Fandom Tale of Two Survivors { The Last of Us 1x1 with icedthemoon }

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Nathaniel Matthews, Emmett Adler, Ezekiel Finch, and Theophilus Sharpe (and the Smith Clan)
Former Fireflies and Former Seraphite | 21, 24, 29, 25 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Hayden ran his fingers over Alex’s cheeks. The tears may be dry now, but that always helped him. He backed away, putting a hand on Josh’s shoulder. “We’re actually going to go this time.” He grinned as he looked over at the others. “Let you boys relax from the excitement of your morning.” He may not have known what happened, but he could tell something did. He gestured to the container of food. “Feel free to eat that instead of joining us for breakfast in the cafeteria. Or you can join us. Anything is okay.”

Soren gasped playfully. “Everyone is digging into me this morning. I would never be boring.” He looked straight at Nate. “I would like you to know that Josh and I have very entertaining patrols. Sometimes, there’s singing and everything.” Nate glanced over at Josh and then back at Soren. He wondered if that was really Soren saying that he sometimes sang. Soren patted Nate’s arm then stood up. “Come on, dad. I think we should let him think about this a little bit.” He winked at Nate as he gently tugged at his husband. Nate watched them with the tiny smile that lived on his lips.​

 

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Alexander Brennan, Cameron Harris, Kaiden Lachlan and Elijah Lewis (And the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former Firefly, Former WLF, Former Seraphite | 19, 23, 26, 27 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Alex felt the fingers run over his cheeks and he smiled softly. He nodded, seeing Hayden back up. Josh moved away as well, but not before he rubbed Alex’s shoulder. “Yes. We’ll see you later kiddo.” Josh said, looking at the other two. He was curious as was Alex. He’d seen them hugging and he would talk to Nate about breakfast. “Thank you. For everything. I’m not sure if we’ll come or not, but we appreciate the food.” Alex said.

Jacob chuckled, hearing Soren and then he looked at Nate. “No. He’s not as boring as he sounds.” Jacob said teasingly as he kissed the top of Nate’s head like his mom used to do for him. “If I’m dad then that makes you papa my love.” Jacob said as he patted Nate’s knee and stood up, feeling Soren tug at him. “You can join us for breakfast if you’d like but we understand if you’d rather be here this morning.” Jacob added as he moved to Soren’s side, glancing at the other two.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Emmett Adler, Ezekiel Finch, and Theophilus Sharpe (and the Smith Clan)
Former Fireflies and Former Seraphite | 21, 24, 29, 25 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Hayden nodded as he looked over at the trio by the couch. Nate was smiling, and that was better than both this morning and yesterday evening. He should have known that the answer was Jacob. He always thought that Jacob could have been an amazing therapist or something like that. It was that call to help. He stepped away as Soren moved them to join the other two. “Josh, you hear that? We get to be partners again. I always thought ‘papa’ was the better name for fathers.” Nate, who was still on the couch, laughed as they spoke. Soren looked at him and pointed to himself, stage whispering that he was the better father. Nate’s giggles were almost loud. “Alright, let’s go,” Hayden tried again to assemble his crew. He glanced at Nate and then back at Alex. “He might be needing you,” he said quietly before pushing the rest of his men to the door. “Move it, they don’t want you here forever.” Soren chuckled. “That’s rich coming from you.” Even Hayden laughed at that as he moved to the front door.​

 

[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Cameron Harris, Kaiden Lachlan and Elijah Lewis (And the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former Firefly, Former WLF, Former Seraphite | 19, 23, 26, 27 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Jacob rolled his eyes as he stepped up with Soren, and looked back at Nate once more. He was glad to see that smile on his face. It suited him. He saw that pointing from his partner and heard the stage whisper. “Yeah, you’re the better father. We’ll see baby we’ll see.” Jacob said, looking at Hayden. He laughed at the two men’s bickering as Josh nodded. He led the other three to the two and held it open. “Come on you lot.” Josh said as Alex moved over to Nate, sitting down on the couch beside him, watching them head out with a smile on his face.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Emmett Adler, Ezekiel Finch, and Theophilus Sharpe (and the Smith Clan)
Former Fireflies and Former Seraphite | 21, 24, 29, 25 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Soren tossed his arm over Josh’s shoulder as they exited the house. “Papa Soren. You know, I kinda like that. It’s better than Papa Josh. Mm we could be the Pops.” Hayden shook his head as he closed the door with a wave and walked along with his men out of the house and towards the gate. Nate listened to them go. He didn’t even watch the whole time. He imagined each of them as they moved. When Alex joined him on the couch, he fell into his shoulder without another thought. He wasn’t sure if he was exhausted from the night before or if that whole interaction had been exhausting. Maybe both. But it wasn’t bad. It was… it was really good honestly. “I think I just got parented.”​

 

[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Cameron Harris, Kaiden Lachlan and Elijah Lewis (And the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former Firefly, Former WLF, Former Seraphite | 19, 23, 26, 27 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Josh looked at Soren as he felt the arm over his shoulder. “I like that. Partners once more. Though if you need parenting tips, just come to me.” Josh said with a grin as he looked over at Hayden, hearing the door shut behind them. Alex meanwhile felt Nate fall into his shoulder and he wrapped an arm around him. “I know what you mean love. I did too. And it was.. really nice. How are you feeling? Still wanna eat here or do you feel up to meeting the rest of our new family?”​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Emmett Adler, Ezekiel Finch, and Theophilus Sharpe (and the Smith Clan)
Former Fireflies and Former Seraphite | 21, 24, 29, 25 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Hayden decided that he was going to walk with Jacob and ignore the men who thought they had anything on him. Soren laughed and laughed, because this may have been new for him, but it felt right. “I mean, you are my forever partner. Oh! Imagine, when we are filling out the logs on the patrols, we could just say ‘The Pops.’ Wouldn’t that be fun? And you say we are boring.”

