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"We are becoming the men we wanted to marry” ― Gloria Steinem odessa mccarthy-saxton twenty-three. a woman in charge.

[dulcie-hernandez]

"He's gonna levitate from the bed like a cartoon character right? I can see it." Either that or Theo would get bored and go wake him up himself but Dulcie was hopeful to give the guy some extra time. "I admire his dedication. I dance for like a half hour in heels and almost became one of those people who walk around barefoot. But I could hear my mom's voice in my head," she joked, mouthing a thank you to Oddie as she served her coffee. "Nectar of the gods," she mumbled, taking a few sips without spilling it on Theo's head. "Actually, before Chase wakes up I wanted to talk to you about something." She bit her bottom lip trying to ease herself into the admission but she couldn't help it. "Gillian and I kissed. I mean like recently, as in two days ago as in we had this..moment, I don't know I'm still processing it but what I did learn is that the unrequited sh-stuff I had convinced myself of was not true at all." She stopped there, glancing at Theo when she almost cursed before looking back at her best friend.

[odessamcsaxton]

"Oh, he's most definitely going to be carried out this way, nose first." Odessa laughed, knowing exactly the visual that Dulcie was putting out into the universe. "I mean, it wasn't all that bad over on the barefoot side of things." She let her best friend know with a laugh as she'd most definitely kicked off her heels half way through the night. "I know mama Hernandez would probably have a conniption at the sight of you shoeless but sometimes, it's needed." Odessa turned her attention back to Dulcie as she spoke. "Oh, if those don't happen to be some of my favorite words together. Go on, shoot." She urged Dulcie, excited at whatever revelation she had for her. "Fina-fucking-ly." Odessa said, before saying sorry in her baby boy's direction. Not that he'd retain that anyways, at least she hoped he wouldn't. "So you're saying that Gillian likes you? I'm so shocked that she would like you, you incredibly hot and sexy, intelligent kind human being. I'm so shocked to hear that she was totally crushing on you too."

[dulcie-hernandez]

"They love you too much to beef with you either so I guess I'll just have to settle to being loved by all of you, what a terrible problem to have," she teased, giving her attention to Theo for a moment as they both sat at the counter. Well she sat and he sat and then climbed into her lap in a way that almost knocked them both over but made her laugh. "Okay, I can work with that but what I need is some coffee. I had so many of those signature drinks. It was delicious, I couldn't stop. Not even the three liquid IVs I drank that morning could hold up against it. Always hydrate, Theo," she told him, grabbing one of his toys so they could keep their hands busy while Odessa worked. "Is Chase still asleep? When I saw him doing the worm I knew it was over, he's going to need an ice bath."

[odessamcsaxton]

"I suppose you will." She said, snapping her finger with an 'aw damn' before laughing. But Dulcie was far too lovable for them to exist in a timeline where she wasn't beloved and she was happy she very much felt that from all ends. Odessa turned back to her best friend, just taking in the sight of her interacting with her son. How time changed so much in their lives, some of those changes not being for the best but for the most part— they were exactly where they needed to be. Odessa nodded, making her way to the coffee maker, pouring Dulcie a cup just the way she liked it. "They were so good, my god." But then again, everything about yesterdays nuptials was quite magical. Brodie and Colette having left nothing to chance, yet nothing felt forced. "Oh, that man is not waking up until the scent of bacon wafts over to our bedroom." She said with a laugh. "An ice bath and about four liquid IV's, actually."

[dulcie-hernandez]

"I know that I love my parents but I still kind of want you and Chase to adopt me." Dulcie was smiling as she came out from the guest room at Oddie's, already crouching to scoop up a running Theo into her arms to pepper his face with kisses. "I heard you put putting around before the sun came up you little speedster," she told her nephew before moving him to her back so they could meet Odessa in the kitchen. She had happily crashed there after Colette's wedding, still buzzing that she had even been on the guest list but she had invested heavily in her social community since coming home, which meant reconnecting with all of the latinas she had gone to college with. "Something smells delicious in here. Can we help you with anything?" @odessamcsaxton

[odessamcsaxton]

Odessa found herself with quite the hangover, courtesy of Brodie and Colette's nuptials the night before. It'd been a stunning ceremony and an even more rowdy function right after the 'I do's'. "I don't know if I want that heat from your parents. I love them too much to have any beef with them." She let her best friend know, happy to see her up. Whilst her wake up call had come in the form of her baby boy, it was nice to see the ever so busy Dulcie get to sleep in and to provide her with a well deserved breakfast. "No, don't you even begin." She let Dulcie know, pointing over to a seat at the kitchen island. "Just you being here with us is all I need from you."

