part 6 - sunshine - wrd 3.7kish
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Series Master - see ml for info - standard soa warnings + age gap
sugar wrote another smut chapter? who am i........
not my best work, im still figuring out how to write the smut in a way that doesn't make me cringe, so ya know...enjoy?
tw: extremely vague mention of s/assault, very light smut, pretty basic stuff but let me know if anything specific is missing
Complicated. Your brain loved that word lately. The more you thought about your current predicament, the more it came up. It was like the two of you were trying to reconcile after a hasty divorce. You had considered it working, it’s hard to ignore how easy it had been already, but the littlest girl you both adore complicates everything.
What happens if it doesn’t work? If you don’t have enough in common given the age difference of it all? If he follows the club rules rather than the ones you want in place, stepping out with a croweater just because he’s on a run?
Knowing him your whole life gives you a different perspective. Him, the club, the way they think and treat women like collectibles. They want it all, but no one's had you. Are you a challenge? A toy? Some sort of prize?
How would it affect her? If you tried it and failed miserably, what happens then? Does he walk away? Do you? And would she ever forgive you if you did?
You had way too many questions and no way to answer them without actually asking for the answers, but getting words out of Happy was like pulling teeth. Grunts and nods only provide so much clarity, so the moment you sat down with that long awaited coffee you came out swinging.
“Is this just about getting laid?”
“The fuck you just say?”
“Be serious,” you scolded him for his tone with a sharper one of your own, demanding he actually listen to you. “You’re the conqueror. Women from here to Tacoma talk about your monster sized dick, but they also talk about you tossing them out like trash when you’re done.” He choked on his coffee, hot black liquid snorted up his nasal cavity, but that didn’t stop you. “So again, is this just about getting laid? Because whatever the hell we’re doing is working, and if that’s all you want from me, I’d rather not ruin it for her.”
He listened to everything you said. He tried to anyway, but his brain was stuck. “Monster dick?”
“Okay,” you sighed, pushing back on the table to make a swift exit with your overpriced iced coffee.
“I treat trash like trash,” he took hold of your wrist before you could even take a step, straightening up in his seat, “you ain’t trash.”
He dropped your arm, letting you have an out if you really wanted it, but it prompted you to sit. A little less tense than before, rejoining the conversation now that he was actually ready to have it.
“I’m not playing with you.”
You scoffed, fiddling with anything and everything to disguise the trembling taking over your limbs. “No you’re just a man after my daughter’s heart.”
“Already have that, it’s yours I’m worried about.”
Everything around you came to a dead stop. The ringing in your ears faded to a dull hum and your hands finally stopped shaking with nerves of this epically failing before it could even start.
The two of you settled, relaxing into your seats, fiddling with your cups because neither of you knew what to do next. You’re out of practice, he’s never tried. The buzz of the cafe kept the two of you company while you figured out where you go from here.
You came out swinging, so it’s only fair you keep it going.
“You’re halfway there, seeing you with her is like a cheat code… Be honest, you don’t find it even a little odd? How much she clings to you?”
He looked up from his cup and blinked once. An expression that told you exactly how stupid of a question that was. “We’ll bring her with us next time.”
“A family outing, how domestic.”
“Family’s important.” He took a sip, you took a sip. Watching each other closely like the other might disappear if either of you blinked. It was his turn to speak first, but he didn’t do conversation well. He handled in facts, orders. “There’s a park by my house, we’ll go there.”
“Domestic and presumptuous.”
“Can’t hide from me, she won’t let you.”
“Yeah that’s true,” you took another slow sip of coffee, eyes up, straw resting on your bottom lip, “so what I’m hearing is, technically you are using my daughter to get laid.”
“Using our daughter to hitched.”
You gasped, absolutely sure you uncovered the secret of the year. “Gemma did put you up to this didn’t she?”
“Nah, Jax.”
“Motherfucker,” you laughed, lightly kicking his leg under the table. The joyful noise broke the wall. It was a harsh shot to the support beam that sent his hardened biker attitude crumbling down.
“Been watching you for a while, he noticed.”
“Watching me?” You snorted, falling a little harder for that obnoxious bluntness that bordered the line of charming.
“I liked your belly when you were pregnant, you looked like the sun.”
You gasped again, softer, shock evident in the blood leaving your face. This wasn’t a whim. You had convinced yourself he just woke up and decided this was happening, that this was something he decided on just because it’s what she wanted.
He said it was about her, but this started before her. He might be too hardcore to admit it in those exact words, but he wanted you, he’s always wanted you.
He grinned at the thought. The sundresses that barely fit you, the waddle to your walk, the way your skin glowed like you were made up entirely of sunshine and morning dew.
"It makes sense now.”
You swallowed the air stuck in your throat, and searched him. “How so?”
“You had all the joy inside you, gave birth to sunshine.”
The blood came rushing back, heat consuming you entirely, eyes like saucers. Who the hell is this guy and where did he come from? The Tacoma Killer you know wasn’t this. He was cold, distant, calculated and quiet. But Happy Lowman, you were quickly learning was much more than that. Warm when necessary, protective above all else, bordering the line of loving. As weird as the notion may be, very similar to your dad even. Someone halfway decent tied to a world that’s anything but.
“That’s…that’s really sweet, Happy.”
He nodded. One sharp tip of his chin to acknowledge the situation. “How’d she happen?”
“Oh, that’s… that’s um.”
He watched your mind work, spinning on a memory that turned your eyes a haunting shade in place of your bright irises. “You don’t gotta tell me,” he muttered, nudging your foot with the tip of his boot, “just curious.”
“Well, there was this guy, obviously.” You swallowed. It was a lot, and nothing you’ve ever shared. Jax never asked, never cared, but he did mention it to Happy. All that hurt you came home with, and how far you’ve come since. A friendly heads up to help him understand you and your hesitation to trust anyone.
“It was supposed to be casual fun, but he started taking things too far and the psycho didn’t understand the word no I guess.” You fiddled with your coffee, eyes down, crossing and uncrossing your legs. “I came home the next day, didn’t stop driving until I was on Jax’s front porch. I took the morning after pill and everything but a month later was the positive test.”
Everything fell into place like a math equation, x+y=z, he just didn’t have all the pieces back then. When he watched you fight like hell to put life back in your eyes. When you switched to burner phones permanently because your cell never stopped ringing. When you disappeared the same week Jax sent out a hunting party out for a pompous douche bag roaming around town.
Happy didn’t care for details. The less he knows the simpler things go. It’s transactional, routine. With all the variables it's rageful, and rage creates a dangerous game.
“I’m sorry, ‘bout what he did to you.”
He slid his hand halfway across the table, mirroring the subtle movement of support he picked up from you. You didn’t take it at first, even though you wanted to. You shifted in your seat, absently tracking the mix of ink up his arm. He rolled his wrist, flexing, showing off the ink your gaze was fixated on, and your hand slipped. Right across the table and into his, brushing your fingers gently across his warm skin.
“I’m okay,” you managed, “I don’t think about it much anymore.”
“She get anything from him?”
“No, thankfully. I was terrified I’d like resent her or something crazy.” You couldn’t help but smile at the thought of your little carbon copy. It was hard at first. All the hurt, pain, bottled up and redirected into being the best version of yourself for her. The little blip on the ultrasound that was now growing like a weed. A perfect balance of all you and your fathers best genes. “She uh, she does do this thing with her nose-”
Your sentence ended with a laugh, watching his stoic expression transform into the most hilarious view. He knew what you were talking about before you had the chance, Happy made the face. The nose wrinkle, lips pursed, squinted eyes face.
“Exactly, my dad used to do that. When he smelled something bad, or didn’t like how something tasted. She got that from him.”
“I knew him.”
You rolled your eyes and his jaw clenched. He so badly wanted to pop the side of your head, but of course he didn’t. He politely ignored the urge with a stabilizing deep breath in.
“Everyone knew him,” you smiled, eyes on the sky because despite all his faults you knew he was watching closely. Always with you in the stories told and the gentle breeze when things get tough.
“Not like that, we were friends.”
Your head tilted, he walked right into that one, “and now you’re trying to get with his daughter, funny how things work out, huh?”
His jaw flexed, muscles working while he tried to shove down the thoughts he’s been doing his best to keep buried. You nudged his shoe, and that devilish onyx gaze found your softened one once more.
“I’m just messing with you,” you chuckled, leg stretched under the table to tap his knee with your toes. He caught your foot with a tug, putting your shoe in his lap and kept his hand wrapped around your ankle.
“You’re like him, strong.”
You readjusted yourself so the position you were forced in was at least halfway comfortable, soaking up the sensation of his thumb rolling over your joint. “Thank you.”
“I need you to know you don’t gotta be strong with me.”
That made you squirm, too much too soon, inching back up to sit straight in your seat. His words were hitting way to close to home and you didn’t know what to do with them yet, because you didn’t know what he wanted yet.
“What do you want out of this? Really?”
He tapped his ring on the table, deciding how to answer the question that felt like a trap. He could only really answer it one way because it should be simple. Obvious. She’s the only reason you’re here, and the only reason he grew the balls to do anything about his habit of craving you. “Told you, it’s been about her, you’re a good lookin’ bonus.”
“Funny.”
“True.”
You tapped your cup, fingers drumming nervously along the condensation. “I never wanted to be with a member, I know how messy it can get.”
“Never wanted an old lady either,” he grumbled, surveying the exits like it was second nature, “things change.”
“You do know I’m not going to marry you just like that, right?”
“I ain’t worried about that,” he cleared his throat and leaned back, “just let me know when you’re ready to change her name.”
“Yeah right,” you chuckled and that devilish onyx gaze found your softened one.
Oh. Oh, he’s serious.
“She’s my kid,” he stated, voice rough and void of the hint of playfulness he kept letting slip. He was crazy, but not about this. You didn’t have to be a Lowman, but she would be, and something about that did it for you.
The claim, the boldness, the seriousness too. This wasn’t a game to him. He just wanted to be a dad, her dad. That hungry look in your eye made him shift his denim, and that was all it took.
Mama Gemma was right, you really could use it.
“I have another hour before I’m supposed to pick her up,” you swirled your cup, ice shaking up the mixture, “do you want to get out of here?”
His expression searched yours. He knew that tone. That not so subtle lilt, the way you bit your lip and held it hostage. You wanted a test drive, and he was more than happy to oblige. He downed the rest of his plain black coffee in one gulp and stood, one hand out and the other pulling out his keys.