Nate wasn’t sure. He wasn’t sure about anything. No, that was not true. He was sure that he had Alex and now he also had Jacob. And apparently Soren and the rest of the family too. When he thought about the cafeteria, it felt like a lot. There were so many people, and it was overwhelming. When did the masses of people start to bother him? When did he lose those social skills? “Do you want to go see Ezekiel and Kai? I know… I know you didn’t get to be with them much yesterday.” That was his fault.​

 

[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Cameron Harris, Kaiden Lachlan and Elijah Lewis (And the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former Firefly, Former WLF, Former Seraphite | 19, 23, 26, 27 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Jacob laughed as he listened to their men. “Yeah. They are the better fathers.. okay.” Jacob said with a smile on his face. He knew better as did they. Josh looked at Soren with a smile. “Perfect! I like that. From now on we’re the Pops.” Josh agreed with a big grin on his face.

Alex looked at Nate and smiled. “I can see them later. Hayden did say they’d probably stop by sometime today anyway. If it’s easier for you, we can just eat here. I don’t want you to be uncomfortable. Not at all.” Alex said, rubbing his shoulder gently.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Emmett Adler, Ezekiel Finch, and Theophilus Sharpe (and the Smith Clan)
Former Fireflies and Former Seraphite | 21, 24, 29, 25 | Current location ;; Wyoming

The best part of that big blow up three years ago was that everyone was better for it. Hayden had a wonderful relationship with his husband - the kind he should have had before that. Soren was having the time of his life with his best friend. They had never been so playful and fun. Jacob was not having to single-handedly save the entire WLF from Hayden’s trauma. Right now, these four were the best they had ever been. Times were still hard like with anyone, but this kind of joking and laughing couldn’t have happened before that. They were just too happy now. It was probably illegal. “The two of you sound old calling yourselves that. Like grandfathers.” He paused a moment. “Unless you are and then I think we need to have a conversation.”

Nate felt so torn. He was exhausted. He did not know how much energy he had for other people. But he loved having a family. He loved having a family. It felt so nice. Could he do that though? Last night was so hard. Alex shouldn’t have to suffer for him though. “Can we… can we go later? Maybe… maybe for dinner instead? I… I can’t…” he was trying to say what needed to be said out loud. Be transparent. “It’s a lot.”​

 

[EquineGurl23]

Alexander Brennan, Cameron Harris, Kaiden Lachlan and Elijah Lewis (And the Smith Clan)
Former Seraphite, Former Firefly, Former WLF, Former Seraphite | 19, 23, 26, 27 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Josh was thankful for the blow up three years ago. He’d never had a better relationship with his husband than he did after that. Jacob heard Hayden and looked at Soren. “I’m pretty sure we just adopted so we aren’t grandfathers. But you have more kids. More chances of them adopting young kids and you becoming grandparents that way.” Jacob said, turning his gaze back to Hayden and Josh. Josh was a little pale at that thought, though it wasn’t unheard of. Deaths were rare in Jackson but patrols did not always end nicely, especially when the hordes move through. There have been a few young kids that had to find new homes when their parents were bitten and had to be killed.

Alex looked at Nate and smiled, nodding his head. “Of course baby. I know it’s a lot and if you want wish to be around a lot of people right now, I understand. Would you like to see what our parents brought us?” Alex asked, looking at Nate.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Nathaniel Matthews, Emmett Adler, Ezekiel Finch, and Theophilus Sharpe (and the Smith Clan)
Former Fireflies and Former Seraphite | 21, 24, 29, 25 | Current location ;; Wyoming

Hayden was certainly not against the idea of becoming a grandparent, though the circumstances would likely have to be less than ideal for their children to have children. Of course, Hayden did all but adopt Kai when Kaiden had both of his parents still. A situation like that was not the worst. However it did mean that his birth father had to be less than pleasant and his mother died. Those were not the best circumstances for any of them. But if Kai was to suddenly show up with a kid, Hayden would certainly never deny that. He was too much himself for that. “Well, if they do, I won’t say no. I would love to have a little one I could dote on again.” Hayden looked over at Josh. “Can you imagine how nice that would be?” Soren snorted. “We only just got a kid. I’m not ready for a grandkid too.” Though he also wouldn’t say no. He would make it work.

Nate smiled. “Our parents.” That was such a strange thing to say. He never really talked about parents. He had his mama. That was it. He didn’t even know his daddy. Ben and Max had parents before his mama but neither of them really knew them either. They only had his mama too. Now he had parents. Alex had parents. What? “It’s more than breakfast?”​