Appetite For Destruction

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I walked through the door alone a few hours later to Brooke sitting on the couch watching the news. She turned to me with wide eyes and a hard to read expression "Evie" she whispered.

"I know Brooke, are you okay? Do you wanna stay?" I asked as I stepped towards her, my own grief pushed down as I worked at taking care of the people around me.

"I'm okay, I should check on Rat. Harlem is still awake, I've just popped him in his bouncer I wasn't sure how long you'd be" she stuttered over her words as she looked at me.

"I'm okay Brooke really. He did what he had to do for his family" I forced a smile though I was positive it didn't reach my eyes "thanks for watching Harlem, I might need you again in a couple of days"

Brooke engulfed me in a hug and I returned it without thinking "anytime you need me, I'll come by tomorrow and help you do some stuff"

"Sounds good, I'll do lunch for us girls" I smiled warmly at her. I was surprising even myself at home much I sounded like my mother, always helping whilst shoving her own emotions down. I walked her to the door before coming back in to look at my baby boy, he kicked in his seat whilst he babbled oblivious to any of the devastation of the day "hello my boy"

I scooped him up, groaning a little at how heavy he was getting as I kissed his little face. My eyes looked up at the TV screen, scenes of a police chase and news of a fatal motorbike accident flashed on the screen and I felt my stomach turn as I quickly flicked the channel over. I swallowed it down as I remembered Happy's words at not letting my own issues affect our son.

"How about we get into bed and wait for daddy?" I grinned down at him as he cooed back, filling my broken heart with love.

Climbing into the bed after putting a movie on with Lux and Harlem I felt a feeling of peace, everything had gone to shit, most of my blood relatives were dead but for the first time in a long time I felt peaceful. I wasn't worried about where everyone was, I wasn't worried about a street war and I was at home with both my human child and my fur child awaiting the return of the love of my life. It'd take me a while to heal the hole my brother and mother had left, and I'd probably miss them the rest of my life but the sense of calm was nice.

The front door opened and a sullen looking Happy appeared after taking his boots off at the door. His arm was bandaged up and I could tell he'd been crying as he stepped into the dimly lit room "come" I said as I patted the bed next to me.

He pulled his shirt off and shimmied out of his jeans before sliding under the covers, his head resting on my shoulder as we both looked at the blue eyed baby who's eyes had gotten wide with excitement at the sight of his father "hey big man" he smiled down at him running his hand across his cheek.

"I feel like I blinked and he wasn't a newborn anymore" I sighed "you okay?"

"Yeah me too, but I'll have more time to focus on you guys now...an upside I guess, not that it makes me feel much better"

"It's going to be okay" I ran my spare hand over his head.

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One year later

"Get out" I gasped as we pulled up to a house on a small property just out of Charming, I spun to look at Happy who grinned at me knowingly.

"Come on, let me show you around" he jumped out of the car and ran around to open my door, helping me out as I groaned, a hand falling on my swollen pregnant stomach as our daughter kicked away on the inside.

I looked up at the ranch style house, my jaw dropped "how much did this cost?!"

"I've had savings since the last time I went away, I told you the drug running was lucrative remember?" He said as I followed him up the steps.

"This is is excessive Lowman!" I griped "I love it though"

"It's perfect for us and the kids, out of town...away from everyone and enough room to get Harlem on a bike ASAP" he winked and I rolled my eyes as I thought of our tiny two year old terror, he had Jax's bright eyes but a head of black curly hair that mirror his fathers once thick locks and an attitude to match.

"It's beautiful, and it's furnished?" I gasped as the big wooden front door opened.

"Oh yeah, whilst you were visiting Wendy and the boys I had the guys help me move most of our stuff and some new stuff in...it's ready to for us to stay here tonight"

"This is fucking crazy" I laughed as I ran my hands over the warm tan coloured paint of the living room "I'm so impressed"

He grinned at me "This is where our babies will grow up...our forever house"

"Sounding soft again" I chuckled as I stepped towards him and wrapped my arms around me as much as my tummy would allow "I love it, thank you"

He pressed a kiss against my lips before pulling back "makes the past few years worth it"

I smiled sadly as I thought about my lost family members, but I'd made my peace with all of that. After Jax's death I'd spent months trying to find who I was without him to lean on, pouring all my energy into Teller-Morrow to get it up and running again with the help of Chibs. Chucky and I ran it, and business was good now the violence and destruction had stopped and people weren't so wary of the club.

Harlem attended a daycare a few days a week, I smiled outwardly at what Gemma would've had to say about that but he loved it and was blossoming into everything I would've imagined. The horror show that was the first six months of his life long forgotten. I often took him to the cemetery to visit Uncle Jax, Uncle Opie and Aunt Tara. I tried my best to tell him the best things about his Grandma too, I'd not forgiven her for what she'd done but the woman she once was lived inside of me somewhere and I didn't want to forget that.

The club was doing whatever they did, I didn't ask too many questions and I'd taken to hosting a family dinner bi-weekly to spend time with them all, another nod to my mothers old traditions. I preferred being in the dark after Jax died, as long as they were alive and mostly safe that was okay with me.

I turned in Happy's arms to admire the view outside our living room, feeling contentment spread through me "we really found our own type of happily ever after" I gushed.

"Now who's soft?" He teased before pulling me tighter against him "but yeah we did"

-and that's it for Evie and Happy,
But fret not I have something else up my sleeve currently. Thanks for all the comments and votes along the way, I didn't really know where I was going with this when I started but here we are 🖤