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[odessamcsaxton]

chase.

***

“I think I would have probably made a pretty solid hamster in another life now that you mention it. I can see the animated move already, Chase the Hamster.” He nodded in agreement, knowing that to be the truth. Odessa had taught him so much about genuine partnership and really showing up with love. Things weren’t perfect all the time and not every day was the happiest but most days way and there was no one else he wanted to survive the world with as much as he did with Odessa. To be the father of their child, to spend this life with her, it felt like a dream and if the rest of his life, however long that was, was like this, he would surely die an extremely happy life. He had surprised himself a lot in his own reaction to the pregnancy, sure he would go into that same secure hole of his that only saw him dying young. Instead, it gave him a reason to live even more and it had given him a new perspective on everything. But especially his own life. 

“Well you’re always at the top of my mind so you don’t have to be, duh. Am I pushing it? I think I’m delivering this very smoothly. I fed you, we’re laid up in our comfy ass bed with all your pregnancy pillows,” he joked, recalling the day Dulcie and Tahani had showed up with what seemed like an army of pregnancy support gifts for Oddie just days after she had found out she was pregnant. “Five years,” he repeated with a grin as he thought about how five years ago today they were standing in that random chapel. “Yeah sorry to River but he never stood a chance.” He laughed as he kissed her again, one of his hands going to rest on one of her cheeks. “I’ve loved every single day with you,” he told her softly, “I still remember the first time I saw you and when we hung out on the ski trip…god did I come on strong or what?” He let out a louder laugh and pressed his forehead against hers for a moment. “Thanks for loving me the way you do.”

“Oh, you would have been the cutest hamster. I’m sensing very class pet teas for a bunch of like, second graders.” Odessa said, as she waved her hands over her husband comedically as she pretended to read his aura. But despite the teasing, Chase was genuinely one of the warmest and understanding people she’d ever met. The man could see the best in even the worst people, a trait that she’d very much tried to carry on with her ever since she’d had the pleasure of getting to meet the man laying besides her. Because of that, she’d known she’d been ready to take this next step in their lives. If he showed everyone in his life, from his parents to her friends to hell, strangers so much love– their baby was going to be beyond spoiled. She couldn’t have asked for a better person to share this journey with.

“No, no. I don’t ever want you to think you’re pushing anything on me.” Odessa said, a small laugh leaving her lips. “You’re delivering this perfectly. I have no complaints, what so ever.” She let her beloved know, as she was happy in this very moment. No, she was beyond happy. This was essentially her vision of happiness. “And there’s so many—” She noted, as she looked at the number of pillow scattered around their bed. Dulcie and Tahani had definitely gone a bit overboard, but she was also beyond lucky to have her girls in her life. The women in her life had played just as big a role in readying her for this next chapter in her life as her husband had. “Oh, no. I don’t think anyone could ever compete with you.” She let him know, happily cherishing the moment. “Chase...” She began, feeling her cheeks begin to burn up as he spoke. Just hearing that, there was so much weight to those words. Yes, they mattered but when you knew just how much her husband dealt with and the uncertainty that came with their future... knowing she’d made him happy– that was enough to make her eyes water. “Now you know I’ve never been one for subtleties.” She said with a scrunch of her nose, before pressing a small kiss to the tip of his. “You’re so welcome.” Odessa told him. “Thank you for letting me.”

[odessamcsaxton]

chase.

