At Our Ex-Spence

At Our Ex-Spence: Chapter #31

A car rumbles as it comes up the winding dirt road towards the house. Stiles looks up from the counter where he's making lunch and smiles. Stuart pops his head in and snags a piece of bacon only to squawk when Stiles shocks him for it.

"HEY!" Stuart says.

Stiles smirks. "Don't touch the bacon."

Allison giggles as she walks by. "Behave you two. Sometimes you're worse than the kids."

The twins gape at her and she winks before wandering out to the front porch, her hand cupping the swell of her pregnant belly. Fio and Lili trot along behind her, sending affection through their bonds to their mages as they go.

Stuart watches her go with a dopey pleased smile on his face. Stiles fights back a laugh when his brother's chest puffs out. "Yes, Stu. You did good," he teases.

Before Stuart can give a reply, they hear a thundering of little feet from the direction of the living room and the twins can only shake their heads with smiles on their faces as a herd of little niblings runs towards the door.

Peter is fully shifted, doing his best to direct all of them but stops long enough to nuzzle Stiles's stomach. He rumbles in his chest and flicks crimson eyes up to meet amethyst eyes before darting after the kids.

Stiles blushes when Stuart sends him a smirk. "Oh, shut up," he says without any heat behind it.

"I didn't say a word."

"No but you were thinking about it."

"Daddy! Unca Stu! Come on!! Ganpas is he'e!"

The twins grin at the little nibling whose eyes glow gold. She giggles when her daddy and uncle's eyes glow back. Then she squeals when Uncle Stu scoops her up and tosses her over his shoulder. "Unc Stu, no no!" she squeals with a burst of giggles.

"Uncle Stu yes!" Stiles teases and Stuart sends him a grin. "Careful, Selene," Stiles says when she wiggles a little too much.

Selene's gorgeous blue eyes peek out at him from behind blond curls, and she gives him a smile. "O'ay, Daddy!"

The car pulls to a stop in the driveway and the two men within it quickly get out. It's like a whistle goes off and all six children launch themselves at the men with shouts of glee and excitement.

Allison grins at her husband as he settles Selene on his hip and slips his arm around her waist. She turns so her stomach rests against his hip and smiles when he tightens the embrace.

"Hey, Dad," Stiles calls out from his place on the porch as Noah experiences the usual jungle gym situation the kids put him in. "Looks like no bacon for you," the spark teases.

Noah huffs and shrugs, never looking away from his grandkids. "Who needs bacon when there are little niblings all over?"

Stiles smiles fondly at their father and exchanges a look with Stuart who is smiling at the sight.

Allison snorts a laugh when she sees her own dad with a little one wrapped around his head. "Keegan," she scolds lightly. "Don't cover grandpa's eyes."

Keegan giggles. "Pee'Boo!"

Chris chuckles and with a steady grip on the child swings him down and peppers his face with kisses.

Of course, the rest of the kids want a turn at that, and the two expectant parents make themselves comfortable on the porch swing while the other two parents and the two grandparents tire the little ones out, playing all their favorite games.

Stiles feels Allison take his hand and smiles giving her hand a gentle squeeze. Neither of them says anything, but it's a comfortable silence. Stiles thinks back on the past six years fondly.