"Hey."

Ali turned her head at the soft voice, seeing Nico landed gently in their hollow, a wide grin on his face as he wrapped his wings around her waist from behind and leant his chin on her shoulder.

"How you doin' sweet?" he asked, swaying rhythmically.

"Tired as hell," Ali mumbled her reply, leaning back against her mate and closing her eyes, "tell me again why we chose to do this?"

"Uh, we didn't?" Nico answered, shifting his feet a little to better support her weight.

"Oh yeah, it's all your fault," Ali said with a sleepy smirk.

"Excuse me," Nico mock-argued, unable to keep the smile off his face as he spun Ali around so she was facing him, "I do believe that night was your idea."

Ali raised an eyebrow, giving him her best 'unimpressed' look, making Nico second-guess what he was about to say, the words dying in his throat at the half-glare she was giving him. He resisted the urge to sigh, still unable to get over the fact that this girl could silence him with a simple look, whereas when he was faced with an eagle twenty times his size he couldn't keep his damn beak shut. Guess it just showed who he found more intimidating.

"I still retain that this whole thing is solely your fault," Ali said firmly, refusing to back down.

"Sorry, I'm just not seeing your logic there, you were the one who quite literally dragged me out of the club," Nico retorted, looking thoughtful as he thought back to that night nearly two weeks ago.

"You were speaking French!" Ali argued, as if that was the most obvious reason in the world, "you were whispering to me in bloody French! What was I meant to do?"

Nico just raised both eyebrows, an amused smirk playing on his beak. "So that's all it takes, me talking a little French?"

"It wasn't just the French," Ali mumbled, breaking the eye contact and looking at the floor, her expression sheepish, the hint of a smirk playing in the corner of her beak. "That was," she paused, taking a deep breath and chuckling a little, "a big part of it I'll admit though, but even so."

Nico grinned, "Okay, alors peut-être qu'il était en quelque sorte ma faute," he said, shrugging innocently.

There was a moment of silence, Ali staring at him blankly, one wing twitching ever so slightly. She sighed, dropping a wing into her wing. "You know, I have no clue what you just said, but it's taking all my self-restraint to...to..."

"Not now," Nico said softly, trying to keep himself from smirking.

"See! All your bloody fault!"

"That's what I said," Nico grinned.

"No you di- why you little..." Ali scowled, crossing her wings across her chest as she glared at him, figuring out what he was saying. Maybe it was time she learnt French herself, get back at him a little. Then again, knowing French while she didn't was the only thing he could hold over her.

"Language sweetie, let's give the poor kid a few months of normality."

Ali had to force back a laugh at this, turning around to the tiny nest behind them, shaking her head in disbelief. "Normality? You do know who our friends are right?"

"You do know who we are right?" Nico shot back, laughing as he wrapped a wing around her shoulder and looked down with a soft smile. "You worried?"

She looked down at the tiny sleeping form of their newborn son, leaning heavily against Nico, "a little, but everybody does, and it's not like we don't have plenty of help."

"Yeah you do!"

The couple turned, already inwardly rolling their eyes as Pedro and Tia landed, slightly clumsily, at the entrance to their hollow, both giggling giddily.

"This kid's screwed," Nico muttered, chuckling lightly as his best friend stumbled over, "have you been drinking?"

"He better not have been," Ali muttered darkly.

"Don't worry you two, just a little hyper," Tia laughed, "too much sleep," she explained quietly, grinning wide as she leant over Ali shoulder and looked into the nest. "Aw, he's just...just..."

"Too cute for words?" Nico put in, smiling proudly, "we know."

"Don't take this the wrong way, but so much cuter than yesterday," Pedro said from Nico's side. Ali and Nico looked at each other for a second, beaks open as if to dispute the claim, then begrudgingly agreed. The kid had obviously got his voice from his mother.

"All kids like cute when they're asleep, and, well, so long as he doesn't grow up to be like Ralfy's kids, I'm not gonna complain," Nico said, shrugging.

"You are one of Ralfy's kids," Pedro pointed out with a sly grin.

"Yeah, not genetically though, and hopefully that's all that counts."

Tia giggled, "everything seems to be piling up against him doesn't it?"

Again, Nico and Ali opened their beaks to argue, before once again agreeing. Between them all, they knew they were going to be raising one hell of a kid. The new parents looked at each other, smiles growing on their beaks as their eyes connected, identical looks saying the exact same thing. 'I don't care.'

A yawn broke the momentary connection, and all four birds dropped their gaze to the tiny bird, who had his beak open in a wide yawn, eyes blinking open, cautiously testing the light. Dark blue eyes blinked up at them, innocently taking in each face hovering over him.

"Hey baby," Ali murmured, reaching down and carefully picking him up, "you going to be quiet for your mama today?" she asked jokingly, though a tiny hint of seriousness broke through in her voice. The other three birds stayed silent as she cooed over her baby, though Nico stayed close, one wing around her shoulders.

"Have you named him yet?" Pedro asked quietly.

"Felix," Ali said, a wide smile filling her face, unable to take her eyes off the sleepy bundle in her wings.

Tia nudged Pedro, nodding towards the door as she edged towards it, dragging him along reluctantly, leaving the new parents to enjoy the peace and quiet.

"We're going to be okay aren't we?" Ali asked after a few moments of silence, tearing her gaze off Felix and up to Nico, eyes wide and worried.

"Of course we are sweet," Nico said, kissing the side of her head, "we're going to give him love, nurturing, and just enough dysfunction for him to be funny."

Ali couldn't help but laugh, "I love you," she whispered through chuckles.

Nico grinned, kissing her head then Felix's.

"I love you too," he said, "both of you."

A/N: And.. Done! Sorry this took so long, I left home in september, started university and generally started a whole new life. I had a lot to get sorted, and didn't really have time or inspiration to write. But it's here, slightly rushed, but here. The promised epilogue. I hope you all enjoyed. I certainly did. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, I love you all and would give you all a huge hug if I could :)

However, I regret to say, but I think this is it from me. I'm not quite as invested in the fandom and in these stories as I used to be, and while I may pop up every now and again with the odd oneshot or drabble (which I will put all in one story), it's unlikely they will be regular, if at all. It's been a good run, and a huge thank you to all who have stuck by me. I hope to be back one day, maybe the sequel will spark a new interest when it comes out. who knows ;)

Again, thank you to everyone who has reviewed, and even to those who have read and enjoyed but chosen to stay silent. Heck, even those who read it and hated it. Thank you to you all, just for clicking the link and reading :D You're all amazing.