A/N~⚠️ mentions of sexual abuse, child abuse, child neglect, rape, abuse
Y/N's POV It was a casual Friday afternoon and my 7 year old daughter Harlow was off of school since it was summer break so I decided that me, her, and my boyfriend Grayson would have a nice picnic outside in the backyard. "Mommy, where's Gwayson? I wanna show him the new picture I made." "He'll be here in a minute lovebug." Suddenly the doorbell rang and my dog, Penny started barking and running towards the door. "Oh! I guess he's here already," I chuckled as I went to the door. I opened it and saw Grayson holding a picnic basket full of food and a bottle of wine. "Hi my love! Am I late to the party?" "No, you're just in time. A certain someone was looking for you." I kissed his cheek and led him to the kitchen to put his stuff down. Out of nowhere, Harlow got up out of her spot in the living room and ran up to Grayson. "Gwayson! I missed you." Grayson laughed and picked her up. "I missed you too bug. I only came to this picnic so I could hang out with you." I hit Gray on the shoulder as he laughed. "Shut up Gray, you know you love me." "You're right babe, I do love you. I love you both," Grayson said as he kissed me on the lips and Harlow on the cheek. "Cmon guys, I've got all the stuff set up in the backyard." "Cmon Gwayson, I wanna go eat some stawberries." I giggled at Harlow pulling Gray's hand toward the door leading to the backyard. "Mama, it's so pretty." "Yeah Y/N, this is amazing."
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"Aww, thank you guys. That's why I'm an interior designer after all." "And a damn good one,"Gray whispered as he kissed me and put the picnic basket down. "Mama, can you get Bubbles? I left her in the house," Harlow asked. "I'll go get it Y/N. You finish setting up out here," Grayson smiled as he ran in to get Harlow's stuffed seahorse. I made sure all the pillows were set up right and the food was on the tables. "Here you go Harlow," Gray said as he handed her the stuffed animal. "Tank you." We finally sat down and started to eat and just talk about how much we enjoy summer.
2 hours later...
I laughed at Grayson's sad attempt of playing charades. "Cmon guys, this one is easy." "Um, are you swimming?" "Ooh ooh! No Mama, I think he's climbing a mountain." "No. I'll just tell you. I was skiing." "Ok Gray, I've been skiing before and that was definitely not skiing," I laughed. "Mama, can I have more strawberries please?" "Of course love." I turned to grab some strawberries but the container was empty. "I have to go inside. We ran out of strawberries." "I can go get them if you want babe," Grayson offered. I smiled at how much of a gentleman he was. I kissed his cheek and grabbed his face. "No, I've got it Gray. But thank you." "Tag, you're it Gwayson," Harlow yelled as she touched Grayson on the arm and ran away. "Oh, I'm gonna catch you Har." He quickly ran after her and I chuckled at their playful banter. As I was about to open the fridge to look for the strawberries, suddenly the doorbell rang. "Who could be here at 5pm on a random Friday?", I thought to myself. "Coming!" I ran to the door and opened it and saw someone that I never thought I would see again. "Y/N, long time no see." "Derek, what the hell are you doing here?" "I just wanted to come see Harlow, that's all." "Derek, you know that's not gonna happen. I have a restraining order against you. You're not legally supposed to be around me or Harlow and you know exactly why," I growled at him.
Gray's POV "Stop Gwayson, that tickles," Harlow giggled as I tackled her and tickled her. Suddenly, I heard arguing in the house and turned to see Y/N talking to someone at the door. I saw Y/N move over and saw it was a guy and I immediately didn't take my eyes off of them. "Hey bug, you wanna go inside for a second? I think Mama has the strawberries." "Yay strawberries!" She made grabby hands at me with one hand since she was holding Bubbles in the other. I picked her up and made my way into the house. As I made my way closer to Y/N and this mystery man, the yelling got louder and Harlow buried her head into my neck. "Hey Y/N, what's going on here?" She turned around and started to explain. "This is Derek, my deadbeat ex-husband and Harlow's dad. He wants to see Harlow and I told him it's not happening." "Is that Harlow? She's grown up so much," Derek said as I put her down. Harlow looked up at him and all I could see was fear in her eyes as he looked at her. "Look Derek, I already told you that you shouldn't be here so if you leave now, I won't call the cops." "Cmon Y/N, you have to have gotten over what I did by now." "DEREK, YOU FUCKING RAPED MY CHILD WHEN SHE WAS 5. YOU DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ME OR HER WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH HER. GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE NOW!," Y/N yelled in Derek's face. "Why don't you make me?," he said as he stepped closer towards her. "Hey buddy, you better back up. You fucking touch her or Harlow, I won't hesitate to lay my hands on you," I said as I stepped behind Y/N. He didn't stop as he raised his hand up to slap Y/N. I quickly stepped in front of her and punched him in the face. He fell down and was left unconscious on the ground. As I turned around, I saw Harlow crying in Y/N's arms. "Mama, please don't let him hurt me," Harlow cried. "I would never baby. He's going away for a long time." I saw Harlow looking at me and she let go of Y/N and ran into my arms. "Tank you for saving me Gwayson. I love you," she said as she hugged me tight. It brought tears to my eyes but I kept it together for Harlow. "Of course bub. That's my job. To protect you and Mommy. Now why don't we go back outside and watch a movie?" "Ok! I'll go outside and pick one!" Harlow quickly scurried off back outside and sat on the picnic blankets. I looked up and saw Y/N holding a bag of frozen peas and holding it out towards me. "Looks like you could use this baby. You got him pretty good." I gladly took the peas and put them on my bruised knuckle. "Of course I did. If that fucking bastard would've touched you or Harlow, he wouldn't have even made it to jail. But he deserves it for what he's done to both of you." "I know baby, I know," Y/N said softly as she stroked my cheek in an effort to calm me down. I looked down and tried to blink away the tears in my eyes but was unsuccessful as Y/N wiped them away. "How the fuck could he do that to you, to her? She's just a child." "Because he's a sick, fucking human who is going away forever. I have never forgiven him for what he's done to me and Harlow," Y/N sighed. I cupped her face and looked into her eyes with love. "I'm always gonna be here for you guys. I love you both so much," I said as I kissed her. She smiled into it and wrapped her arms around my neck. "We love you too Gray. You treat Harlow like she's your own daughter and I can't thank you enough for th‐." Y/N got cut off by Harlow running in with Bubbles in one hand and the Moana movie in the other. "Mommy! Gwayson! Cmon, I wanna watch Moana!." We both laughed at her and I picked her up and held Y/N's hand as we made our way back out to the backyard. I wouldn't change meeting Y/N or Harlow for anything in this world. They are my world.
