lovers | dorbyn

twenty one

ONE MONTH EARLIER

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"you ready for this, marais?"

jonah looked at eben, a smile plastered on his face. "damn straight franckewitz."

the door opened slowly, grabbing the attention of the two men. two twins, a girl and a boy, walked out of the center hand in hand. a small women stood behind them with a gentle smile.

"hi! i'm liz, we spoke on the phone." the small asian lady spoke with a smile. "this is josefina and diego. they're quite shy, but they're unbelievably nice. their parents got sentenced to life for severe child abuse and child neglect."

jonah looked at josefina, the girl looked at jonah with a small smile.

"oh one last thing before i send you guys off!" liz hummed, going back into the center. josefina let go of diego's hand, limping over to jonah. she hesitantly raised her arms up, indicating that she wanted to be picked up. jonah easily picked her up, feeling her wrap her small legs around his middle.

(eben honestly melted at the sight.)

liz walked back to the waiting area, with a prosthetic leg in her hand. "this is josefina's. she was born without it." liz put it in a small bag, and handed it to eben, who took it in his right hand since diego was holding his left. "just make sure she keeps it clean as well as her stump. also, be prepared for some random visits, only for a few months to make sure everything is okay. other than that, you're free to go!"

"thank you, liz." eben smiled gratefully. the four of them left, going straight to jonah's car. the two strapped them into the car seat, making sure it was secured. josefina tugged on jonah's shirt.

"you're not gonna send us back because of my leg?" she whispered. her voice was small, delicate.

"no, of course not, sweetheart." jonah reassured, touching her cheek softly.

"are you sure?" diego asked. "if you send her back, i'm going with." he sniffed, crossing his arms.

"we're sure, buddy." eben ruffled his hair, making him smile.

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when they got home, the two brought them to their rooms. they were right across from each other, currently, nothing in the room but their beds, a dresser and a closet.

"so, your uncles and cousins are coming over for dinner to meet you guys." eben said, rolling up the sleeves to his shirt. diego was sitting on the bed, touching the soft blanket covering the mattress. eben glanced over at him with a soft smile.

"it's soft." he whispered, laying back on the bed with a giggle. "bouncy."

"are they nice?" josefina asked quietly. jonah smiled, nodding his head.

"the nicest people you'll meet, sweetheart." jonah grinned, leaving her room to stand in the hall with eben. "so we'll start shopping for things tomorrow. just relax for now."

and then jonah and eben went downstairs.

jonah went to the kitchen, grabbing chips and other snacks for later. eben grabbed his hips, turning him around. jonah grinned largely, setting the bags down. he wrapped his arms around his neck, kissing his lips gently.

"we did it."

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when the boys and kids came over, eben was in the backyard in front of the grill with a beer bottle in his hand. morgan went to greet him with a hug. "hey beautiful." he smiled down at the girl.

"hey uncle e." she stayed attached to his side while he flipped a burger. "what are they're names?"

"josefina and diego."

"josefina? like the american girl doll?"

"exactly like the american girl doll." he chuckled, kissing her head.

"yo e," daniel poked his head out from the living room which lead to the backyard. diego was in his arms, and in a distance, he could see josefina with jack. "i'm stealing your kid."

"please, you can easily pop out another kid."

"yeah but.. you know what, i'm taking him. thank you, goodbye." daniel smiled, taking the boy back inside.

"your parents are the worst, you know that?" eben laughed when morgan nodded her head.

"the absolute worst."

(she was obviously joking. daniel and corbyn gave her everything she could ever ask for.)

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[a/n]
so this was the last "fluffy" chapter bc it's -sebbystan and -sebbystan loves heart crushing angst so let's get back to that :P

also! with school being canceled for pretty much a whole month, it should give me plenty of time to update and actually finish this story! but no promises:)