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Dark Hearts

Matt shakes his head. "It's hot in there. Legion's not happy," Matt says. He grins, though, and wavers a bit. "The air is so nice, we should go for a walk." His words are slurred.

"Nice to meet you too. Want some hot chocolate?" Mason asks. His face was still mostly covered. It made Eli wonder for a second if he was going to attempt to drink his hot chocolate through his face mask.

"So what happens now?" She asks, leaning gently against him.
 
When Legion was mentioned, Emmalia was happy to just go with whatever Matt wanted - she didn't want to deal with Legion. "Sure, honey." The air wouldn't feel cold to either of them, so why not?

"Oh, uh, sure," Orion said. He gave Theory one more squeeze then let him go. "I can pay for myself, of course, it's fine."

"Well, we can go inside, to bed. From there, I leave that up to you, cher." Roy chuckled quietly.
 
Matt looks back at the bar. "Is my boyfriend staying in there?" He asks with a pout and looks at Em as if she'll know.

"You sure?" Mason asks. Normally, he'd offer to pay for anything for another person but part of him thought Orion was sketchy. The other part thought he was handsome.

Maven beams. "Well, in that case, I will take you up on that offer."
 
"Uh..." Em looked back at the bar, then said, "I don't know."

Adira and Miles soon come out of the bar hand-in-hand. They're both rather drunk, but Adira less so - she had promised Miles she wouldn't drink too much.

"Of course," Orion said with a smile. He looked down to Theory. "How have you been? Enjoying New Years?"
 
"Hey guys!" Matt calls, waving to the couple. "Come for a walk with us~" He throws his arms around Em and is super giggly while leaning on her.

Theory nods. "Yes! It's just like in the movies. I'm glad I could see it from the front row," Theory says excitedly like a child.
 
Em was just happy that Matt was happy.

Adira and Miles catch up with them. "You guys heading to your apartments too?"

Orion looked down at Theory and smiled at how cute he was.

Eli gets oddly jealous of how cuddly Orion and Theory are being, and pulled Mason close for a hug.
 
Matt blinks at them blankly. "No," he says as if the answer is so obvious. He turns and starts walking in a very curvy line down the street with Em as his support. There are people cheering and celebrating in the streets and in restaurants they pass.

Theory tucks his head in Orion's shoulder. "I'm sleepy though," he says.

Mason chuckles and gives Eli a brief hug back then grabs the hot chocolates he ordered and gives one to Eli and another to Theory.

Theory lifts his head to take the drink.
 
Adira and Miles stay with the other couple merely because their apartments were that direction. At one point, when they got away from the main crowds and went down a darker street, a group of five men were walking towards them. They stopped ahead of them and the sound of pocket knives opening filled the air. One of the men began saying, "Happy New Year. Want to donate your wallets and jewelry and get to see the rest of it?" But he didn't get very far as Adira had let go of Miles and drawn her pistols, stating, "Fuck off and I won't shoot you all." The men seemed shaken. They had been told that knives were enough to intimidate.the men laid their knives down and moved around the group.

Orion waits for Theory to finish his drink, then said, "I can take you to my apartment if you're tired? Or your hotel room. It's okay."
 
Mathias has a dumb, innocent look on his face. He looks at Adira. "That was awesome," he says and lets out something like a giggle.

Matt sobered up enough to put himself between Em and the men when they threatened them, but now he has to go back to using Em as support.

"Is that what people usually do? They go home?" Theory asks. He didn't want to miss out on a single tradition while he's there.
 
Adira looked up at Miles and smiled as she put her guns back in their holsters. "Thank you." It was funny just how nice that compliment made her feel.

Em kissed Matt's cheek and helped guide him as they walked.

Orion looked up at Mason and Eli, then back to Theory and nodded. "Yeah. When you're tired you go home. Otherwise you eat crappy food and there's no need for that."
 
Days later, everyone is back into their usual swing of things. Eli shows up to work before Lucian as per usual, organizing paperwork and getting mail. Lucian is a but later than usual and is coming up the elevator as Eli is getting stuff ready for a meeting.

After Matt gets done with his last class for the morning, he excitedly goes down to a tattoo parlor. His tattoo design was ready and he wanted to surprise Em so she wasn't invited along even though she knows he's getting a tattoo. After years of not being able to have any, Matt finally had the time to get it done.

