The Thunder Of The Storm (Will Never Match The Thunder Of My Heart)
~A very sweet fic about married life with Evajacks including the Fox children, fluff with a tiny bit of angst, and a bit of childhood trama~
The Prince Of Hearts would proudly claim he had never feared anything in his long existence. He was a ruthless killer who claimed countless lives simply because he had the need too.
What possibly could a Fate who lived a millennium fear?
But Jacks the husband and father learned he had many things to fear in his life. Like one of his children getting hurt, they were so young and the world was so big compared to them. He feared him or his wife getting sick and leaving their children orphaned just like Jacks was when he was a boy.
But one fear remained from his childhood, one that he never seemed to get rid of no matter how well he hid it.
And as the distant sound of thunder began to close in around The Hollow Jacks once again felt like the scared little boy desperate looking for shelter in the woods. Each low rumble brought chills and painful memories across his body.
The feel of his small coat becomes drenched among the rain, his bare feet gathering small cuts from the frozen and cold ground. The rumbles of his empty stomach went unheard for once as the sky roared in anger.
But most of all, the sound of the storm ragging outside returned the feelings of his childhood loneliness he hadn't felt in years.
It wasn't like he cursed years where he roamed Valenda, searching for his (seemingly) mythical true love to free him of his misery. This was the emptiness of his childhood, where he had no parents to care for him or even siblings to care for.
And even looking at his slumbering wife, who peacefully slept unbothered the cracks of lighting, he still felt the sense of dread.
He wanted to wake her, but she needed to rest.
She'd been feeling unwell lately and Jacks had a small suspicion that his dear wife was pregnant with the forth addition to the Fox household.
Jacks decided he could wait out the storm if he needed to, he had dozens of times before. But it felt different now than it used to. Now he had a wife who loved every inch of his existence, and the most perfect children in the world who Jacks couldn't possibly love more.
He hadn't felt like this in ages it seemed like, a bit over eight years, at least not since he first met Evangeline.
Evangeline, his wonderful Evangeline.
Evangeline loved him and cared for him every day like it was their last. She stayed with him, fought for him like he fought for her if not harder. Who gave him a family of his own to love, so he'd never know this kind of despair another day in his life.
Jacks was nearly so lost into his thoughts and memories that he almost didn't hear the small group of footsteps running through the hall.
It seemed to be that all three of his Kits were up and awake because of the storm.
He quickly slid out from under the warmth of their bed, before quickly placing a kiss against his slumbering wife's head.
The Hollow's floor was cold, winter had fallen over the kingdom in the last week and the grounds were already covered in snow. Quickly he turned the door and was met with the sight of all three of his children standing outside the door.
Eleanor the oldest of the three was standing in the front, her braid was coming out of her golden blonde locks and tiredness shown across her face.
As thunder cracked overhead the small girl flinched, and her two brothers drew closer to her.
Max and Teddy were more visible with their fear, and dried tears shown on their identical faces that made Jacks heart hurt.
Quickly he pulled all three children into his arms and held them tightly, he could hear their frantically beating hearts and wondered if they matched his own.
No words needed to be exchanged in this moment, his children were tired and scared and Jacks pushed his fears away the minute he heard the patter of feet.
His children needed protecting so nothing else could possibly ever matter as much.
Carefully he walked back into his and Evangeline's dimly lit room, only a few candles sat by the window sill.
He gently placed his children on his side of the bed, laying the twins closest to Evangeline and Eleanor right next to them.
He then carefully slid into the bed next to them in the small amount of space left for him. He would've given them his entire half it he could, but he needed to hold them right now as much as they needed his comfort.
His long arms carefully wrapped as far as they could around them, he wouldn't mind his arms being half dead in the morning.
Another crack of thunder boomed overhead and Eleanor buried her face into her fathers chest, whilst the small twins tightly held Jacks arm.
Slowly the storm seemed to die down, leaving only the sounds of the calming rain.
And as quickly as they had awaken the Fox children had once again drifted off to the land of dreams.
Teddy's soft snores filled the room, while Max began to move in his sleep, and Eleanor was busy drooling across Jacks favorite pillow.
He quickly lifted his head to see Evangeline who had been roused from her sleep for a brief minute to give him a soft smile. Before quickly lying her head back down to join their children.
Jacks heart felt heavy, dread no longer filled his chest.
Instead was a brilliant sense of love and joy that had only increased every day in his life for the past eight years.
And Jacks knew this feeling would never stop growing, everyday he was thankful that he'd been lucky enough to win Evangeline's heart.
That she loved him, and she gave him a family to so he'd never know loneliness again.
And at last with peace in his heart Jacks diffed off with his family into a peaceful slumber.
Knowing that the sweetest dream he could ever have was the one he lives everyday with Evangeline and their children.
-Baby Fox's are often referred to as "Kits, Pups or Cubs", I thought Kits sounded the best.
-I head-cannon Jacks as calling their kids and being like "Oh these are my Kits."
-Eleanor is about 5 in this story and her name is based of the Former Empress Elentine who Jacks was "Friends" within Caravel
-Max is named after Evangeline father Maximilian, he's the second oldest Fox child and Teddy's identical twin
-Teddy's name isn't based off of any character in particular but I thought it sounded cute