“Yeah that might get old pretty fast and then our kid will have to go to therapy for being named after a dog.” Chase laughed at the idea, just totally taken by the fact that this was something he could actually think about right now. To say he was excited would have been an understatement. “Of course baby, I mean do I look stressed?” He took a handful of fries and stuffed them in his mouth with a grin. He was mostly trying to get her to laugh but he was serious. As much as he appreciated her gratitude, he always wanted her to know that showing up for her would always be at the top of his list. It was pretty much the entire list. “Thanks, baby. I feel very cared for too. We’re really crushing this whole having a baby era, huh?” He pressed a kiss to the side of her head a few times and smiled. “What do you mean, what? Of course I was gonna get something. You don’t have a fifth wedding anniversary and get nothing. Plus, apparently the fifth anniversary gift is supposed to be wood. Symbolizing the relationship having like strong roots and stuff. So that’s just a gorgeous necklace I couldn’t resist getting you but there’s also this,” he added and reached into the nightstand again to pull out two wooden rings. “I may or may not have taken a few woodworking shops with my Dad when we were “playing golf” on the weekends so. One for you and one for me,” he told her, taking her hand to slide it on before giving her his to put it on his finger. “Five years down, a lifetime to go. Afterlife too cause there’s no way in hell I’d let some other dude slide up to you in the after life.” 

“Can you imagine? We’re, You and I, the parents who named their child after their dog sibling– I refuse.” Odessa shook her head at the thought before she found herself laughing at the sight of him. His cheeks big, as he’d stuffed his mouth with fries. “No, I can’t say this is the face of stress. It’s the face of the beautiful man I get to call my husband and soon enough, baby daddy. That or a really adorable hamster.” Odessa told him, as she slowly made her way closer to him before she pressed a quick kiss to his lips. “And that’s all that matters to me.” She said, meaning that wholeheartedly. She never once wanted him to feel as if he was an afterthought in this journey they were taking on. He and his contributions mattered, because honestly, she wouldn’t have wanted to do this with anyone else but Chase. Motherhood, it was terrifying. And there was moments she looked down at her stomach and was scared of what the future would bring but then she remembered that she had Chase. “Yeah, yeah, we are. But like, it’s us. We crush anything we put our collective minds towards.” Odessa nodded, as of course, Chase would have thought that to be true. “I just though with all the baby craziness, it wouldn’t be at the forefront of our minds–” She explained, as they’d both been pretty busy with doctors visits and in her case, remembering to take a shit ton of vitamins and such. “Wait, there’s more?” She asked, as she tilted her head. “No, because now, you’re pushing it.” Odessa said through laughter as he pulled out two rings. “Of course you were, because not only are you perfect, now you’re into woodworking.” She teased, watching down at their hands as he placed her ring and she soon followed by putting his on him. “Five years.” Odessa repeated after him, as it’d felt like just yesterday they’d gotten married but yet a lot had happened in those five years since they’d gotten married in that chapel in the middle of nowhere. “Oh? Is that so? Sorry River Phoenix, I know we spoke–” Odessa joked, laughing. “No, even in the afterlife, you’d be all I’d ever want.”

[odessamcsaxton]

chase.

“You know I’m sold on Theo but I think Titus Jr might work too.” Chase laughed softly as he lay in bed with Odessa in the early morning. A McDonalds bag lay on the side of them after Chase had made a run for one of Oddie’s late night cravings. Which he was enjoying more than he should and had surely gotten some food of his own. “You know, since Titus is our first child,” he joked, the dog in question sound asleep at the foot of the bed. Chase brushed his fingers over his wife’s stomach and pressed and kiss to her temple. “Did the big mac do it for you?” He smiled softly before reaching into the bedside table when he realized it was far past midnight. “A little something for my queen,” he told her and handed her a Tiffany’s box with a grin. “Happy Anniversary, baby.” @odessamcsaxton​

“I don’t know about that one–” Odessa said with a small laugh. “See, I just wouldn’t want to confuse the two. Imagine I call out for one of them, then all of a sudden, I get both and as cute as that’d be...” She said before shaking her head, scrunching her nose in that way that he loved. so much. “Oh, that I will never forget.” She let her husband know. She had a lot to be thankful for when it came to Titus as their dog had been her first taste of responsibility. This being looked to her to care for it and she’d liked to think she’d smashed that job with flying colors. And now, they had Lucky and soon enough, their baby. The culmination of their love for one another. “It was exactly what I needed, like nothing beats a good ol’ Big Mac.” She let her husband know with a satisfied sigh. “Thank you, for everything you’re doing.” Odessa let Chase know with a bright smile. “I know, attention is all on me cause I’m the one carrying him but... like, you’re killing it as daddy to be and don’t think it ever goes unappreciated.” Odessa said. “Wait, what?” She asked, as Chase reached into his bedside table. Out of it came out a signature Tiffany’s box. “Chase, come on.”  Odessa said with a small laugh, her eyes already watering at just the gesture. “I love you so much.”