“Should be more careful about what you’re asking for.”
He stalked towards the end of your mattress, cock too hard and heavy to stand upright. You gulped. Monster cock. Red hot and leaking, coming right at you like a war missile set to destroy.
You expected heaven. You expected a minimum of one mind blowing orgasm that would make you see God. Your expectations hit an all time low. He was rough, selfish, and quick. He knew what he liked and took exactly that. There was no more, no less.
He manhandled into a position that did nothing for you. Split you in half by his size with little prep and used you like a flesh-light until the condom was tossed to the side like toxic waste and ropes of cum were spraying across your back.
Then the beast of a man grunted, giving a harsh smack to your ass as a thank you. You collapsed, a quiet sigh leaving your lips as you rearranged yourself on the bed. That sound was impossible to miss. He didn’t have a clue what it meant but he knew how it felt.
Your deflated lungs double knotted his guts. He glanced your way, tossing a towel your direction once he was done with it so you could clean up the mess he made of your back end.
You managed, but rather than a dick drunk smile, your mind was visibly at work. That’s not what he’s used to, but usually he just sends bitches packing. He couldn’t do that with you, he didn’t want to do that with you, but he wasn’t sure what to do next. More importantly what to do about that pitiful look on your face.
“Something up?”
You giggled before you could stop yourself. You wanted this to work but you love yourself enough to know you wouldn’t be doing that for the rest of your life. You were mentally weaving through your thoughts on how exactly to go about this.
The male ego is a fragile thing, but nothing about Happy was fragile.
“I think you’re used to this being all about you,” you chuckled, crawling back to the bed’s edge, “if you have it in you, maybe we can try again?”
He stared at you, hard. Not once in all his years has he received criticism. But you, perfect little ol’ you managed to do it with a smile on your face.
“You tellin’ me you didn’t get off?”
You grabbed at the air, rushing because you didn’t have much time left. Pick up time was quickly approaching and you need some form of hope you could at least train him properly.
“It’s okay, really! I’ll just walk you through it this time.”
Oh, that stung. Based on the look in his eyes, you were convinced his ego would never recover. You’re half his age, he should be teaching you things. His experience should be all knowing, but you’re not just doubting his skills, you’re critiquing it. Calling him old without actually doing it, willing to help him learn skills he never gave a damn about before. He didn't really give a damn about much. If it wasn't tied to the kutte across the room, it wasn't worth it, but you are.
He took a long time with it. Thinking, calculating, trying to understand the situation for what it was. What went wrong and why. If he fucked it up and how to fix it, but he didn’t know any different. He gave you what he gives everyone, what he thought he does best. Quick and careless fun. His mind was racing but his whole body went stiff, visibly absent of the panic he was mentally working through. Steady breathing, frozen in place, and a lifeless stare fixed on your tits.
He stood defeated by your dresser like someone powered down your play toy before you even had a chance to have any real fun.
“Just come here,” you whispered, tone softer, more serious.
He didn’t move. Fuck he wanted to fix it, but he used the only condom in his wallet, and he knew better than to ask the girl who’s never brought another guy home if she had one. “I’m not about to baby trap you.”
“We are way past that,” you scoffed, crossing the room and pulling him back to the bed with slow sultry steps. You moved him like a doll, placed him at the edge, encouraged him to get comfortable, and then mounted that thing like a horse.
“Now kiss me,” you whispered, and his mouth gapped open, “don’t swallow me, kiss me.”
He pressed his to yours, softer, letting them linger. Yours moved first, parting gently as you resumed your movements. Rough hands traveled up and down your spine. Holding you, rocking you, following your lead. Up, down, up, down. Consistently bouncing on his cock until deep groans thick with the pleasure he wasn’t even convinced was real poured into you.
Every part of you felt like a dream, the sticky wet heat morphing around him. The way your hips rolled, and your delicate touch held his face in your hands. His body felt alive. Every nerve was on fire, his heart beating out of his chest, balls so tight and he found himself holding his breath so he didn’t bust like a two-pump chump.
Your tongue swirled his mouth playfully, swallowing everything he was giving you while you gave him everything you had. Your moans became breathless, pleasure twisting in your gut until you were letting out high pitch sounds that were music to his ears. The way your walls clamped down around him was addictive. Each and every second you used him to chase that high, he was convinced your death grip sent him to heaven. His one and only taste of a place people like him don’t belong.
He saw the light and before he could stop it, or warn you at the least, he released. Thick, creamy, loads of warm cum sprayed your cervix and your body shuddered.
Your rhythm faltered and his hands smoothed down, a vicious grip to your hips that forced your body to keep going. Fucking his seed deeper with a smile on his face. One that was wide, toothy. A look so warm, and usually reserved for your little girl, but right now he was drunk on you. Star struck by the sensations you created with such simplicity.
“That was so much better,” you giggled, kissing his face cheek to cheek.
Your little girl has never squealed so loud, and admittedly, you were a little jealous. She rushed out the daycare doors to him. Right past you, no need to say goodbye to her teachers or friends, daddy was there and no one else existed.
“Hello to you too,” you huffed, taking her bag, today's art project, and the juice cup with her name on it from the teacher.
Little girl strapped in, daddy behind the wheel, domestic life felt good as a passenger princess.
The music played softly, and she was going off. She talked, the two of you listened. Talk talk talk talk, until she was all talked out. During that time he held your hand. Drove your car like he owned it and kept your fingers hostage with a grip so tight the tips of them were turning blue. Thumb dragging across the skin of your knuckles, circling at your ring finger like you wouldn’t notice something so obvious.
Once he got the both of you home, he locked the car doors as he got out, giving himself just enough time to make it to your side before you were able to unlock it and fling it open yourself. He helped you up and out, a gentle tap to your ass sending you towards the front door, insisting he could manage little girl just fine.
Which of course he did, you don’t get to see it often, but it is a well practiced routine. She helps to unbuckle herself, crawling out and up the tattooed body of quickly formed devotion.
Bag, baby, he stepped inside and quickly began making himself at home.
“You’re not staying?”
His nose curled up, kutte already half stripped off, “huh?”
“We’ve been on one date, you're not staying over with my daughter in the house.”
He opened and closed his mouth three times. You were right, you were making sense, but he still didn’t like it. The way you continue to call her my as if he’s not standing right there. The fact you just gestured to the door like he wasn’t just making himself at home in your sheets less than an hour ago.
Getting put out like the damn dog.
“We’re together.”
“Yes, but I told you I’m not just diving in. Today was great but we still have a lot of things to work out.”
“Fine,” he shrugged his kutte back on and you saw him change, hardening back up into the killer you know best. Tone dark, indisputable. “I want fifty-fifty till then.”
You choked on air, tapping your chest absolutely stunned. “You’re not serious?”
He shrugged like it was nothing. No big deal asking for you to restructure her whole life to include him, it is already halfway done. “You said we’d work it out.”
“Yeah I meant like, getting to know each other, letting you pick her up from school by yourself. Not split custody! She’s not even y-”
“Stop saying that shit.”
“Happy-”
“This shit ain’t a game.”
“No, it’s not!” You barked, stabbing his attitude with a vicious glare until he sat down and shut the hell up. “She is my child, Happy. Raising her is the single most important thing I will ever do and if we’re really doing this, we have to do it right.”
“I’m trying to.”
“I know,” you tension you were holding dropped, head landing in your hands. You sat there quietly for a moment, rubbing your face, thinking it over. Each breath putting you back to somewhere levelheaded and calm. “You’re amazing with her, and I see you trying to take this seriously, but club life is so unpredictable and the risk-”
“We’re done hauling, working on getting out of guns next, that's what all this shit going on has been about.”
Your heart stopped, your breathing caught, and your mouth gaped open. Legitimizing the club would solve a plethora of issues. Limits risk, danger, the possibility of baggage reaching your doorstep. All your arguments die right there, because for you it’s not the club. It’s never been the club because for all their faults you love every single one of them. It’s the risks, the unknown, the possibility that one day he won’t come home.
“You shouldn’t have told me that,” you whispered, sizing him up this time. Old ladies do know things. They certainly know more than most, but you’re not an old lady. Not yet. No ring, no crow. Technically, you were just someone's kid. Some guy who died protecting the club you were actively watching fall apart. A club that this man in front of you would kill for, die for too if he had to, and he trusted that with you.
“Did it help?”
You sighed, fighting everything inside you to not immediately say yes.
“We’re not doing fifty-fifty. She lives with me, but you can start coming over for dinner, bedtime, pick her up from daycare when you’re off early. Things like that.”
“Can we bring her on our dates?”
“Dates? Plural?”
“How the hell else am I supposed to get you to marry me?”
“Careful, Happy…it sounds like you’re proposing.”
He looked down at his rings. Mixes of gold and silver, and one more couldn’t hurt. If it makes whatever this is permanent. He wasn’t worried about it, not really, not until you tried to send him home after getting a taste of what it’s like to have it all.
“I know what I want. Life’s slowing down, I’ve got the time for her, for you.”
“And you want this?” You gestured to the mess that was your life. Chaos at every corner. Dirty laundry piled high, clean laundry that you’ll never get around to folding without someone there to force your hand. Dishes in the sink, empty pizza boxes on the stove. Her toys like trip hazards covering every square inch of the living room floor, and the obnoxious sound of Mrs Rachel keeping her mesmerized at the center of it all.
“Get your fucking ears checked.”
You huffed, lighthearted, too amused to hide your body relaxing despite how rough his tone just came out. “Fine.”
He cocked a brow, and you moved, putting yourself right in his lap, “you can stay.”
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Things stalled. He wasn’t exactly pursuing you and you weren’t sure how to continue. It was always you, her, and him. Coparenting seamlessly. Drop off, pick up, it was all getting too easy.
“Go get him” you grinned, plopping your baby girl down on concrete, her little legs moving long before she touched down. She bolted, rushing the picnic tables and giggling the whole way over. He rubbed his palms together, warming them up while he waited for her to get within arm's reach. Tossed her up, arms flailing, giggle so infectious you couldn’t help but laugh too. Every single morning was the exact same.
You took a seat across from them, patiently waiting for them to get reacquainted after the eight hour absence bed time had cost them. He pulled out an orange from his kutte pocket and got to work, peeling it open, passing the slices to her one at a time. Her stories told through her stuffed cheeks and fruit juice dribble. Going over what she did, ate for dinner, if she was good for you at bed time. Usually you chimed in, reminded him despite her adorableness, she’s still a menace too, but not today.