Theory woke up one Monday afternoon in Orion's apartment. Usually, he goes home Sunday night but this time he opted not to.

Max wakes up after a mere two hours of sleep, eats a very quick breakfast, and runs out of the house with his practice bag before Be even leaves the bathroom.
 
Eli didn't think much of Lucian being late. It was, by his figuring, normal for someone to be late at least once in a while.

Em went to her apartment on her two hour break from the florist's so she could take a quick nap. As she dozed, one of her favorite alleycats, a lovely grey cat, slipped in through the window, evidently having climbed the fire escape. It moved to her side and nuzzled against her, and she wrapped her arm around it to hug it close before going back to sleep.

Orion felt Theory stir and slowly woke. He held Theory against his chest and had his head tucked against Theory's shoulder. "Good morning, love."

Beatrice heard the front door slam as she walked back into the bedroom. In turn, she called Max.
 
Lucian comes to his office and walks in, frowning and not even greeting Eli. He goes to his desk to check the new mail.

Hours later, Matt comes to Em's apartment. He unlocks her door with his spare key. "Emmy~ I'm here! Come look at my tattoos!" He says.

"Good morning," Theory says tiredly. He wraps his arms around Orion's waist under his shirt and smiles a bit.

Max answers in his car over bluetooth. "Hello?" He says, speeding towards his practice rink.
 
Eli noticed the strange shift in the air when Lucian walked in. Normally he would always greet him, this was different. "Good morning, sir," Eli said politely.

Em half-woke at the sound of Matt's voice. "Mm? What did you say?" She called from the bedroom.

Orion kissed Theory's forehead and said, "You sure your parents won't be mad that you stayed here?"

"Max? Where did you run off to? Is everything okay?"
 
"Good morning," Lucian says, not even correcting Eli's use of "sir." He throws out some useless mail and tucks the rest of it in his bag. The air around him is grim and he keeps running his hand through his un-gelled hair. Usually it's all done and nice, but today not at all. He goes to the mirror in the office and pulls out a bottle of gel so he can do his hair. "Did you already order a car to take us to the meeting?" Lucian asks.

"I said, look at my tattoos..." he trails off towards the end when he sees Em laying with a cat. "Emmalia, why is there a cat in your bed?" He didn't like cats very much.

"Oh no, they will. But I don't want to go back for a little while longer. I like it here," Theory says, looking up at Orion.

"Yeah, everything's fine. I'm just late for practice," Max says. He hasn't been home much lately, and that wouldn't change for awhile.
 
"Yes sir, and it's your favorite too," Eli said. He watched Lucian for a few seconds, then poured some water from a water bottle into a cup and brought it over to Lucian. "With that brand of hair gel, using a little water helps, and we have a bit of time." He didn't know what was up with Lucian, but before he'd ask, he'd try to get in his favor.

Em picked up her head a bit and actually opened her eyes. "What?" She looked down at the cat for a few seconds, then furrowed her eyebrows. Her confusion was evident and comical. "Uh... he must have come in through the window...."

Orion smiled. Theory was willing to deal with his parents anger just so he could stay near him. It was adorable. "Can I ever meet your parents?"

"Oh... well, okay. I love you," Beatrice said rather sadly.
 
Lucian glances at the water and uses it along with his gel. He finishes his hair and stares into the mirror for a few long moments. Then everything inside him seems to burst. He can't keep his composure anymore, it's eating him alive... His wife is pregnant again. He raises a first and, with a loud cry, slams it into the mirror so it shatters. His eyes tear up and he puts his hands over his face, frustrated.

"Then get it out! It's dirty!" Matt says, going over and picking the cat up to toss it out onto the fire escape.

Theory shrugs. "I'm not sure. I don't even know how they act with other people."

"Love you too. I'll call you later, okay? I'll be back for lunch," Max says. He hangs up.
 
Eli, startled, took a step back from Lucian. When he finally gets his courage up, he asked, "Lucian, what's wrong? What happened?"