[odessamcsaxton]

nixon.

The look on her face said what neither of them were. They weren’t friends. Him showing up at her house definitely wasn’t normal. They didn’t have much of a reason to talk to each other, or even the desire to for that matter. The last time they had spoken had probably been during an argument. Every conversation they’d ever had had probably ended in an argument. They were on different sides of the coin with only one thing linking them together, but he was committed enough to make the effort once he said he was going to do something. “You’re welcome. And congrats. I’ve heard you’re really excited about the baby stuff so… yeah.” Nixon glanced over his shoulder as he caught his lip between his teeth. Sticking around had never been part of the plan, but once she invited him and asked for help he couldn’t actually say no. What kind of person didn’t help out a pregnant person when she asked? “Uh, sure. I’m not sure how much help I’ll be though. I’ve never actually done this before and it seems like it has a ton of shit going on, but I’ll try. Just try not to judge too much. I’m good with my hands when it comes to basketball and a few other things but putting stuff together never made it on that list. Um, is it okay if I come in?”

“I am, actually.” Odessa said with a small smile, looking down at the slightest sign of her bump. It was slowly but surely becoming more of a reality, she was going to be someone’s mother in just a matter of months. That realization, it’d made everything else sort of secondary to her. While she wasn’t going to accept bullshit and surely call out those who needed to– what mattered to her for these next couple of months was bringing this baby into the world surrounded by love. Or at the very least, good energy. So, for that reason, she wanted to play this correctly. What would she get out of being nasty to Nixon in that moment? Nothing. “What? Do you have somewhere better to be?” She asked him, a sly smirk on her lips. Because sure, he might have caught her in a better mood but she certainly wasn’t going to let up on him. “That makes both of us,” She said, but she looked forward to the challenge. “but really? How hard could it be? Just think of it like a really expensive LEGO set.” Odessa told Nixon with a shrug of her shoulders. “I’ll try my hardest not to judge, pinky promise.” She found herself twisting her lips after his question, if only to tease him ever so slightly. “I suppose you could come in.” She said, before playfully rolling her eyes. “Yeah, yeah. Of course, come on in.”

[odessamcsaxton]

nixon.

Nixon wasn’t sure it would ever be possible for Odessa to like him given everything that had happened years before between himself and Aggie, but he’d meant it when he told Tahani he wanted to try. When it came to making a peace offering his mind naturally turned towards gifts, and if there was one thing he figured she wouldn’t say no to it was a gift for her kid. So he’d actually looked into a few high end strollers, even if Tahani had laughed when he’d initially mentioned it, until he finally found one that was nice enough. Once he’d snagged her address, and ran out of excuses, Nixon finally made his way to her place and knocked on the door before he could second guess himself any further. Thankfully, she opened the door and he didn’t have to go through the awkwardness of asking Chase to grab her, though the half smile on his face was probably awkward enough. “Hey… I bought this for you.” He raised the box a bit higher as if she might have missed it. “I didn’t know if you and Chase were putting stuff like this together, or… I can pay someone to do it if that’s more your speed.” @odessamcsaxton​

If you’d have asked Odessa that day who’d be the last person she’d expect to see at her front door step, Nixon would have probably been one of her answers. It went without saying that they’d never been a fan of one another, the two being very much like oil and water. He very much represented everything that she really didn’t like, privileged men who thought without how their consequences effected others. Men who wandered through life getting everything they wanted, without so much as trying to use that for good. Men who cheated on her sister with someone in her circle of friends, leaving things pretty weird between all parties involved. But there he was, for whatever reason. 

“Hello?” Odessa said, the confusion had to be more than noticeable on her features. As he spoke of having bought her something, she grew even more confused as to what was happening? Had she actually woken up that day? This had to be some sort of dream. Her mouth was actually a-gaped for a moment as she had no clue how to respond to what he’d just said. “Uhm— thank you.” Odessa finally said, shaking her head as she was still in disbelief of what was happening right before her eyes. “I... I think Chase and I can manage.” She let him know, biting down on her lower lip as she contemplated what her next course of action would be. “Uhm... actually, he might be busy for a while... maybe you could help me do it?” She asked, not knowing how that’d go but she liked to think of this as a very expensive olive branch. And yes, she’d already written him off as major scum but it wasn’t in her nature to be cruel. So if he was willing to try, as would she.