“You’re quiet,” he muttered, voice rough.
You wiggled your nose, “well I have to tell you something, and I know you’re not going to like it.”
He looked up unamused and cleared his throat, nodding once for you to get on with it.
“A slot opened at the daycare by my job,” you glanced up from your hands and he was already absent. A painfully obvious disconnect. “She’s been on the waitlist for a while, I’m signing her up today.”
He flinched. Every muscle in his body rigid, so tight they might just snap if he moved wrong.
You reached your hand out, knowing he wouldn’t take it but keeping the offer on the table. “I know you don’t mind watching her, but it’s getting in the way of you and the club. The shit going on right now…Jax needs you focused.”
His flung towards you so fast his neck popped. “She ain’t in the way.”
“Yes, she is,” you sighed.
He didn’t say anything for a while. He stared at her. Toyed with her hair, hummed an acknowledgement when she spoke to him, ignored you completely like the fact would just disappear.
She was very much in the way, but he told himself that’s what being a parent is. It was making time when there was none, and he only got so much time with her as it is. It was getting hard for him to leave her with anyone. The oversized prospect, the croweaters, grandma. Happy wanted her to himself. He’d rather send a prospect in his place than lose a moment of daddy-daughter time, but prospects can’t handle everything, and as the presidents right hand, he has work to do.
You gave him the time to spin on it and come to the conclusion on his own, but he didn’t. He had no interest in you taking her away from him because that’s what it felt like. Visitation was being revoked and there wasn’t a damn thing he could do about it. It pissed him off, and the disconnect grew with each passing second.
The tension in the air was suffocating. The club comes first, you knew that better than anyone. You expected him to take it hard, but not this hard.
“Gemma has given me enough shit so I’d be nice if you could support me on this.”
He finally glanced your way, two blinks while he put it together. You weren’t asking for permission, no, but you were asking him to meet you halfway. It wasn’t perfect, but it was progress.
“When does she start?”
“Tomorrow.”
A low growl rumbled in his chest. Vibrating into her, it caused her to pull back. Big bright eyes searched his face, and she knew exactly what he needed. A kiss. A slobbery wet one against the stubble of his cheek that forced him to take a deep breath in.
“I need to figure out her new routine first, but we’ll work out a different time for you to see her.”
“You serious?”
Your steady gaze admired his dark eyes trailing up with hope that you might finally be taking this as seriously as him. “Unfortunately.”
You meant it when you said it. You thought about it constantly, but only because she didn’t let you think about anything else. Everyday she asked about her daddy. Most of her words didn’t make sense but you understood. Where’s daddy? When can she see daddy?
Daddy, daddy, daddy.
It was only a week, but she acted like you’ve kept them separated for years. You were going to have the conversation with him. It was your day off, Jax assured you things with the club were evening out for the time being. Happy would be free, she would finally shut up, and you three could work out what exactly this is. What level of commitment did he have, how much responsibility did he intend to take, how far was too far over your very wide line?
But you got called in. It couldn’t wait, your boss said. So you got yourself dressed. Face done, hair up, breakfast made. All before your little monster had even made it out of bed.
She was out of it, but she had been pouting…constantly. She barely ate, sniffled the whole way to the front door of the last place she wanted to be. You brushed it off, reminded her you loved her, and promised she would see Happy soon. Her little lip quivered, but she nodded, taking it like a big girl. You were so proud, and you couldn’t help the thought, daddy would be too. His big girl put on a brave face, but something about it felt off. You sat stagnant in your car convinced the daycare would be calling you back in because of her sluggish attitude, a few minutes too long and enough to make you late.
When his phone chimed and an hour passed your usual arrival time had came and went, he knew he was being blown off. You sent a regretful apology text, explaining something came up but he didn’t believe it. He gripped the wrench a little tighter in his hand, taking his frustration out on the new part he was installing on his bike to kill time.
You never wanted her around, every minute he got with her was luck, and he ran out. He couldn’t buy off a daycare, he couldn’t force your hand. All he could do was sit and wait for you to come around, but without her, it’s not exactly a place you frequent.
He stared off at nothing in particular, diving deep in the archives of life lessons he’s been taught. What could he do different? Better? What did you need to meet him in the middle this time? He never wanted any of it. No dreams for a house and picket fence. No interest in a woman, or a kid. He liked his life. It wasn’t lacking in anything until you went and let him have a taste of what he could have. What he was missing by hiding behind the badass barrier of leather.
Jax was right, it gets old. You were right, she was in the way. Both right but it all felt wrong. Every minute of the past week he felt like a piece of himself was missing and he had not a clue how to fix it.
The office phone pulled him from his haze, a constant ring of back to back calls no one but him was around to answer. He answered with a grunt, lacking professionalism and customer service.
“Hi there! Is there any way we could speak with Mr Jackson Teller? Or Mrs Gemma Teller?”
Happy glanced around. No Gemma, no Jax. “No.”
“Right,” the young lady mumbled, reading along the paperwork outline contingency plans for what to do next. “Is a member of the….Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club available? Robert Munson? Or a… Tig Trager?
His posture stiffened, jaw tight, “who’s asking?”
“This is Tiny Turtles Daycare! It’s important we-”
He knew that name too well. Where it was, who owned it, all the teachers and security measures in place. Little girls daycare. “She okay?”
“Yes! Well no, are you family?”
Happy paused. Yes, no, technically. All correct answers. He said yes, just to avoid issues. Little miss thing had developed quite the fever, and they can’t reach you. Someone had to pick her up, sooner rather than later.
He found Gemma in the club kitchen, but she had her hands full she said, with a devilish grin on her face when she suggested he go. Muttering on and on about how much your little girl likes him. He wouldn’t argue with that, he took it as permission and off he went. Keys to the only loaner with airbags and seat belt anchors, one of the spare car seats they keep at the club for the boys.
The daycare being in the heart of Charming, they judged you for jotting it down sure, but they didn’t question it when Happy arrived. He knew for a fact when you wrote that down you weren't picturing him. He wanted to respect your boundaries. Let you outline his involvement with her, but she was sick and needed her mom. The next best thing would be her dad, and he’d swear to anyone that was his role now.
Six feet of toned to kill muscle stalking up the building with a pitiful faded rainbow on the side. Your daughter confirmed it the second she saw him. Whimpering the most pitiful “daddy” he’s ever heard. No squealing or giggling today, just a heartbreaking sniffle when her body dove from the nurses arms and into his.
He felt it immediately, hotter than the summer sun. Her hair was damp with sweat, eyelids heavy, he almost considered taking her to the hospital. Cursed under his breath about what the hell he was doing with a baby in his arms, but she tucked her arms in and instantly relaxed against him like usual.
It took moments for the panic to subside, minutes for the pieces to come together on what happens next. Care, to the highest degree. He called you twice before leaving behind a raspy voicemail, responding to your stupid text with a simple one of his own. What happened, where they would be, and most importantly she was okay.
You panicked, your own guilt for not seeing it eating you alive the whole drive there. You called Gemma with hate in your chest, you cursed Bobby’s name in the parking lot for not going to get her himself but he hadn’t the slightest clue what you were talking about. Happy had a habit of taking care of business. If it needed fixing, he didn’t hesitate. It was just how he operated, it’s what made him an excellent sergeant. He didn’t think to inform anyone else. Grandma knew, your voicemail knew, and your daughter was perfectly safe.
You gave an inch, he stole a mile, and you were furious. You stomped through the clubhouse, eyes on every corner, couch, and chair. Rushed steps down the hall, furthest down from the noise, remarkably clean and quiet. The rage died in your throat, swallowing down the string of words you had about him overstepping.
The evidence of care was everywhere. Humidifier on full blast, the box and wrappings discarded on the floor. Children’s Tylenol still open on the dresser, a bag full of options he got just in case, but one dose seemed to do the trick. She was clinging to a purple dinosaur stuffy she definitely didn’t have yesterday, the two of them tucked under a thin grey blanket. He was posted up on his headboard, and for the first time ever he looked…content. Borderline peaceful with your tiny human attached to him like an extra limb.
You half expected to find her with Gemma, dropped off with one of the croweaters even, because how would he know what to do? But he held her like she belonged there. Heavy hand on her back, cheek resting on her head. It took milliseconds to calm down with a view like that. Her lips parted due to the runny nose she had rubbed all over his shirt. The two of them snoring in sync, him just slightly louder than hers but adorably the same.
You closed the door softly, slipped out of your shoes and left them at the door with his boots. You reviewed his purchases, everything was kid safe and age appropriate. He got electrolytes, vapor rub, the fancy medicine infused lollipops too. She was safe, taken care of properly, and so comfortable over top of him. Your stupid little heart flipped. You move carefully, the practiced silence of motherhood tip toeing yourself to his bedside. You placed a gentle hand against her forehead, testing for a fever that seemed to have broken in your absence.
You didn’t want to wake them, but you had no interest in leaving, so you did what any sane person would do. You crawled in. The opposite side of the bed, cautious of your weight dipping the mattress as you inched closer. You kept a respectful distance from him but stretched your arm to make contact with her. A mistake clearly, his eyes snapped open at the shift. Violence swallowed everything peaceful about him, looking at you like you were there to steal her from him.
“Just me,” you assure quietly, a gentle smile offered as you glanced between him and her. His eyes softened, the unusual glint of warmth making an appearance before closing them again.
“Fever broke an hour ago,” he mumbled against her head.
“Thank you…for taking care of her.”
“It’s not a problem.”
“It’s not your job, but I appre-"
His eyes blinked open and the words died in your throat due to his. Tired, but serious, refusing to let you diminish his part in this. “Yes, it is.”
Your face burned, blinking away from him and back to her. “Coffee,” you said quietly, “let's start with coffee.”
“Nah I can’t,” he deadpanned. Not bothering to look you in the eye, until you did that stupid thing with choking on air. “Spent all my money on her,” his chin rested on your daughter’s head, but tilted your way this time. The corner of his mouth gave an inch, and you took a breath.
“Funny, you’re very funny.”
“She thinks so,” he boasted, inhale deep with his nose pressed to her sweaty locks.
“At least somebody does,” you teased, inching yourself further into their side of the bed. You didn’t touch, didn’t snuggle in, just put yourself closer.
“Funny.”
