no more isolation and loneliness overview part two!
As much as it was nice for things to “go to normal” in a fresh house with no monsters outside, and no burning sun Ivan was restless. He didn’t want to admit it, but being without Yesenin was tearing him apart. His mood was so affected that even the kids could tell something was up with him.
A week after moving in someone knocks on the door
“Thought I’d visit and see how you were doing” he said with a welcoming tone.
Ivan could literally kiss Yesenin in this moment. But no, he was still too scared to. So, instead he invites him in, and Yesenin stayed all the way late into the night. When the kids fell asleep, Ivan and Yesenin sat on the porch late at night drinking beer. At this moment is where Ivan realizes he LOVES Yesenin, because with Yesenin in his life he finally gets the “normal” he was craving. He finally feels satisfied, like he can truly relax and be safe.
Just around 1:00am Yesenin leaves to go home and Ivan waves him off. This starts a pattern of Yesenin visiting, at first, it’s only 3 times a week. Then 4, then 5-6 times a week. It’s Almost like he lives there. He interacts with the kids, laughs with Ivan, and becomes part of their family. And it’s just a great period of time.
Karina at this point in time calls Yesenin “Uncle Yesya” and Ivan by, well… Ivan, or step dad Ivan. Maybe every once and a while she will slip up and call him dad. But Ivan tries not to bring attention to it because he knows that is a sore spot for her.
At this point Nadia fully sees Ivan as her dad. Sometimes she will slip up and call him dad every once and a while and act all embarrassed about it. But there is this silent acknowledgement between the two that Ivan is a good father figure. Better than her dad, and better than his own.
But, these two gay love-struck men are not as good at hiding the fact that they are in love with each other as they think. Nadia manages to clock both of them by seeing how much happier they are together; how they lovingly gaze at the other when the others’ back is turned.
So Nadia goes to Karina and says, “how would you like to have two dads?”
“What do you mean?” Karina responds
“Ivan is totally in love with Yesenin but is too scared to admit it”
“Does that mean Uncle Yesya will be here more?”
“Definitely, if we can get them to confess…”
The kids then spend most of their free time scheming different Hijinx and shenanigans to put both Yesenin and Ivan in the perfect environment to confess. They set up dinner dates with mysterious invites. Drag them to the park by the lake at sunset so Karina and Nadia can “play on the swings” but really just trying to get Yesenin and Ivan onto the dock to watch the sunset.
Eventually one of their plans works and Ivan and Yesenin share a kiss. yay
After a few days Ivan goes up to the kids and tries to ask them if they would like Yesenin in the house more often. As he is trying to test the waters to see if they would be ok with him being in a relationship with Yesenin.
The kids are excited and overjoyed and Nadia says “so did you guys kiss yet?”
And Ivan is like WHAT? How did you know???
The kids cheerfully confess about their schemes, and Ivan is like ok cool. I’ll tell him he can move in.
And then they are a happy family :D YAYyy
I hope to post more about this au soon! from bits of lore and character focused posts to mini comics and stuff!
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