Becoming the Luna

A couple years later…

***"Virgil? V?" Ian's slightly worried voice floats in and out. "Who keeps letting him back in the delivery room?"

A harried nurse was frantically checking him over. "N-no one, he wakes up each time he passes out and barrels back in, there's no trying to stop him."

Ian grimaces, he could imagine and just like his younger brother was summoned, he shot upright, his expression distorted in tangible terror like he was being flayed alive and Ian found himself pointing the Alpha in the direction of his mate.

"Let's hope the worst he gets from constantly passing out is a mild concussion…" Ian mutters to the nurse, watching Virgil take off in the direction of Hayden…***

"Baby? Stop watching that video, you have been doing that nonstop all day." Hayden complains, coming in with a ripped stuffy. " Lake and Lily are at it again." He reports to his husband about their twin kids. "And if I try to stop them, they listen until I'm out of the room and just go right back to fighting."

Virgil gets off the bed, the frustration in Hayden's voice ticking him off, he didn't like it when his mate was unhappy. "Sure." He quickly agrees, getting up to place a quick kiss on his forehead, sweeping out of the room.

Hayden sighs in relief at this, finally taking a breather all day as he gingerly sits on the bed, picking up the tablet that Virgil had abandoned to curiously check out the video.

It seemed like it was just yesterday he was panicking at being unable to save one of his babies, now they were almost two and as much as he loved his children, a short vacation wouldn't hurt.

But that wasn't possible with his Alpha twin kids, if he so much as left their immediate environment, they went into a rage, he only hopes they'll grow out of it soon so he can move around with having to cart around hyperactive and constantly fighting kids.

He moved the video playing forward a bit to after the birth, he preferred to dwell on the happy things.

He and Dream had been put in the same room, Dream miserable with the screaming of his daughter who didn't properly calm down till Dale showed up after discussing with the doctors.

Then there he was, Virgil still squeamish beside him, the twins with their tightly clenched fists and soft faces like they were ready to throw punches at each other, at least it explained why there was so much kicking going on.

The door opens just as the video gets to the part where he was convincing Virgil to carry his kids, scenting was very important.

He pauses the video and looks up just as Virgil walks in, expression blank as he holds up both of his hands which had both of their children hanging off his sides, sharp claws digging into his sweater even as they snarled at each other.

"Why did we think it was a good idea for me to go deal with them?" He asks quietly, wincing because the claws had to be digging into his sides.

Hayden darts up in horror, hurrying over. "Lily! Lake! Get down right now!" He says sternly, visibly upset with them which rarely happened.

This has them letting go of Virgil, going over to Hayden, wrapping their furry bodies around his legs, whining pitifully, they hated getting their papa mad.

Hayden remains unruffled, arms crossed sternly, it was barely nine in the morning and they had already worn him out.

"Come on, back to people with you." He orders them and they obediently shift back, both of them standing beside each of his legs, hugging the appendage and giving him puppy eyes. "You're both spending the rest of the day at the daycare." He pronounces gravely, clenching his fists so he doesn't change his mind at the way their face falls and they go into full pouting mode.

"Dad?" Lily whines. "Don't let papa do this to us." She implores him, her wild blonde hair stopping just beneath her ears, the fluffy hair framing her chubby face, blue eyes staring out.

Virgil hides his amusement at their three year old children severe faces like they were all discussing sending them off to the war front and not just the daycare a couple floors down.

"You need to make friends your age…" Virgil reminds them. "You can't hang around your papa all time."

Lily makes a disgusted face at his suggestion, sharing a look with her twin brother.

"But we don't want to." Lake says simply.

"Yes, Papa…" Lily tugs on Hayden's sweater. "Can we stay with you? Pretty please, we promise we'll be good."

Lake nods furiously to support his sister's words, he was the quieter of the two, tawny hair just as wild and fluffy as his sister's although his hair was slightly longer, matching bright blue eyes on his face.

Hayden gives them a done look, if anyone else was just walking in, they would think he was a strict parent, meanwhile they've already had a couple of this exact same scenario just this morning, he wasn't budging.

"It's not up for discussion, sweethearts." He tells them, tone still serious. "Come on, let's get you ready." He grabs their wrists and makes his way to their rooms to get them dressed.

"No running away." He tells them seriously as he brushes their hair, trust me, I will find out if you go to Grandma…"

Lily has an exaggerated pout on her face, Lake looking a little nervous and Hayden is thinking that maybe he should have not pampered them so much and put them in the daycare earlier because it was obvious they hated social situations or maybe it's just their parents rubbing off on them.

Hayden wanted to try anyway, if they didn't thrive then he was homeschooling them and that was the end of it.

His heart aches at their immensely sad expressions but he doesn't budge, knowing it was for their benefit, didn't mean it was fun.

"Come on, don't have that look on your faces like I'm going to throw you out the window."

"That might actually be better." Lily grumbles.

Hayden clamps his mouth shut at this. "Aunt DD will be there." He tries to encourage them but it doesn't elicit the required response, their expressions still as grave and gloomy as ever.

At the hallway that led to the daycare, they bump into Dream who is crouching beside his bright eyed daughter, adjusting the yellow bowtie in her hair. She had Dream's beautiful blonde hair and forest green eyes.

"Sunshine!" Lily is the first to belt out when she sees their bestfriend, tugging her hand from her papa's hold to run over to her, easily picking her up in a tight hug.