“You’re a serial killer named Happy, everything about you is funny.”
You bounced in a silent chuckle. Happy went stiff but you didn’t notice. You didn’t see his jaw muscles clench, the way his fingers gripped your daughter to reconfirm she was real, that a little piece of her tiny heart still belonged to him.
“That’s not all there is to me.”
“Oh, I thought, I didn't mean-" you huffed, nothing felt right to correct yourself. It’s not a secret, and certainly never been something he was ashamed of. He’s a living breathing punch line and owns it too. It was meant all in good fun, but you could see the sting of your words. All that time spent trying to keep her away from him coming to catch up to you.
“I know,” you said softly, another inch closer with a soft smile, brushing a piece of hair off her forehead, “I do now, at least.”
He glanced your way, letting his gaze linger this time. “Coffee?”
You nodded, “coffee sounds good.”
“Get in,” he grumbled, raising an arm for you to suck it up and join them.
And just like that, you understood why your daughter never wanted to leave his arms. Looking at him, you wouldn’t think it, but he was designed to hug, hold. Undeniably warm, firm grip. The thick scent of gun oil and rich cologne mixed together with a smell you couldn't name, something that could only be described as home.
The three of you fit together like a puzzle. You curved against his body, closer than you’ve ever been but it was nice. Easy. Your legs tangled like it was second nature, your head rested against his chest, nose against hers.
“Mommy?” your baby sniffled, eyes open for half a blink.
“Hi baby,” you coo, a sweet kiss to the top of her nose as she snuggled in tight to the support of you both, “you feeling bad huh?”
She nodded, little slips of incomplete words that made no sense to either of you. All but one. She nuzzled her snotty nose against his neck, mumbling out the word “daddy”.
“I’m right here,” Happy rumbled, soft and stern all at once. Using his hands to soothe you both. One down your spine, one patting her gently. Your cheeks burned, your heart stopped, and she sighed so happily underneath his hand.
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Things were shifting like tectonic plates. Slow, but natural. You came and went, but each time you left a little deeper than before. A bottomless pit in your stomach expanding with his steady changes. He was evolving, slowly letting the small parts of himself reserved for her, slip around you too.
You were right alongside him, the more of him you saw, the more your curiosity took the driver seat in place of your caution. Feelings were getting harder to deny, the effort to keep her from calling him daddy was fleeting, and he could see the crack in your foundation. Almost, but not quite ready to let him in.
Lockdown was a dime a dozen, and the term 'just in case' made your head hurt. Even though you knew you were fine, and most likely which ever current war they were fighting wouldn’t touch you, you still went. Every single time. If something happened to you because you failed to take it seriously was one thing, but you have her. The littlest girl you wouldn’t risk for anything.
Happy was the one who informed you about it this time. He called, but because you didn’t have his number, you of course didn’t answer. He showed up at your front door, thumbs hooked in his pockets, and one grunt was all it took for you to gather it was time to start packing.
You groaned internally that it was happening, again. You had too much going on around you to even consider time off, and now you were being forced, yet again, to figure it out. Your life had essentially become the very definition of one thing after another.
Happy had reverted back to his comfort zone of darkness and misery due to the circumstances. The stone cold soldier who needed to be ready for anything. His face was blank, his tone flat, eyes void of emotion. You paid him little mind because it was normal to you, routine.
Usually, it would be a prospect eager to please, or Tig who knows where everything is, but this way was admittedly easier. A silent pillar of support willing to help with whatever you two needed, but he didn’t offer, and you didn’t ask.
Even after reminding him this wasn’t even close to your first rodeo, he still stayed.
He didn’t hover when you started stuffing bags in the trunk, he didn’t rush you while reviewing your mental checklist three separate times before locking the door. He gave you space, time. Keeping your baby out of the way, and his eyes searching for danger.
He insisted he escort you across town, riding your bumper like his life depended on it. He watched every corner at every red light, lips pursed in a thin line, head on a swivel.
You had the windows down, music up, singing along to your minis current favorite song. It made it easy for him to roll right on up, hand dipped into your passenger door so she could hold it tight while she belted out nonsense. She was on beat, words slurring together, and so off key he slipped up and started laughing. A belly deep rumble that made your head spin.
The Tacoma Killer, officially in the running for a worlds best dad mug.
The first thing you did when you parked was walk her towards his bike, meeting him halfway and guiding her into his arms like it was normal. “I forgot I was supposed to pick up Lyla, can you keep her? I’ll be quick.”
He settled her on his hip with ease, morphing together like she was an extension of himself.
“You ain’t going nowhere by yourself today.”
“I won’t be by myself, I’ll be with Lyla,” you winked, tipping your toes with your lips puckered. Each second happened in slow motion, he was borderline convinced you were coming up to him. He leaned, supporting her gently, and met you in the middle where your lips found her cheek. “Be good for Happy, okay baby?”
All the air left his lungs, a sudden burst from his flared nostrils made you do a double take at the wrecked expression he was wearing. You wheeled through the options, was it because you didn’t call him her daddy? It may be fine for her, but it still feels weird for you. It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue seeing as you’ve never even kissed the old man. His cheeks were flushed, his jaw tight, muscles flexed, lips glossy from the slip of his tongue.
Oh.
What felt like hours was a single minute of you collecting information and processing what the hell to do. He didn’t show you much, but he couldn’t hide that. The hunger in his eyes, gaze on your bottom lip now held hostage between your teeth.
Happy wanted to kiss you.
“Be careful,” he muttered, raising a hand to take hold of your chin, “keep your eyes open.”
You opened your mouth to speak but nothing came out. You had half a mind to do it, already on your toes, close enough you could smell the freshness of his spearmint toothpaste. Fuck it, right? …but you chickened out. The word complicated playing on a loop in your mind. You gave him exactly what you gave her, a shift kiss to the cheek, pulling back with bewildered expression like you had surprised even yourself.
You cleared your throat, eyes painfully down, “I will.”
And there you went, fleeing for your life, yet again...but this time the mess was your own making.
“You see that?” He rumbled, bouncing your baby in his arms. Without a clue as to what he was talking about, she laughed anyway. Hugging tight around his neck, snug as a bug making their way into the clubhouse.
You talked Lyla to death. The moment she slipped into the passenger seat your mouth opened and didn’t shut for the entire drive. You took the long way and there still wasn't enough time to run down exactly what you were doing. Because you didn’t know, it just happened. It’s been happening. He’s silent, but persistent. He’s distant, but attentive in all the right ways. Taking down your wall one brick at a time.
You convinced yourself it was just about her, but with her comes you. It meant something, that’s the conclusion you came to as you pulled back into the busy lot. The way his warmth radiated through your body, your little girls giggle in between, and that look in his eye. You were sure it meant something.
You shuffled in behind Lyla, a bag in each hand, searching for her kids, your kid, anywhere with enough space for the lot of you.
You heard her before you saw her. The unmistakable sound of her never ending giggle. The bags dropped with a thud, and your blood boiled. Red hot fire in your veins as you watched him, her, and the age appropriate croweater fawning over them both. You didn’t realize you were moving, but the overcrowded clubhouse did, and they parted like the red sea.
“So you’ve just been using my daughter to get laid? That’s low, Happy, even for you.”
The older woman’s eyes tripled. It could’ve been your tone, your face, the red hot rage that was visibly vibrating through you. “Oh he wasn’t-”
“Am I talking to you?” You hissed, barely sparing her a glance. “My daughter,” you held your arms out, and he couldn’t help but notice the hurt you were burying under the appearance of hate, “right now.”
Jealousy was oozing out of you, and he counted each mental step back you were taking. Happy fought every muscle in his face to keep from challenging you. If talking to a croweater was all it took to bring you to reality, he would’ve made that mistake a month ago just to speed things along. He wanted to play into it, quip back something blunt and indecent but your face suggested that was the wrong move. He was officially under your skin, but after this you might not even be willing to admit it. He cleared his throat and followed your demands like it was a hostage situation.
Your little girl went to you willingly but looked so confused as to why you were taking her away from her favorite person on the planet.
You bullied your way through the overcrowding, sweating in places you shouldn’t, muttering to yourself about how idiotic you were to even think it. You were immediately done with all of it. Him, the club, the stupid lockdown that was overkill at best. This building, these people, it was suffocating you. All you wanted to do was get the fuck out, but you couldn’t find your stuff.
“Where the hell is-”
“One of the girls just went to put your stuff in Happy’s room.”
You spun around, hair on fire. “Who the hell told them to do that?”
“I assumed you did,” Lyla said offhandedly, barely looking up from the book she had brought with her.
“This is getting crazy, it feels like I’m being sold off like cattle.”
“Probably shouldn’t have kissed him then,” she chuckled softly. You huffed, puffed, searched the space some more like maybe you could avoid the inevitable, but it was done. You were stuck in this building, and now apparently you were doing it in his room.
“Fuck.”
One thing became instantly clear. There was no getting rid of him. You could avoid him, retreat back into that natural state of indifference where life was less complicated. Only now you have a batshit crazy toddler bullying you around, and all she wanted was him. After holding her hostage for an hour, her restlessness was getting the best of you, so you put her down.
She stomped the entire way over to him, making sure every eye in the room gave her a glance as she pounded her attitude into the concrete flooring.
Your head dropped into your hands and just when you thought you had a moment to breathe.
“Here sweetie,” the older blonde mused, placing down a steaming cup of perfectly creamed coffee, “for what it’s worth…I’m sorry for getting too close, she’s just so damn cute.”
“I know,” you offered half a smile in return for the fresh cup of coffee, “sorry for yelling at you.”
You didn’t hate the croweaters. You grew up around most of them. You don’t exactly approve of their lifestyle choices, or want your daughter picking up their tendencies, but usually there’s a level of respect you like to maintain between worlds. She took it as an invitation, sliding into the bar stool next to you.
“Don’t be, I knew better. Your family’s real important to him, he’s adamant we need to steer clear.”
Your heart skipped. “He what?”
She laughed, looked you up and down the moment she realized you didn’t have a clue. “He tossed Britney out of here by the hair the other day after she tried to sneak into his room during nap time.” Her head nodded towards the corner, your little girl pressing her nose against his and babbling endless little nothings he seemed to understand perfectly. “I’m clear of your man sweetie, I was just showing him how to fix the setting on his camera.”