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tahani.

dulcie.

***

“Yeah you haven’t sat down since you pee’d on that thing. You need to take a breath, Oddie, we still have one more minute,” Dulcie told her and held up the timer on her phone. It was kind of surreal to be in this moment and realize that it was on purpose. The last time hadn’t been so planned to say the least and had been filled with a kind of panic that would alter them forever. But now they had a life where Zara existed and they loved it and now..well now Dulcie was on her way to being the single lesbian aunt she never expected but kind of always wanted to be. She reached out for Odessa’s hand and gave it a squeeze. “Plus if we entered a wormhole, I like to think we’d be doing something a lot more sexy.”

Dulcie laughed softly at her own words but was cut short when the alarm on the timer rang out. “Okay…” she looked at Tahani, then Odessa before she opened the bathroom door for them where they had left the stick. “Do you want me to look first or just hand it to you?”

..

“You’re freaking out?” Tahani smirked, having been in that exact position herself what felt like a lifetime ago, “We couldn’t tell.” As much as the girls all held each other down Dulcie was definitely the most compassionate so it made sense for her to be the ringleader in this instance. She’d been touching up her lip gloss when the alarm beeped, glancing up at Dulcie with a look of solidarity. Whichever way the results leaned they were ready to be by Odessa’s side the entire way.

“Oh, girl, when I did mine I couldn’t look. Valentina told me and I cried and puked at the same time. Wild as fuck honestly, wouldn’t recommend it. Only thing worse is when I sneeze now I’m never quite sure if a little bit of pee is gonna come out too.” She came up behind Oddie, rubbing her shoulders and giving her a peck on the cheek, “We got you, mama.” @odessamcsaxton​

“Shockingly, I am.” Odessa replied to Tahani with a small smile, a soft sigh leaving her lips as Dulcie spoke. Of course, Dulcie was her voice of reason in this moment. This, what could possibly be this monumental moment in her life. She could probably be pregnant in that moment, something she wanted more than she could possible put into words. “One more minute.” She repeated what Dulcie said, as it would be clear as day in a minute. Dulcie’s hand finding itself intertwined with her own was so welcomed, her head dropping onto her best friend’s shoulder as she counted down the seconds in her head. 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi.

Odessa found herself laughing lightly as Tahani spoke of her experience. Everyone spoke of her friend’s beauty and her effervescent personality, but always thought of bravery when she thought of the blonde. She took everything she’d been feeling in that moment and more, without much of a support system. Sure, the girls had been there for her, but she’d dealt with a lot alone. That in itself spoke to her bravery and tenacity. “Wait, is that cause you had a baby? Is that a thing?” Odessa asked, eyebrows furrowed before Dulcie walked over to the bathroom door. “I... I want to do it.” Odessa bit down on her lower lip, nodding slowly. She could do this. “Yeah, I’ll do it.” 

She removed herself from Tahani’s embrace, finding herself at the door frame where she shared a small smile with Dulcie before picking up the pregnancy stick. “Ladies...” She said, as she read the results. “I’m pregnant.” She said, well more like screamed happily. “Yeah. Clear as well, as Clearblue could be.” ( @dulcie-hernandez​ )

[odessamcsaxton]

“I’m freakin’ out,” Odessa said aloud, pacing in front of her friends as she waited for what felt like the longest stretch of time ever. “did we happen to enter some sort of wormhole? Does this not feel like the longest three minutes in existence?” She asked Dulcie and a recently returned, Tahani as she’d done it. 

Chase and her had been trying for a baby and they’d been trying for quite a bit now, but it just didn’t seem like it was happening for them. But she had recently missed her period, which had led her to this moment. She’d peed on that damn stick and now it, it was a matter of minutes until she found out if she was going to be having a baby. “I feel like we’ve entered a wormhole. Something is up.”

( @dulcie-hernandez @tahani-parkinson​ )

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dulcie.

