Clashing waves: a love story

The diazs come

Evie wakes drenched in sweat from a nightmare. It was a mix of the hot desert and the ladder truck bombing. She remembers Eddie's face when she was under the truck, the horror on his face.

She wishes she could've been there for Eddie like he was for her. She'll always feel guilty for not being in LA and with Eddie when the shooting happened.

Steve wakes up beside Evie as she sobs.

"Angel, what can I do?" Steve asks.

"Just hold me please." Evie sobs.

Steve holds her, he smooths her wild curls with his hand as he kisses her forehead.

"I love you, Angel." Steve says, holding her tighter.

"I love you too, don't leave me, Steve, please promise me you will always fight for me and our family." Evie says sniffling.

"Of course Angel." Steve says.

"I can't go through this again, I can't lose you, it will be 100 times harder than losing Eddie and I wouldn't survive that." Evie sobs.

"I know Angel, I'm not going anywhere." Steve says matter of factly.

They fall back asleep to be awoken at 5am by Chris screaming in his room.

Evie hops up as fast as she can with being six months pregnant with twins.

Steve is already down the hall when Evie gets there.

Steve is holding the young boy as he sobs.

"Bucky." The young boy whimpers and Steve and Evie quickly change places.

"I'm here superman."

"What happened?" Evie asks
"I dreamt that you died too." Chris admits.

"Baby, I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." Evie promises.

"I'm gonna go get coffee and tea started and maybe some breakfast, Chris would you like a cup of hot chocolate?" Steve asks, Chris nods and Evie mouths a thank you to Steve you respond with a small nod and a soft smile.

"I don't want to lose you Bucky, if I do I have no one!" Chris cries.

"Superman I'm not going anywhere, I will always fight for you, I love you." Evie states

"Love you to Bucky." Chris mumbles into her neck.

Steve comes back with cups of coffee, tea and hot chocolate.

"Do you wanna go into the living room bud?" Steve asks, Chris nods and reaches out to be carried by the older man, which takes both Steve and Evie by surprise. Steve happily carries Chris to the living room.
Steve sets the young boy on the couch and he curls up with his Bucky.

Steve goes to make breakfast, he makes waffles and bacon.

They eat in relative silence, then they get dressed for the day.

After an hour or so, the Diaz's show up.

There's a knock on the door and Evie goes to get it.

"Mr. And Mrs Diaz. Sophia, Aridanna, I'm glad you're here." Evie says

"You're pregnant?" Mrs Diaz says.

"I am with twin girls." Evie says rubbing her bump.

"Are you gonna be okay with taking Chris and having twins?" Helena asks

"Of course, I love Chris nothing or no one will change that, Chris is going to be fine with me." Evie states.

"Okay." Helena says and hugs Evie.

"I'm sorry I'm just a mess right now." Helena explains

"I get that. We all are." Evie states.

"Is Chris awake?" Ramon asks as he hugs Evie as well.

"Yes he's been awake since 5am, he awoke with a nightmare. We already had breakfast but we can make you guys something." Evie states

"Poor Chris." Sophia says as she and Adrianna hug Evie.

"I know my head is breaking for my superman." Evie states.

"He doesn't deserve this." Adrianna says

"I know." Evie says sighing.

"We are fine for food by the way, we ate at the airport." Ramon tells Evie.

She nods as Steve comes out.

"Angel, Chris wants you." Steve says as he comes into the kitchen.

"Okay. First let me introduce you guys. Everyone this is my fiancé lieutenant commander Steve Mcgarrett, Steve this is Eddie mom and dad Ramon and Helena and his sisters Sophia and Adrianna."

"Nice to meet you, wish it was for different reasons though." Steve says shaking framing hand then hugging Helena and the girls.

"Me too." Ramon says, sighing.

"I'm so very sorry for your loss. I don't know Eddie well but I know how important he was to Evie." Steve states

"Thank you son, yes she was important to him too." Ramon says making eye contact with Evie.

"I better go see what Chris needs." Evie says and waddles off to find Chris.

"So do you guys have enough room for your twins and Chris?" Helena asks.

"Yes our house has three extra bedrooms besides Evies and mine, so we have just the right amount of room for all three kids." Steve explains.

"Okay good." Helena says

"What about Carla? How are you guys gonna find another caretaker?" Sophia asks.

"Carla actually is moving to Hawaii to help out. She lost her husband last year and nothing is keeping her here so she offered to move to Hawaii to help with Chris." Steve explains.

"That's amazing. Carla was always a life saver for Eddie." Sophia says.

Steve nods.

Meanwhile in the living room.

"Chris, superman what's wrong?" Evie asks

"I don't want Abuelo or grandma to try and convince me to go to Texas." Chris exclaims as his breathing is irregular.

"I'll talk to them ok." Evie says

"Okay." Chris says, Evie kisses his forehead than goes back to the kitchen .

"Is Chris okay?" Helena asks

"Sorta he just wants to make sure you guys won't try to take him or convince him to go to Texas. I'm sorry that must be hard to hear but this is all so hard on Chris." Evie explains.

"We understand, we won't do anything like that. If he wants to go to Hawaii with you guys then he has our blessing." Ramon says locking eyes with his wife who nods.

"We just want Christopher to be happy." Helena says.

"It's going to be hard, not gonna lie to you but I think in this situation the best thing for him is to be with me and I'm sorry I know that must hurt but my only concern right now is for Chris and his well being." Evie explains.

"I appreciate your honesty and I appreciate you looking out for our grandson. Thank you." Helena says and hugs Evie.

The rest of the day flies by as they look at pictures of Eddie and Eddie and Chris and Evie.
They tell stories about Eddie and just remember him for the amazing man and father he was.