Your man. Happy, as far as anyone in this room was concerned, was officially your old man. Love it, hate it, none of that mattered. It wasn’t about you, it was all about her. Your little lady who had more love in her whole body than Happy had in his pinky finger, but every ounce he did have, went to her.
You had easily a dozen questions, but you didn’t want to interrupt. They were so content. Off in the corner that might as well be their own little world. So you waited, watched, waited some more. So painfully obvious your brother by circumstance took matters into his own hands.
Jax casually made his rounds, checking in as any decent president would. Landing himself in their space, grabbing hands snagged his niece up for some quality uncle time she wanted no part in.
She looked right over the charming blonde's shoulder. A deadly gaze she obviously picked up from Happy, eyes locked on her daddy. Silent communication happening between the pair for him to come save her. Jax gave you a look. A silent communication of his own to take advantage of the opportunity.
You weren’t built for apologizing, and you already punched that ticket for the day. Your steps were hesitant, but you crashed the party of one anyway.
“I understand you have a camera.”
He broke away from her just long enough to look up. Eyes void of the warmth he has with her sized you up like a meal, then gestured to the empty seat beside him. “You asking around about me?”
“I'd like to see it,” you said, deflecting the question but keeping him hooked, “considering my little girl is your muse.”
“She’s cute,” he rumbled, watching her like a hawk as Chibs tossed her up in the air. Leather kuttes provide a good distraction, but not good enough.
“She gets it from me.”
His eyes flickered to you, the corner of his mouth hardly moved but it was there. His jaw flexed, his gaze softened, and you squirmed. Such an unfamiliar look taking over his features, and you liked it. You liked being the reason for it. That was new, and scary.
“It’s uh, nap time, can I put her down in-”
“Bags already in there.”
“I heard,” you chuckled, looking his way again. Smug. So smug, watching your baby toddle through the crowded clubhouse to find her way back to him. “Did you do that?”
“She sleeps better in there.” He leaned forward, legs spread, hands open. Her head fell into the crook of his neck with practiced ease and his hand tucked in his kutte as he stood. A small digital camera dropped into your lap. “Go through it, I got her.”
You always wondered what they got up to when you were gone. How much fun could she possibly have with him? Tons, it seemed. The camera powered up and the first three you clicked through were just her laughing. Her on the swings, standing on top of the pool table like she owned it. A few of her covered in finger paint, head to toe. One too many of her smiling face covered in chocolate. The ones of her sleeping were heartwarming. Always in his bed, on his chest, at an angle you could just barely see the corner of his mouth, smiling.
Happy Lowman, worlds best dad.
She was so adored, genuinely loved by this hunk of stone. Indisputable proof sat in your hands. He was actively, willingly, and unconditionally filling a hole in her life. The most obnoxious part was, he was doing it well. He was patient, kind, but most importantly he knew her. He took the time to understand every wild thought her little mind had to offer.
There was no manual on parenting, no rules for how to handle this at all. Could some random guy just…be her dad? Could you allow this suddenly soft around the edges version of the silent killer you know take part in raising her? And if you did, where does it leave you?
There were so many images. Her, her, and you. You, always from a distance. Holding her hand, walking away, dancing with her like nobody was watching, but he was. He was always watching, admiring. Mindful of your need for space.
Once you reached the end of the month's worth of memories, you sighed. You stared out at the overcrowded space and wished your dad was amongst the sea of faces. He’d know what to do, what to say, he’d take all the overthinking off your plate. He wasn’t a man of many words but he’d either kick his ass, or give you the nod.
Instead you had Jax. Blonde hair, blue eyes, too cocky for his own good. Giving you his cheesy version of the nod you were searching for from the bar. Beer in hand, smile on his face, head gesturing to the hall that Happy had disappeared in.
All Jax had done was tell you it’s a good idea, without actually saying anything at all, you just weren’t a very good listener.
You drummed your fingers against the door softly, slipping in quick and quiet to keep the noise out. She was already out like a light. Dead center of the bed, lips parted letting out tiny noises that were too faint to be snores. He didn’t look up, didn’t move, didn’t even tense as you crawled up his bed beside them.
“Next time you can ask me,” you said, voice small, “how to use something.” You slid the silver camera across the sheets, unsure where it would take you or where you wanted it to.
“You weren’t here.”
“Then wait.”
An amused exhale burst from his nostrils. Glancing at her, then you, back to her and her death grip she had on his finger even in sleep.
He’s not dumb, not slow or brain damaged like some like to believe. He knows how crazy this is. Happy considered how he would feel if one day a patch like Juice, or Rat even, found themselves in this predicament with your daughter. Intentions pure, fondness on overdrive, but far too old for her. He’d kill them, simple as that. Patch or no patch, disappearing someone was his specialty.
It made those thoughts about you messy, and made him question himself. He knew your dad, loved him even. They took rides, shots, dug shallow graves together in the dead of night. He remembers everything.
You sitting at the bar doing your homework throughout the years when Tacoma got called up for assistance. The silent slips of tears at your father's funeral. Your graduation party, your sudden return home from college that left you different.
He’s seen every phase of your life and this one. This era you're locked in forever, motherhood, it’s your best look. It’s a guilty pleasure he never would’ve acted on without the push forward of tiny toddled steps into his personal space.
But now he's here, with her, waiting on you. No pressure, no rush, just a willingness to give you exactly what you ask for until you're willing to meet him where they already are.
“I know I’ve been over stepping,” he mumbled, avoiding your gaze to keep a hold on his composure. His next words were too important to get wrong, “but she’s the only good thing I got.”
“Yeah,” you whispered, glancing around his room. Little hints of her were everywhere. Toys, books, arts and crafts. Your gaze landed on her scribbled attempts at art. Taped to his mirror, what you can only assume was a masterpiece depicting the two of them. Her, and her daddy. “That much we have in common.”
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The following weeks were odd, to say the very least. Your babysitter, who you just hired, was no longer available. Claiming another job had come up, which was the story Happy told her to use when asked. He didn’t use threats, no. No scare tactics or blood required. He simply offered a fair price to force your hand and keep strangers away from what he fully believes is now his kid.
You had to work, and she had to go somewhere. Luckily, Gemma never said no, because Gemma never actually did the watching. Croweaters do a good enough job of making sure the kids don't put their fingers in outlets or eat anything they shouldn’t. You sucked it up and took it in stride, with no knowledge that Happy had conveniently made himself available.
It wasn't a discussion, but you did pick up on it quickly. After the first few days, you would plop her down from the car and her little legs would bolt left on instinct. Barreling for the clubhouse, rather than rushing right towards grandma and the playground. It was painfully obvious, but he wasn’t exactly hiding it. The Teller boys got sent off to the playground, and she got tossed up by tattooed arms for some quality daddy-daughter time. He treated it like it was normal, casual, just an average day of visitation with his kid.
Everyone around them nodded along, mainly because they were glad to see her more. As the club's sgt, Happy was a busy guy. Phone calls, quick runs around town, trailing behind his president like a professional bodyguard. He made more than enough time for her but rarely, in his absence, it was a family affair.
Tigs stole her from time to time, picking out the features she got from your dad. Bobby, Jax, and Chibs too. They all used her little loving's as therapy. The heartwarming hugs, infectious giggles. She was welcome company.
Every afternoon you found her in a different spot, but where she was, he was too. On the swings, at the picnic tables coloring, inside sharing a snack. Always happy with Happy and waiting for you. It was as weird as it was sweet, and you couldn't seem to find the line between it anymore. She brought out the absolute best in him, and it was getting hard not to look at him through her eyes.
He smiled, laughed, tickled and teased. He was an entirely different man than the one you knew through rumor and speculation. It was like an alternate factory setting he switched to, only ever for her. You had that little blip of fear his motives weren’t exactly pure. Old man, young you, younger her. You thought you knew him, but do you?
You started to change things up. Intentionally off earlier than expected. Peeking around corners, asking questions on the ride home, checking her twice for signs of stress and discomfort. Nothing. Always nothing but smiles and “dada dada dada”.
The day you found them napping was the final nail in your coffin. Cartoons from his era playing, snoring synced and soft, those capable hands holding her close like a precious object. She loved him, and it was obvious to anyone with eyes he adored her.
“Where is she?”
“Inside,” Gemma grinned, glasses hanging off the bridge of her nose, “with Happy.”
You pinched the bridge of your nose, "of course she is.”
“She saw him pull in from the playground and wouldn’t stop screaming for her daddy,” she chuckled, so painfully unserious, “they’re watching cartoons in his room.”
“You can't entertain this, he probably thinks I’m insane and filling her head with nonsense.”
“No one thinks that,” she huffed, tossing the stack of work order on the desk, “you avoid him like the plague so he definitely doesn’t think that.”
“I don’t-”
“You do, he’s not a bad guy you know.”
“I don't actually, the only thing I do know is he’s a murder.”
“So was your dad, so are they,” she gestured to the lot, leather kuttes you know and love with equal amounts of blood on their hands, “but he’s the only one who gets under your skin.”
“Yes, because my daughter is convinced he’s her father, it’s weird!”
“It’s sweet, and he doesn’t mind.”
“The Tacoma Killer is suddenly after a world's best dad mug? Let's be serious, he just wants to get laid.”
“The last thing that man is worried about is getting laid,” she chuckled, pacing back to her desk, “besides you could probably use it.”
“Nice, very classy ma,” you sighed, defeated with her attitude.
Part of her was right, and you knew that. The last thing he was concerned with was his next opportunity to get his dick wet. There was never a shortage of women wandering half dressed in the clubhouse, and not one of them were known to say no. So what did he want with you? With her?
You crossed the lot lost in thought, so trapped in your own head you hadn’t even registered them meeting you halfway. Her tiny body slammed into you mid stride, hugging tight around your leg. You stumbled, waddling in place, doing your absolute best not to trample her. That’s when you felt it, rough, grounding. A heavy hand helping steady you while your little menace fought like hell to climb up your leg. You looked up, down, up, down. Taken away by that look. That predatory gaze raking up your figure and settling for your eyes. Black and beady, never lingering where they shouldn’t.
With his help you got your bearings and wrangled her up and into your arms. “Did you have fun today?”
She nodded, smile brighter than a ray of sunshine, “with daddy.”
It rolled right off her tongue. You were too stunned to speak. Should you praise her for her speech? Correct her for the hundredth time? Your mind was a mess. “His name is Happy sweetheart.”
She looked at you, hard. Furrowed brows, squinted eyes, studying you for a moment before turning in your grasp to look at him. “Daddy ‘appy?”
