Past, Present, and Future

WIP

  Waking up to the smell of breakfast was something I really missed about living at home. 16 years away from my family it didn't make me miss it any less. Sitting up on my side of the bed I rubbed a hand over my face as I looked around blearily finding myself confused about my surroundings. Even after 2 weeks waking up in Kai's bed I still felt the place unfamiliar in the mornings.I was used to waking up in my own house in my own bed as I had for 10 years.

  I got up and went to the bathroom to take care of business and shower; it was 8:34 so Kai had already gone to work no need for me to seek him out. If I was going to get to my job before 10 I needed to pick up the pace, I checked my phone in spite of my lazy haste. A missed call from Yuffi and a text from Iggy, call me. I stared at the demand with a tightness of regret and sorrow in my chest and I couldn't think of anything I wanted to do less. As if to save the day I got a text from Kai, a chipper "Wanna get lunch today? ;)"

  I gladly returned the text after turning on the shower, "Sounds perfect. :)" I set my phone on the counter before stripping off my boxers and stepping into the shower. 

  I didn't bother getting dressed right after getting out of the shower, enjoying walking around the apartment in a towel. I could never do this at home so I got a lot of satisfaction from doing it, if it weren't so chilly in there i wouldn't have much minded walking around naked. Being with Kai was exactly what I needed right now.

  I poured myself some coffee, pouring in a little sugar. I sighed happily leaning against the island in his kitchen looking out the window. It wasn't a great view since you couldn't really see anything but the building next door and a small sliver of the river behind it. Somehow though it was almost better than the view from my bedroom at home, looking out over the forest and the whole city. 

This place was just as great as Kai, comforting, and cool, and welcoming. I was reluctant to leave but I couldn't exactly call in sick for a job I'd only been at for a month. I grabbed my wallet, phone, keys, and charger and shoved them in my pocket, I fed and watered Kai's old hound dog Gazelle and locked the door on my way out.

  My new-to-me green Subaru Forester sat on the curb in front of the apartment building and it blipped when I unlocked it. I got in and set my stuff down and took off for work, but I only got a few blocks before my phone rang "I keep the wolf at the door ..."  the singer droned from my ringtone and I picked it up without checking who was calling. Road safety is important and every second I took to look at my phone was a moment I made the road less safe for other drivers.

  The voice on the end filled me with a quiet shameful disappointment as Iggy began to speak. "Eirik... Please, we really need to talk," he spoke softly, his voice hesitant. Iggy paused for a second as Robin came running up in the background screaming "Daddy!"

  My own voice was small when I spoke even though I had tried to sound casual, "Let's talk then, what do you want to talk about."

"Eirik we need to work this out I," He paused and cleared his throat, "we need you, all of us. it isn't enough to see you for only a day or so." Iggy sighed, " know I said I wanted a break but we miss you, we need you."

I felt as ashamed as I did hurt, "you are the one who said you wanted a break Iggy. You didn't need me two weeks ago when you started this in the first place."

"I know, Eirik I know but it hurts being apart..."

"I wanted to work out our problems Iggy! I even mentioned marriage counseling and yet you chose this but now all you wanna do is take it back. You fell for someone else and that hurt me. So maybe I don't want to work it out right now." 

The bind between us let me feel the shock and hurt and anger that flashed through him "Fine Eirik. If you wanna be a brat like this then fine maybe I don't want to work it out with you right now either. Your son wants to talk to you." Iggy gave the phone to Robin. I felt guilty most about this. Robin's 10 year old voice came through the phone happy and eager.

"Hi daddy!

In my idea of the story i can see eirik sort of romanticizing life with Kai and really getting to like him and being so reluctant to go back to iggy because of that as well as the lack of responsibility he has to keep up with. so he's like maybe i DONT wanna work it out iggy and iggy's like yeah fuck you but still does love him and wants to work it oiut in the same way eirik still has that feeling and then he tells kai how he feels or kai finds out that he told iggy he didnt want to work it out and kai is like I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HAVE MY MATE BACK AND YOURS IS BEGGING FOR YOU BACK YOU TELL HIM NO FOR ME HOW INCONSIDERATE ARE YOU and is just pissed and you know shit is supposed to work out in the endlike maybe everyone hates him for a while so he spends some time alone and thinksand like he and kai end up as just good friends and he gets back with iggy and accepts that responsibilities are hard but theyre responsibilities for a reason and he gets more of a handle on Nicholas being sleezy and they have a healthy hate fucking relationship

Eirik could yhen be like i didnt see myself as a father and leader of a coven! I odnt know if i want to work it out! And iggy will be like fine dont then and fuck the basement guy and let eirik feel it amd be like he can please me sooo much betyer thqn you can bc he doesnt mind being a father!