Em cried out and took the cat back from him. "You can't throw him out the window, he might fall!" She looked up at Matt with big eyes. "He's one of the alley cats I take care of on my way to work. He's not dirty, he has flea and lice and tic protection on him - I do it every month to all the alley cats. It's - " She looked up at him, then away. "It's not fair that some cats get that and some don't...." Not meeting Matt's eyes, she walked over and set the cat on the window sill, and it went out on its own. She leaned against the window frame and sighed, then quietly said, "I just don't think it's fair to treat animals like they're so much less than people...." Her arms crossed over her chest and she shifted uncomfortably. She knew what it felt like to be treated like less than human, and Matt knew that too. She cleared her throat and said, "Now, let me see the tattoos. You've been talking about it for a while."

Orion looked at Theory, then slowly said, "You've never seen my wolf form, have you?"

Beatrice sighed and set down the phone.
 
Lucian is breathing hard and looks up at Eli. "Lilith is pregnant." He says. He sits down in a chair and rests his elbows on his knees with his face in his hands. Not only was Lilith aging, but having another half demon baby would definitely ruin her for good.

Matt frowns at Em but decides to ignore it for the time being. He holds out his left arm and lifts the sleeve of his shirt. On his bicep is USMC written with the marine corps emblem under it. On his left inside forearm is the date that he and Emmalia found out they were soulmates and underneath that date is an intricate rose with white-to-grey shading. Finally, on his right inner forearm, there is a crosshair tattoo that you'd see through a sniper scope.

Theory shakes his head. "No, I haven't. I want to. Will you be fluffy?" Theory asks, tucking his leg over Orion's and looking up at him happily.

Max doesn't check up on Be and doesn't even make it home for lunch. It's only two hours after lunch that Max comes home.
 
Eli was utterly speechless. He remembered what had transpired at Christmas, how mad Lucian had been at Max for getting Beatrice pregnant. In honesty he had no words to say.

Em looked at the date and rose and slowly grinned. "They're all fantastic, Matty."

"Very," Orion replied, and stood slowly. "Just, uh, look the other way and I'll shift."

Beatrice is sitting at the dinner table staring at Max. They needed to talk.
 
"Shes refusing to abort the baby. She'll be destroyed if she has another child," Lucian looks up at Eli, looking completely broken. "What do I do?"

"I'm excited for them to heal. And eventually I'll get more," Matt says, looking happy like a child.

"Why can't I look at you? I want to see," Theory says, raising an eyebrow.

Max comes home looking absolutely exhausted and disheveled. He sees Be sitting at the table and purses his lips. "Is something wrong?" He asks slowly. He forgot about lunch. And he had to be at class in an hour.
 
Eli didn't know what to say. It wasn't his matter to deal with. But Lucian was also his friend as well as his boss. "I think you need to talk to your kids. Maybe they can think of something."

Em smiled and wrappe her arms around his waist. "And I'm sure every one will look amazing on you."

"Shifting is not a pretty process," Orion said hesitantly.

"Yeah," Beatrice sighed. "I think you're pushing yourself too hard. I'm worried, Maxy."
 
Lucian sighs. "I guess," he says. Slowly, he gets up and composes himself. "We need to go or we'll be late to the meeting."

"Are you ever gonna get any tattoos?" Matt asks, sliding his hands over her waist.

"I don't care, I still want to see," Theory says.

"Don't be, I'm fine. Promise," Max says with a smile and is then greeted by Cloud running downstairs and licking him. He needed to pretend everything was ok.
 
" I mean... if you need, we don't have to go," Eli said hesitantly. "We can reschedule...."

Em shrugs a bit. "Maybe. I've never considered it, to be honest."

Orion seemed a bit uncomfortable. "Well... okay, then." He got out of the bed and got undressed, then willed himself to change. The shift was painless, but didn't look like it was. It only took about a second, though, so it was nearly impossible to see anyway. In the end, though, in his place stood a large, fluffy black wolf. His head was about at Theory's shoulder.

Beatrice sat back in her seat and said, "I don't think you are, love..."
 
"No, we need to go." Lucian gathers papers in his satchel and heads to the door. "It's good to have a distraction."

"I think a tattoo or two would look good on you. Even if it's small," Matt says.

Theory watches the transformation with a neutral gaze, then gasps and reaches out to pet his head once he's turned. He strokes Orion's head lovingly. "You're beautiful."

"What makes you say that?" Max asks, leaning against the table.
 
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