The smug bastard grinned, pinched her nose while he was at it. “Very.”
You looked him dead in the eye. You were doing your best to look serious, vicious, but all he saw was the way your pupils dilated. Absorbing all hints of color the longer you stared up. He looked different, you noticed. Rested, a little more real than before. Wearing a smile you only see when he’s doing something dangerous. “You’re not helping.”
He shrugged, smiling fading fast. “Not trying to.”
“Mama ‘appy?” She asked, and Happy snorted. Sudden and loud, a sound you’ve never heard in all the years he’s lingered in the shadow.
You took them both in, so in sync, so infuriating, but so adorable too. A silent chuckle shook through your body, and you smooched her temple. “Yeah baby, I’m thrilled.”
She laughed, rubbing her nose on yours lovingly and Happy couldn’t help the thought. He wanted to capture it. He wanted to see that image again. Not a memory, a memento. Something real, tangible. Something he could show off the next time someone asks about the little lady that follows his every step. As annoyed as you were, you couldn’t help but laugh with her. She was blissfully unaware of the mess she was making because she just loved him.
More than her blankey, her stuffie, and you’re starting to think just a little more than you.
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Family only. Jax swore, Gemma crossed her heart. You should’ve known better because if they’re wearing leather, they are family. Bikes lined the road outside Jax’s home. Faces you knew well in a smoke circle waiting for you out front. Tig was the first to toss his cigarette, making for your car like a man on a mission. Strict orders from the queen herself not to let you leave.
“Happy birthday mama,” he cheered, swinging open your back door like it was routine. “How’s our baby girl,” he cooed, unbuckling his favorite little lady.
“This wasn’t supposed to be a party.”
“Take it up with Gem doll,” he chuckled, taking his hostage to the group of men lighting up like Christmas trees. She babbled happily with her hello to them all. Smacking cheeks, pulling beards, wiggling like a worm until her shoes were on the ground.
You lingered in your car for a few minutes, waiting for the other shoe. You considered driving off. Letting her be the center of attention for the day and taking the baby free time for yourself, but instead you cut the engine. Thumped your head against your steering wheel just as Bobby took the liberty of opening your door for you.
“You really thought you’d get away without a party? In this family?” he chuckled, hand open and waiting.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” you sighed, accepting his help begrudgingly.
It started with clapping. Then came the hooting and hollering. It wasn’t just redwood either, that would be too easy. You saw Tacoma and Reno patches too. It was like the club's mother did a mass invite to her entire leather coated contact list. Rushing through hugs and well wishes, you fought to catch up to your baby breaching the door of her uncle's house.
She stumbled over the threshold with a hug, ran right by grandma, and straight to him.
He, who arrived early. He, who got wrapped into helping set up the party you obviously wanted no part in. He, who regretted his choices the moment he arrived until she came barreling towards him, connecting to his shin with a thud.
“Dada,” your baby squealed, bouncing on her toes in front of him like she won a damn prize.
It’s official, you should’ve left. You should’ve left and taken her with you. Hell you shouldn’t even have parked. You choke on air. A sharp inhale of your own spit sent you into a heave. Steps stuttering forward, backward, tapping your chest trying to get air in to speak. “I, she, we, I”
“Isn’t that sweet,” Gemma grinned, ear to ear while patting your back gently to coax you through it.
Happy kept his face stone cold but his whole body felt like he was on the edge of collapse. Molten lava rushing through his veins with each throb in his chest. He looked down, head hung from his shoulders he was met with the brighter, wider, love filled version of your eyes.
“Dada!” She squealed again, hands up grabbing at air. His hands twitched, a micromovement no one saw because you swooped in and rained on his parade.
“No, nope,” you gasped, snatching her up like her life depended on it, “sorry, sorry about that! She likes you, clearly...” Your voice trailed off with your rush, in search of Jax, who you yanked by the ear into a private scolding. “Are you actually joking me dude!” You hissed slamming he and Tara’s bedroom door harsh enough to shake the paintings on the walls. “Just a little get together, this? This is a little get together? The whole fucking club is out there!”
“Take it up with mom,” he chuckled, taking your baby from your hip with a faux look of surprise.
“You take it up with mom! She’s your mother! I have the luxury of not knowing mine!”
“You really shouldn’t say things like that in front of her.” He kissed her little hands that were smushing into his face, pinching at his nose and cheeks.
“Oh fuck off!” Your little girl's eyes tripled. She had no idea what you said, really, but your tone surprised the hell out of her. “I didn’t want a party.”
“Knock knock,” Gemma chimed, opening the door to the scene of you ready to double over, "we can all hear you, just so you know.”
“I don’t want a party!” You hollered for the whole house to hear. Yelling returned in the form of “too damn bad” from the crowd waiting for their turn with your little princess. You sucked in a breath, followed by a huff and a puff before you were collecting yourself in the bedroom mirror. “You both suck.”
“Come on sweetheart, we all need a boost, a reason to unwind,” Gemma said, far too chirper while she fixed your hair, “with this turn out and some luck we’ll finally get you an old man.”
Mama Gemma, always on the let’s get you hitched train. She lives in a world that requires men, your dad raised you in a way that ensured you didn’t. It was the absolute last thing on your mind but even so, Gemma is always circling with wedding bells in mind. She can’t be Queen forever she always says, and who better than to take her place than you?
“I don’t want an old man,” you groaned, falling back on the bed next to Jax, “all I wanted was a piece of cake!” Your baby dove to the left, crawling over top of you, sticking her finger right up your nose.
“That much we can manage.” Jax chuckled, hand patting your thigh supportively. A plan of his own weaving into place just out the door.
You caved to the needs of the club like always, a part of them woven into your DNA. You made the rounds, let them sing at an obnoxiously loud volume, but you spent most of the day outside. Using the fresh air to keep your head level with the overwhelming amount of attention being sent your way.
Gemma was circling like a shark. Gesturing to the single men, far from subtly. She introduced a few, never failing to mention the legend that was your father while doing so. As a gift to your sanity, Jax was never far behind. Always rescuing you from hungry eyes and dull conversation.
Happy did what he always does. Beer in one hand, smoke in the other, sat in a corner out back like a guardian statue. Only he wasn’t alone this time, not for more than five minutes. Wobbly steps kept veering outside to the left. Giggling her way towards him as fast as her legs could carry her. He put out his joint each time, and after the third, he stopped lighting it all together. But you were never far, no. You circled to the backyard before she ever had a chance to get close. Calling her name when she started babbling out the word “dada” and redirected her with sugary bites of cake to keep her close.
You tried to understand it. All afternoon you were taking a page from his playbook and glancing his way as often as you could. Partially to keep your little girl clear of his personal space, and partially to try and see what she sees. It would be weird for your daughter to call Jax daddy but it would make more sense at least. If she’s not with you, she’s with them. Able and Thomas using the word freely might encourage her to do that same, but she had fixated on him. She all but decided this man meant something to her, that she knew him better than you did.
He didn’t move all evening, you noticed. He sat in the furthest corner where two old lawn chairs were permanent fixtures. One beer, all evening. He nursed just one. You saw him grin, always at her approach, but he corrected himself the second he felt your gaze.
A heavy hand found your back, warm breath leaning in for a whisper. “You’re staring,” Jax said, passing you a fresh bottle of water from the cooler.
“I’m not, I’m not staring!” You whisper yelled, snapping your head around to see if anyone else saw you. “I’m…watching out for my little monster.”
“She likes him.”
“I’ve noticed,” you sighed, “it’s weird.”
“It’s sweet,” he corrected, arms crossed, the grin that screamed trouble.
“No. No, Jax I’m serious,” you slugged his arm, hard, “mom keeps trying to set me up with Juice and I’d love it if you didn’t join the get me hitched train.” You turned for a view of the yard and there she was. Tripping out of the threshold to Jax and Tara’s home, a smile on her face, gaze locked on him. She was rushing, the look in her eye that was the absolute definition of trouble. She knew she should be inside with her cousins and coloring book, but there she went. Mischief fueling her body barreling his way. He grinned again, a real one this time. Not something to hide or fight.
He saw her long before you did. She tip-toed to the backdoor first. Peeked out and looked both ways, searching for you. When she found you, busy talking across the lawn, she grinned. The little devil on her shoulder spoke and she bolted. Ran to his private corner with her arms flailing, but your superpower kicked in and your head snapped towards her.
“Come on babe, leave him alone.”
“She ain’t bothering me.” His knees spread, arms open to accept the little lady that looked like she was on the verge of a sugar crash. She let out a little giggle that trailed into a big yawn, all that running back and forth sneaking up on her as she made a home of his lap.
You left Jax in the dust, talking with your hands, searching for an out of the disaster of your own making. “Oh, sorry, I don’t mean to offend you, I just-”
“I know,” he cut in, sharp as a knife, “but you should know you don’t gotta be scared of me.”
“I’m not scared.” You stated it as an absolute matter of fact. You could take him. Maybe not, but you like to think so. If your life depended on it, your dad made sure you could put up a hell of a fight, but leather wasn’t a threat. There had never been an ounce of fear in your body when it came to these men but for some reason, you see him and you tense. You go out of your way to stay out of his way. “I just don’t want her to make you uncomfortable.”
His nose twitched up, an effort to keep his face in check. As odd as it may seem, he likes kids. They make sense to him. They’re simple creatures with simple needs. Eat, poop, cry, repeat. Sugar fixes everything, and when their eyes get droopy the way hers are now, all they need is someone to hold them. You observed his wheels turning but he didn’t say a word while she weasled her way up him like a jungle gym. You took a careful step forward, knees giving to the open seat beside them, eyes softening to the sight of her nuzzled in like he was her favorite stuffy.
“She don’t got a dad?”
That's Happy. Blunt, exact, little room for imagination. It seemed like a dumb question, she was always with you, Jax, or Grandma, but she had to have learned that word from somewhere. Able and Thomas was the simple answer. Always yelling for their daddy and confusing the little lady who didn’t have one.