“So…I know honest conversation is in and mixed messages is out but is there like a more subtle way to gauge if someone wants to I don’t know…maybe take things to the next level? Or even gauge for yourself? I think I’m over thinking,” Dulcie explained as she stepped in and out of her closet trying on different outfits. She had a Tinder date later that night but her mind had been wandering a lot since she got home. “What do we think of this? I don’t want her to think I’m trying to fuck but I’m not not trying to fuck, you know?” @tahani-parkinson​ // @odessamcsaxton​

Odessa looked over her shoulder, then over her other one as Dulcie spoke— wondering if the question was being asked to someone behind her. She soon realized that it was indeed being asked to her and honestly she was stumped. She was truly as subtle as a bull in a china shop. “Girl, you’re asking the wrong person when it comes to that. I’m a firm believer in honest conversation, or as I put it, getting straight to the point.” She said, and honestly, it hadn’t backfired on her yet. “See, I don’t get it. Why are we going for the maybe? Let’s go for something that’s going to get you exactly what you want, which is?” 

[odessamcsaxton]

chase.

**

“You know that must have been it, Panic couldn’t take how sexy I am, it absolutely makes sense.” Of course Odessa was able to make him feel better and honestly sitting here next to her with their new dog was probably the outcome that was meant to happen all along. Even if it stung now, he’d find a way to see the best in it, and wish the best to whoever came out on top in Panic in the end. “Mm no, no it’s definitely a canceled show. Oh yeah? Well if we have the Queens approval then I think it’s time to deliver, we can’t let Dulcie down,” he teased but he was grateful that Oddie had not only shared it with Dulcie but that their community could get excited about them welcoming in a kid some point soon. “No really, it’s time to get your pants off.”

“Oh, you don’t know just how sexy you looked out there. It was making the livestreams malfunction and everything. You had to hear me, I was letting everyone know that was zaddy.” Odessa joked, happy to see a smile find itself on her partners features. Being eliminated from Panic wasn’t going to be Chase’s end all be all. Plus, she liked to think that if her husband wasn’t going to win— that W was going to go to someone who truly deserved it. “Is it? What a shame.” Odessa said with a snap of her fingers. “We most definitely can’t let Dulcie down, not at all.” She agreed with her husband. While the reality of having a kid seemed distant to her, she knew she wasn’t scared of the thought. And that was because of the man in front of her. He showed her so much love every single day, she could only imagine how he’d adore a product of their love. “You want me to do what?” She asked Chase, walking back from his embrace towards their bedroom. “I didn’t quite catch that.”

[odessamcsaxton]

chase.

***

“Yeah well I had to get something out of it. Now that I’m no longer in the game he feels like a really solid consolation prize.” Chase hadn’t quite processed not being able to compete in the final. Even in his early dancing days he was competitive and he had been certain that he’d be able to see this thing through. But he supposed whoever the judges were just didn’t think the same. But he was trying to shake it off and not let some strangers dictate how he viewed himself. Instead he leaned into his wife’s arms, smiling softly as he hugged her back. “Well I guess since I’m done with my existential crisis,” he said with a heavy sigh and picked Odessa up in his arms as he stood up from the couch with a grin, “We can focus fully on baby making.”

“If you ask me, they just couldn’t take how utterly sexy you looked out in that junkyard.” Odessa let her husband know, she understood that he wasn’t exactly happy with the fact he’d been eliminated. While she was personally over the moon that she’d no longer have to sit idly by while Chase engaged in those dangerous challenges, she understood that those challenges had pushed her husband in a way that he hadn’t been in quite some time. “Very that. Plus, you saved him from that horrid place.” She told Chase, knowing they’d have their work cut out for them once the newest addition to their household was up. “Are you really?” Odessa asked. “Or is this just the midseason finale?” She teased, pressing a kiss to his cheek. “Speaking on that, you’ve got Dulcie’s seal of approval on Theo.”

[odessamcsaxton]

chase.

“So..he has all of his shots, he’s been bathed like..twice, his leg needs to heal and he’s eaten a lot. We may need to get him some training, I mean we definitely need to but I mean…at the very least we can help him get back to help before we get someone to adopt him?” Chase was staring at the now sleeping dog in their living room, turning back to his wife. “I was thinking we could call him Lucky. Or Panic but that seems too cliche.” @odessamcsaxton​

Odessa had barely had any time to process the fact that her husband was back, but then she’d found herself with a Pitbull just sleeping on her couch. She looked between Chase and the sleeping dog, not knowing what topic to take on first. “I—” Odessa managed to say, before sighing. “I think that Lucky’s a perfect name for him... or her... or them.” She said with a soft smile. “A part of me wants to say I can’t believe you left that junkyard with an actual dog but this is so perfectly you.” She told him before pulling him in for a tight hug.