Everyone started to cry. Even Tank and I never seen them cry. They were trying to hide it by hugging sam and Sam was crying as well. I hugged my mate and started to cry myself. I buried my face into their neck and I could hear them crying.
"it's going to be ok.." Bebe said trying to sound like they weren't crying. "You heard the doctor Bebe...they might not make it.." I said choking on a sob. "The doctor said that they might not make it. That means there's still a chance.." Bebe said.
They were right the doctor never confirmed that they will die. The doctor only said that they might not make it so there was still a chance that they could live.
I saw David getting up and rushing out. "David" Miguel said looking exhausted... everyone looked exhausted..not one pack member had a dry eye. Marie even cried herself and I've never seen her cry in my life.
People were trying to comfort each other. Milo was comforting his ma and mate. Christian was holding Amanda. Brooks and Miguel looked at each other with hope but yet doubt in their eyes.
"Hey.." Bebe said to the whole pack. "Their still alive and the doctor said that they might die so they could have a chance on living so we can't give up now. Their still in there and we all know that. We know that their not the person to give up easily." Bebe said with a smile.
Everyone looked at each other and then back at my mate.
"your right" one of the pack members said smiling sheepishly.
Everyone agreed and they even had a spark of hope in their eyes.
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David
I rushed out of the hospital and started to breathe heavily. It was dark out and a few cars left except for my pack members cars.
The doctors word were replaying in my mind
'They might not make it'
"They can't...they can't go like this..not the same way..were supposed to live our life together!" I screamed.
"take deep breaths Davey" I could hear their voice say. "Shut up..." I whisper.
They can but they weren't there when it happened so the ambulance got there first and started to treat them until they got to this point in the story. Hopefully that made sense and if it didn't then sorry about that
"Angel please..! You have to open your eyes for me..! Baby please...you can't leave me...! Not like this.." I said tears running down my face while I was holding onto my mates hand for dear life.
Like if I let it go the world would end.
We got to the hospital a few moments later and we were walking as fast as we can trying not to run. I mean I was trying not to run. I wanted to get Angel to the emergency room as fast as possible.
"we're sorry Mr. Shaw you can't come any further then this" the medic told me. "BUT THAT'S MY-" I was quickly cut off by one of them "Their your mate we get it but you can't. If you want them to survive then you have to stay here and let us do our job" they said.
Before I could argue the quickly sped off not letting me get a word out.
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Asher
As I got back into David's car I started to follow the ambulance. I called my mate and started to tell them what was going on but then I realized that David left his phone and I could see every pack members name pop up either them trying to call or send messages telling him about his mate and if he already knew.
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I got to the hospital and told the front desk lady David's mates name and they told me the direction to go in and so I did.
As I got there I could see David leaning against the wall tears running down his face. I never seen him cry this much but the time when his father died.
"David!" I yelled. He didn't even flinch or even tried to look at me. I put a hand on his shoulder "David..it's alright..it's going to be alrigh-" I said but he quickly snapped at me "Shut up! That's what you said last time Asher! When my dad was lying there in a hospital bed and the doctors trying to relive him again! Those are the exact same fucking words you said and yet my father's dead! You know how hard it was to get the news?! That my father was dead?! Because of a drunk fucker!" He said shrugging my hand off his shoulder forcefuly.
"I had to spend years trying to find myself again to get back on my feet yet my mate was there for me! The person that I could open up to about that shit! And now their in pain! With their god damn life on the line! And what the fuck am I supposed to do?! I'm supposed to sit here and do nothing but wait! And pray that they make it out alive Asher! And all you say it's going to be alrigh-" he said before I cut him off.
"And you don't think this hurts me?! My friend is in there! And I get that their your mate but their my friend! I don't care if I haven't known them my whole life but that same day that you introduced me to them! I knew that they were a good person! And they were right for you!" I said.
Tears running down my face. I could see David wanting to say something but he couldn't. He was shocked that I snapped at him. I never did in my life.
I ran to him and rapped my arms around him.
"I know your worried and everyone is too..but you need to believe in them..David...your their mate and you know them better then the whole pack does... and I know that you know their a fighter...they could do this" I said in a sheepish smile.
"oh yeah. Here" I said to him handing him his phone. "You left it your car" I said. "Thanks..." he said giving me a sheepishly smile of his own.
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David
As the pack started to come into the hospital we all waited patiently even though it was hard.
A couple more hours past until the doctor came out. I was the first one to stand and then the rest of the pack did.
"How are they?!" I said quickly. "I have good news and bad news..." The doctor said. "No...no no no no..." I said quietly to myself.
"Good news their alive. Bad news...they lost a lot of blood..their in a coma right now..but they might not make it through the night...so prepare yourself for the worst.." the doctor said. "I'll give you guys some time.." the doctor said again and walked away.
I fell to my knees and I felt like I couldn't breathe. Like I was going to die.
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Asher
As we got the news from the doctor David fell to his knees. The pack noticed that his breathing got faster and faster.
"David. You need to control your breathing." Marie said putting a hand of David's shoulder and kneeling down next to him.
Everyone started to cry. Even Tank and I never seen them cry. They were trying to hide it by hugging sam and Sam was crying as well. I hugged my mate and started to cry myself. I buried my face into their neck and I could hear them crying.
"it's going to be ok.." Bebe said trying to sound like they weren't crying. "You heard the doctor Bebe...they might not make it.." I said choking on a sob. "The doctor said that they might not make it. That means there's still a chance.." Bebe said.
They were right the doctor never confirmed that they will die. The doctor only said that they might not make it so there was still a chance that they could live.
I saw David getting up and rushing out. "David" Miguel said looking exhausted... everyone looked exhausted..not one pack member had a dry eye. Marie even cried herself and I've never seen her cry in my life.
People were trying to comfort each other. Milo was comforting his ma and mate. Christian was holding Amanda. Brooks and Miguel looked at each other with hope but yet doubt in their eyes.
"Hey.." Bebe said to the whole pack. "Their still alive and the doctor said that they might die so they could have a chance on living so we can't give up now. Their still in there and we all know that. We know that their not the person to give up easily." Bebe said with a smile.
Everyone looked at each other and then back at my mate.
"your right" one of the pack members said smiling sheepishly.
Everyone agreed and they even had a spark of hope in their eyes.
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David
I rushed out of the hospital and started to breathe heavily. It was dark out and a few cars left except for my pack members cars.
The doctors word were replaying in my mind
'They might not make it'
"They can't...they can't go like this..not the same way..were supposed to live our life together!" I screamed.
"take deep breaths Davey" I could hear their voice say. "Shut up..." I whisper.
One of my bitch ass coworkers called me a retarde and gave me a hard day at work today so what am I going to do you may ask?! I'ma listen to the "let me help you" Davey video because that all I could fucking do 🥲👍🏼
Where's the next part to It can't be?? Just asking so I know when to come look back on here!
I not sure when it's going to come out I think maybe next week like on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday?? Also sorry if it's taking a little to long. Have a nice day/night/afternoon!!💕💕
@starlitangels I did another one and this one is about Natty and Gabriel rough housing in their back yard and Natty being jealous because Gabriel won her (also Natalie doesn't have short hair it's just that I drew it as her having a ponytail but it looks like she has short hair)