“No,” you mused, almost blissful with your answer, “it’s just us.” You leaned in closer, bracing yourself on the arm of your lawn chair to tuck her hair out of her face. She snuggled into him further when your hand drifted to her back, applying soothing circles. “I’m sorry about earlier, she’s just playing with that word a lot right now.” You were trying to squash it, the awkward tension you swore existed, but he didn’t feel it. He knew that was a lie, you knew it too, and worst of all it even sounded like a shitty excuse rolling off your tongue. He didn’t acknowledge you, didn’t move, didn’t blink. His eyes were busy watching hers. Slow blinking orbs with her hands gripped tight on the fabric of his dark grey hoodie. “I’m surprised she’s so taken by you,” you said softly, continuing the gentle touch that was pushing her right over the edge of nap time. That one was true, words worth his time.
“I like it,” his voice was low for her sake, raspy in a way that made you tingle from head to toe.
“Yeah,” you whispered, more focused on her than his reaction. Truth slipping off your tongue before you could stop it, “it’s kinda sweet.” The statement was more for yourself than him but he took it. Absorbed it with a big breath in, stored it away for safe keeping by the time his exhale fanned across her cheeks. He could’ve acknowledged that one. He wanted to, really. To agree with you, to ask more questions too, but eyes were on the three of you. Glances being stolen from every direction kept him silent, still.
“Was that your idea?” Gemma asked, sneaking up behind Jax watching the two of you from a distance. He didn’t answer, just took a long drag off his smoke in response. “It’s a good one,” she added with a loving swirl to his back on her way by.
Between you and Happy, sleep came easy. He held her tight, you patted her back gently, and before either of you realized it she was snoring. A little string of drool creating a wet spot on his chest.
“I can take her now,” you moved forward but he moved further into his chair.
“I said you ain’t bothering me.”
“There’s a crib inside, and she’s drool-”
“She’s fine,” he insisted, no room to negotiate like he was the one in charge. Your head flinched back but you didn’t correct him. Moving her could wake her, and your velcro baby does sleep better draped over a warm body. Nap time is essential to your mental health, so you just fixed her sweater, brushed your hand across her cheek before settling back in your chair. He glanced around the backyard, double checking that everyone had finally started to mind their own business. “Happy birthday,” he offered, beady eyes straight forward.
Your head flung back in his direction, “oh,” your voice was small, coated in shock like you forgot the event all together, “thank you.”
“You like coffee?”
“I, coffee? Yeah, I’m a mom so I kinda have to like coffee.”
“We can go.”
“We can go?” You echoed, question evident in your tone. His eyes flick to you, stone cold expression but somehow, it answered the question. “Oh, oh,” you squeaked, fighting for your life to stay calm, quiet, avoid turning any heads this way so neither of you died from the embarrassment of it all. “Um, thank you, that’s nice… nice of you, but I don’t actually, I don’t date. I don’t date members specifically but in general I don’t, I don’t really date.” His nose twitched again, wrinkled all the way up as his gaze searched the backyard for blue. Like clockwork, Jackson fucking Teller. His president, grinning like a fool and watching him fumble. You saw the murderous expression take over and you squirmed, a little bubble in your gut that suggested you try to smooth it over. “Just ask Juice, poor guy has asked me out easily a dozen-”
“Forget it.”
“I’m flattered, Happy, really, I-” His harsh grunt cut you off, causing you to swallow the babble that would only make him feel like more of an idiot. You saw him shift and immediately assumed the worst. He was entertaining her, with the hope of entertaining you. Go figure. “I can take her now if that’s why-”
“It’s not.”
“Right,” you sighed, that weight he dropped slowly lifting off your chest when all he did was readjust her to keep her from getting a kink in her neck.
He held her for two hours, readjusting her here and there to keep her comfortable. You came and went. You didn’t want to leave her there, but you didn’t want to crowd him after he shut down. The awkward silence was real enough to touch and you wanted as little time spent in the thick of it as possible.
He immediately turned off any thoughts he may have had about you. You, too damn young to have even considered it, you. Soft laugh, sweet smile, loving gaze circling his way. He quickly realized he was in too deep already. His attempts to put it out of his mind entirely failed the more his hardened gaze bounced between the two of you. Picking apart every gorgeous feature she got from you. He trailed a thick finger around the curve of her ear, down her nose, blinking around the space to make sure no one was watching.
You stayed close, aware, but you didn’t let your stare linger. In the oddest turn of events, you gave space. You found yourself distracted with awkward conversations. Tacoma, Reno, and a few stranglers without a patch too. Dirty old men making the rounds. Birthday wishes, unoriginal pick-up lines. You found yourself missing the awkward silence, because as tense as it was, it felt safe. Happy didn't look at you like a piece of meat, he looked at you the same way he looked at her. Soft around the edges, warm at the center.
When her eyes opened, the first thing she did was giggle. You heard it across the lawn and turned. She smushed her nose into his and Happy just let it happen. Her tiny hands gripped his ears, and she hadn’t blinked once before she was spewing words that meant nothing. You didn’t have the same rush as before, no panic or rush. Just slow leisurely steps towards their private world. You coaxed her out of the corner with her juice cup, and thanked him, a real one this time for being so good to her. Smile brighter, eyes wider, heat visibly spreading across your cheeks.
As the sunset, the club was slowly trickling out. Gemma was cleaning up, and you were finally having a moment. No one was looking at your ass, or trying to talk to your daughter just because it got them a closer look at your rack.
Happy, having the habit of being the last one out, went looking for a better view. To do so he had to leave the safety of his private corner. Stalking up behind his president with half a mind to take him out by the knees.
“You set me up.”
“I had to see if you were serious.” Jax shrugged, passing him the joint he was puffing on.
He took a long drag and passed it back. “I’m not interested.”
“Oh yeah you are,” Jax laughed, patting his back, “I don’t blame you bro, it’s impossible not to fall in love with that face.” His eyes were on the little lady, but Happy?
His eyes were on you. The same face she wore, but tried. Trying so hard to keep your smile big and bright for her. Dancing playfully, spinning until you were both dizzy and giggling. Stealing kisses, and biting at her hands when they came to squeeze your cheeks. It was a hell of a picture, and the happiest you looked all day.
“She don’t date members.”
“No, but most members don’t have her two foot menace on their side.”
“I ain’t using her kid to get laid.”
“It won’t be easy brother,” Jax chuckled, watching Happy watch you, “but if it was just about gettin’ laid we wouldn’t be talking.” Happy’s gaze broke off for a heartbeat and a half. Shooting Jax a vicious glare that was with a blink for the preferred view of your makeshift dance party. “Just keep doing what you’re doing,” Jax grinned, being the only person left in this world who knows you better than you do, “it’ll happen.” He handed Happy the last of his joint, pep in his step to usher out the last of your dying party.
Baby bag repacked, to go box piled high with leftover cake, thank you exchanged to the hosts, kisses and hugs goodbye for the family that was left. Happy slipping out the front door before you had a chance to notice him at all.
Weight visibly fell off your shoulders the second the front door closed behind you. You took a breath, a real one finally. Lung filling, brain calming, placing her down on the ground with your eyes pinched shut. She squealed and your eyes shot open, then up.
As handsome as the devil could be, fingers hooked in his jeans, posted up on your hood like he owned your frankenstein style sedan.
“Bye bye,” she said, stumbling over her own feet to hug his leg. His hand rested against her head, he didn’t even have to bend over to reach her. He pet her hair softly, and her full lashes fluttered up.
She looked at him like he was worth something, worth the love that swirled her irises clear as day, and it melted him. He dropped down with a click to his knees, grinning like a fool.
“You be good for your mom,” he rasped, brushing his thumb over the lipstick stain Gemma left behind on her cheek.
“Otay dada,” she nodded, sureness in every half baked word.
“Okayyyyy,” you dragged, coaxing her back from him and back towards the car. “Let’s get you buckled,” you helped her up and in, doing your best to wrangle her into the straps but she just kept looking over you. Doing everything in her power to keep him in her sights.
You finally looped one of her arms into the strap and off went her wild mind. “Dada do it?”
Your head hung from your shoulders. You had not a clue how to get her past this mess, and in a mix of exhaustion and annoyance, you cracked. “His name is Happy sweetheart, he’s not-”
“I can do it.”
He couldn’t let you tell her that. Absolutely not. She needed a dad, and she wanted him. Pure heart, pure mind, a sharp contrast to everything he prides himself on. She saw something in him, claimed him with a death to his jeans and there was no turning back now. You might not be interested, and that’s all well and good. He’s not exactly a gentleman, but he can take a no in stride. He would respect your choice, but he had all intentions of respecting hers too.
You huffed, looking at her, who was looking over your shoulder happily. Bright eyed and grabbing at air. “Yeah okay, Happy can do it.” You inched yourself out of his way but stayed close. Watched thick fingers fumble with her buckles, but he did everything right. He was careful with the bottom, taking extra care not to clip her thigh. He made sure the chest piece was centered just as it should be, and pinched her nose goodbye. “Thank you again, for humoring her,” you muttered while he closed the door. Firm to make sure the door clicked, but soft enough it wasn’t a slam that could spook her.
He smiled at her through the window, such a rare sight that made your stomach sink. He tapped the glass playfully, just before blinking back to reality. It was like night and day. He didn’t offer you anything more than a nod and a soft grunt to pair. Stepped out of your way, but he did open your door. Quick, efficient, followed by his silent retreat.
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Your little girl waddled to the beat of her own drum, always. The day she learned to walk her feet smashed on the ground like she owned it everywhere you went. Especially the clubhouse, which in her little mind was just another extension of her home.
It was one of those days where nothing went right. You were called into work, your car wouldn’t start the first three tries. You burned the pancakes, your daughter spilled juice all over your shirt. But you fought the frustration just enough to keep moving.
You pulled her out of the car with a forced smile and deep sigh. Praying Gemma had an extra shirt. Of course she did, she’s always ready for something, especially tiny human chaos. It just wasn’t exactly your style.
Your daughter busted through the door with a force, toddled her way across the concrete floor, straight for the one and only man without even so much as a half baked grin. She beamed, wrapping her arms around his shin without a word.
Happy looked down at her, pigtails with flower clips. Big bright eyes and long lashes that he was already willing to do anything for. Kill for, die for, it didn’t matter all she had to do was ask.
There it went, the corner of his mouth twitched.
“No! No no! Sorry, so sorry!” You scrambled, utterly appalled by just about everything. The smoke, the safety hazards, the man who looked like the exact definition of danger.
You don’t come by often, especially not with her. You know most of them well, but not him. You knew of him. The legend that is the Tacoma Killer. A friend of your father, the man who gets things done.
Cold, distant, capable.
