(4/5) RTTE Season 5 & 6 (AMDH)

Judgement of the Haddock

It was Mike who woke Viggo and Ann up the next morning. "Your son's awake." Ann murmured to Viggo. "Before the morning, he is your son. Besides, I cannot feed him now." Viggo murmured back. "Ow, would you just shut up?" Ann got irritated and that was of the amusement of Viggo. He laughed as she got out of bed to get to their son. 

"Good morning, mister loud. Are you hungry again?" She picked him up and carried him back to bed with them. His little laugh had stolen her heart more than once already, and this morning was no exception. "You just want mommy to get you, don't you?" Ann kissed his forehead and laid him down so he could drink. 

Viggo turned to his side to watch Mike gratefully drink on his mother's breast. "I must say, I have missed this sight. My little boy happily drinking himself full on his mommy's breast." He shared a glance with Ann who smiled at him. "You are so sweet." She leaned in for a kiss and so did Viggo. But, he stopped in his movements as he got another shot of pain through his back. "Easy now, baby! Roll back on your back." His face showed the agonizing pain he had to put the effort in it. "Too much, too soon." Ann concluded. "Yeah, unfortunately it was." Viggo breathed out with a struggle.

As the day went on, Viggo had to try some more exercise to get fit again. With the help of his brother, Viggo managed to walk a bigger distance than the last days combined. It did not only help Viggo get fit again, but it also helped their relationship to be rebuilt from scratch. 

They talked a lot about their past, their childhood, some embarrassing moments from both of them, but also why Ryker took over from Viggo. "It is just..." Ryker started and sighed out. "Back when we were busy on Project Shellfire, I noticed the men had become irritated and annoyed about you. All the failures we had, the delays you made, the times you let the Riders escape even if we had no other choice. That made them call me up for chief. I didn't have the intention to take over from you, but I couldn't let the expectations of the men down either. They had faith in me and if I refused, they would've taken measures in their own hands. If I didn't function to their expectations, they would've killed you and Ann themselves and I wanted to prevent that." 

"By beating me up?" Viggo didn't like what his brother just told him. "I had no other choice. Viggo, it may not always seem like it, but you are my little brother. And I love you, brother. I will always be here to protect you, Ann and Mike." A tear flowed in his eye as he thought back to their arguing for it. How much he regretted it. 

"It is alright, big brother." Ryker looked up to see Viggo smile at him. "What has passed, has passed. There is no use to think back to those bad times, we should continue as true brothers from now on." They shared a smile before Viggo groaned of pain again. "Can you bring me back? The pain starts to rise again." "Sure, hold on. Here we go." Ryker got Viggo's arm over his shoulder and helped him get back to the house.

The night had fallen and Ann had given Mike one last feeding for him to go to sleep with a satisfying belly full. "Are you coming?" Viggo rubbed Ann's back as she sat down on his side of the bed having Mike rocking in her arms. "I would, but my dad asked me to talk about Ryker and his behavior lately. I think Ryker might get more freedom somehow, but that is to be discussed." She handed Mike over to Viggo. Viggo laid Mike on his pulled up legs and played a little with him. "Then I wish you good luck on deciding my brother's fate." Viggo smiled at her. She got up and kissed her husband on the lips and rubbed Mike's cheek before walking off to her father.

"Ah, sweetheart. Good that you could come." Steve greeted her warm when she walked into his house. "It's okay, dad. Besides, it is Ryker we are going to talk about." She laughed as she sat down on one of the chairs around the table. 

"Do you want your favorite snack? I've been cooking them today." "Yes, please! And you still have to get me that recipe." She pointed to him in a naughty manner. "Hahaha, I will do that as soon as possible." Steve laughed as he walked through the kitchen. "No, you will do that tonight! I want to have Mike try it as well when he comes to that age." She demanded from her father. "Alright, alright. I will get the snack now and then some paper." He blinked at her. He got the freshly baked cookies on the table and turned to get some paper.