Bear-(mxm rever series 2)

Bear 36

The cat is back. 

His husband looked up from where he'd been focusing on chopping onions. He looked nervous, and of course, Marsh knew why. He watched Walker pulling up his turtleneck a little more. He didn't like him hiding the kiss marks he gave him, but it was his choice. He was just glad to have been allowed to apply them in the first place. 

When Ranger finally came into view he looked... different. 

He smells different, too. 

He had been around more people than just his horse.

"Hey Rane, how was your evening?" Walker asked with a curious smile. 

Ranger returned it, but his was a bit more nervous as he dropped down onto the couch with a yawn. 

"It was definitely something," he said as he nudged off his shoes and kicked up his feet on the footrest. 

Walker finished up the onion he was working on before tossing it into a large pan that already had several other vegetables starting to cook. He then checked on the eight slices of bass in the oven before closing it and walking over to his brother. 

Marsh fought his nose to move away from the oven, but eventually won the battle. He followed his man, but didn't crowd him. In fact, he even took a few steps backward and sat himself down at the table. 

They had cuddled a lot earlier, and done other things even earlier than that. He didn't want to push him. 

I hope I am doing this right... 

He felt a soft chuckle in the back of his mind and glanced up after having evidently glanced down at his hands in his lap. 

You are acting very mature and I appreciate it, my little bear. 

Marsh tilted his head, proud but confused. He certainly wasn't a little bear. Walker's small smile widened before he turned away to drop down beside his brother, though, so he bit back his curiosity. He honestly didn't mind being called anything as long as it was his Walker saying it. 

"Another kid? Is he really serious about that? It's a huge responsibility, and for it to be his ex wife's? I don't think I'd be able to do it," Walker said. 

The horse has another child? 

He hadn't really been paying attention, but now his curiosity was piqued. 

"That's how I felt at first. That he wasn't his responsibility, but man... Nia had a connection with him immediately. She can't speak, but boy did she talk to him the entire time they were together."

Marsh frowned at that. The horse somehow came across a child that was not his, but was related to his own through his mate that had left. Then those two children formed a bond...

"He can't split them up," he said abruptly, surprising even himself. 

Both brother's had their eyes on him immediately, clearly surprised by his words, too. He hunched a little and looked down at his hands twisting their fingers in his lap. 

"I just wouldn't ever want someone to take Walker away from me. He's the only person I've ever had a bond with, and even if we don't end up as mates, I still want to stay by his side..." 

Walker hopped up as a timer he'd set earlier chimed at that moment, but he made sure to stop in front of him and lean over for a quick kiss to the top of Marsh's hair before hurrying to the kitchen with a red tint to his cheeks. 

"That's honestly what he thought, too. Bonds are not common and even amongst family, you aren't guaranteed a connection with anyone," Ranger said as he tilted his head on the couch so that he could see them both. "And honestly, the guy's heart is so damn soft. He wouldn't have turned that boy away for anything."