His presence at Redwood had been vague, almost unreal until he got the sergeant's patch. That’s when you started seeing him more. Always dead silent, off in a corner with a hefty pour of something strong. A guardian breed looking after his flock, which now included you. It always did really, but your presence was nearly as vague as his.
You don’t come inside, he noticed. You visit the shop, the playground when dropping off your little angel to grandma, but you never come inside. You look different in person. Prettier is the first word that comes to his mind now that he gets to see your face off the surveillance cameras. You and your juice stained shirt, your make up only half done. Still, you looked real. He didn’t see the mess. He saw a home, one that was warmth and kindness. Chaos that was managed with smiles and deep breaths. Everything he wasn’t.
“You need something doll?” A different leather kutte, all smiles and sunshine asked. Bleach blonde hair, eyes bluer than the sky, trying way too hard to be smooth. Jax Teller came around from behind the bar.
“Jax, hey,” you breathed, attempting to redirect your little lady to the more familiar face. “Sorry to barge in! I’m getting my car looked at and your mom said you guys had some apple juice in the fridge I could steal for her.” You gestured to your mini, who was clinging to a killer, paying you absolutely no mind until you got her attention with that word.
“Juice!” She cheered, gripping his pants tighter with a tug that nearly pulled them off his hips.
“Hey!” Juice whined playfully, balanced on the balls of his feet, “that’s my name!”
She burst into giggles, trying to hide from his tickling hands by forcing herself right between Happy’s legs. Her nose rubbed against blue jean fabric, and Happy felt something. A catch in his breath, maybe. Something that stopped the moment like a freeze frame. Captured the sound of her joy and looped it, stored in his memory to replay later.
“Sorry,” you muttered, reaching for her hand, “she’s not usually so-”
You cut yourself off when she pulled back from you and clung onto him that much tighter. Clingy. She’s never clingy, not unless it’s you, or Jax on a very rare occasion.
Jax has the luxury of being your long time friend, and essentially her uncle. Your daughter is at that perfect age, born right in between Able and Thomas, she fits in by design. Because of that, she’s no stranger to the club, her overprotective family in leather.
“You mind?” Happy asked, voice rough like he wasn’t ready to speak. It tickled every inch of your brain and you hated it. The way his rasp that should be hard as stone, softened you up and made your stomach flip so fast you thought you might be sick. His glances gestured down to the little girl staring up at him like he hung the moon. You searched the room for help. You didn’t want to be rude, you couldn’t be. Not to the club's most notorious enforcer. Your gaze landed on blue, waiting for Jax to come to her rescue but he gave you the look. The stop assuming the worst look. Very hesitantly you nodded. Forced smile, a weak step back to give him the room to reach for her himself. One quick swoop and she was bouncing in his arms, squealing in delight.
“Hurt?” Your daughter asked, no concept of the word when her tiny finger jammed itself into the knot on his forehead. You moved instinctively to correct her, remind her about gentle hands, but he laughed. A rumble that came straight from his core and stoked the flame inside you. A instant red hot warmth in your chest that immediately caught your attention. He carefully peeled her slapping hand off his faced, and held it loosely.
“You want juice?” He asked, hoarseness swallowed down in place of something softer, borderline gentle. She squealed, flung her arms around his neck like she’d known him all her life. His eyes changed at that moment. He couldn’t have fought it even if he tried. A momentary flash of emotion shot across dark eyes of mystery like lightning and your head tilted just a tick. “It alright if I take her to the kitchen?”
You swallowed, hard. A lump you couldn’t clear choked you up so you nodded, chin out and gesturing towards the path he was already on. You didn’t realize it, but your breath was stuck. Trapped in your lungs as your living breathing heart disappeared from view. It wasn’t until the familiar weight of Jax’s hand rested on your shoulder that you took a breath.
“You worry too much,” he chuckled, “what’s up with your car this time?”
“Oh I don’t know, mom is gonna let me take the loaner to work and I-”
“We should just get you a new one.”
“Just get a new one,” you mocked, as if you hadn’t already thought of that. You mindlessly stripped yourself out of your shirt and into the tight fitting black one Gemma gave you, because with you, no one stared. No comments made, just disinterest that was the definition of respect in this room. You fixed your hair and finally had a second to apply the other half of your face, forcing Jax to hold up your pocket mirror. “It’s rent or a new car, and personally I like having a place to live.”
“Club could-”
“You guys have done enough to help me,” you popped your lips and tossed everything in your oversized bag with a soft smile, “we’re fine…promise.”
Jax went straight for a hug, normal, routine, but your heart stopped when you pulled back. It shouldn’t be so appealing to you, given what you know, but he didn’t look scary. He just looked like a guy. Tattooed and toned, but with your daughter in his arms the blood on his hands seemed like a myth.
“Look at you!” You squealed when the unlikely pair came back into view. Juice box in one hand, lollipop in the other. Supported by decent hand placement and a crooked grin. “He gave you a lolli! Did you say thank you?”
“‘ank hu,” your daughter forced out, barely forming the words as she went to town on the impending sugar rush. Luckily, that was grandma's problem today.
“Thank you,” you said again, avoiding his eyes at all cost when you reached out. Even so he took notice. The fear in your eye was fleeting, the heat in your cheeks obvious, biting down on your lip hard enough to break skin just to fight the little hint of a grin. Your daughter flinched back from you, uninterested in leaving his arms for anything. Her hand, covered in blue tinted drool, twisted up in his crisp white tee. You feigned offense, an over dramatic gasp that sent a wave of chuckles around the room.
“Fine, I guess I’ll leave you here with the wolves.” You turned, made it a whole half step before she screeched like a banshee. “Mhm, thought so.” You turned back, hands out, and she went to you willingly this time. Happy passed her off with practiced ease, fingers grazing across yours in passing. “Say bye bye,” you circled her around the room one good time. Letting her get high fives and give sugar coated kisses to all the boys in leather. You spared the killer a glance, a few in fact as you moved around the room.
Onyx eyes, bright blue stain, followed by another longer glance up that showed your appreciation for his momentary blip of kindness.
Then you fled, a blur of hair making for the door in record time. Little girl waving enthusiastically over your shoulder with her bright blue tongue poked out.
“Juice,” Jax barked, chin jolting towards your fleeing form, “check out her starter and make sure the ac is still working.”
“I wish she’d let us help,” Bobby muttered, sipping on his morning brew.
“She’s been doing alright, she’s just stubborn.”
“She gets that from her dad too,” Tig sighed, tipping his shot glass to the sky in honor of him before tossing it back.
Your father was a member. Long time friend of Gemma, Bobby, and Tig too. Though, he and Clay never seemed to get along. Why? You never knew, never asked. It wasn’t your business, and you were too young to question things like that back then, but the truth always comes to light.
Even so, when he passed, the Teller-Morrow family took you in. No questions asked. Gemma fought for you, tooth and nail. Your grandparents live across the country, and you barely knew them. After a decent battle, you were placed into their custody.
A daughter of a member, a daughter of the club. Simple as that.
It wasn’t long but Gemma wouldn’t have had it any other way. You graduated and were off to college within the year. You made your dad as proud as you could, but that didn’t stop you from getting knocked up of course.
Equally the best and worst thing that ever happened to you. It derailed your life, your career plans, long term goals out the window. You always believed you were better for it.
Secretly, you were always looking for an out, a reason to come home to the small town of simple pleasures. You were more yourself in Charming, and came step right into motherhood like it was made for you. You may not love how it happened, but you do love her.
You switched to online classes and with the help of your adoptive family you made it work. Finishing your degree took too long, but classes and a newborn don’t really mix. One hiccup after another, you managed well enough. It’s not your dream job, but it’s the best that Charming has to offer. You’ve still considered leaving a dozen times.
When things with the club get messy, when the bills start racking up and your head feels like it might explode.
Bettering your career betters her future, but at the end of the day… Charming is home. They say it takes a village and there’s no one more dedicated than samcrow. Never once have you been turned away when you needed help, even if you do avoid them like the plague most days.
The club wasn’t responsible for your father’s death exactly, but to say they weren’t involved would be a lie, and that truth was a pill too big to swallow. It’s the life. The life you didn’t want your daughter near so you kept distance. Visited on holidays, family dinner when Gemma called, but you never went out of your way to be there.
Always using your daughter as an excuse. With it being just the two of you, and you being a busy single mom, you got away with it most of the time. But things were changing. Your responsibility at work had doubled and baby sitters were a hot commodity in this town, expensive and rare.
“She’s single,” Jax said, too loud, too proud, the devilish grin that said it all. Happy turned slow, measured. Eyes void of anything that would suggest he was even remotely interested. “Her birthday is on Saturday, you could come.”
“What for?”
“Free beer, burgers, mom’s gonna bake her a cake.”
Happy blinked, that didn’t answer the question in the slightest.
“You watch her,” Jax added, no room for negotiation, “every time she pulls in.” He pointed to the screen of camera angles over the bar. “Her daughter likes you so now you’re halfway through the door, and we both know this shit,” he lowered his tone not to offend jealous ears tuning in, gesturing to the side of the room that held half-dressed messes, “it gets old.” Jax gave his sgt. a friendly elbow to the side, “she understands the life, not a bad fit.”
Happy’s shoulders rolled back, watching you kiss your daughter’s cheeks goodbye on the screen. Leaving her in the more trusted arms of Juice, who bounced her all the way into grandma Gemma. “Don’t want an old lady,” he mumbled, in awe of your little lady waving you off with both hands.
“Then don’t come,” Jax shrugged, a knowing grin on his face because Happy’s gaze hadn’t left you since you made your swift exit. A shift in his watchful eyes that moved from the door to the surveillance feed without a heartbeat in between. “Party starts at noon.”
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another series master list..... yes, i should be finishing the ones i've started... but here we are.
i have developed an unhealthy addiction to single mom reader fics (im not even a mom, i have no interest in being a mom !! but they go so fucking hard???) i did my BEST to be unspecific but i may have mentioned blush a few times throughout idk.
Jax's adopted sister by circumstance. I don’t make the rules, but I do write them. Your dating life sucks so your daughter picks a father for herself. I'll be listing the TW part by part this time bc it'll vary per section.
Part 1 - juice
Part 2 - coffee
Part 3 - happy
Part 4 - camera
Part 5 - fever
Part 6 - sunshine (mdni)
Part 7 - fast
Part 8 - surprise
Part 9 - daddy
Part 10 - mommy
Part 11 - jealous
Part 12 - girl
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