HERE IS THE EPILOGUE! :D Thank you to my lovely reviewers!

PS: I haven't beaten AssCreed 3 yet, so if any information pertaining to Desmond's family is revealed, I don't know about it yet. This is AU, so yeah. :I

"Desmond! Merry Christmas!" Mrs. Miles wraps her arms around Desmond's neck and nuzzles his face with her own. "We were so worried when you didn't show up last night!"

Desmond blushes, "Well, uh, traffic was bad so I just stayed with Shaun at the hotel." He says, letting his eyes trail over to me.

"Shaun." I turn and see Mr. Miles. He gives me a nod and a firm handshake. His eyes were fierce and frigid. God, this man has always intimidated me.

"Happy Christmas, Mr. Miles." I say and Desmond's mother has started ushering me into their house.

"You know, I was so worried that Desmond was going to drive down here all by himself." She says, "I'm so glad that he has such nice people in his life to take care of him."

Desmond smiles at me and as I stare back, I can't help but want to hold his hand. Do all of that romantic rubbish from the stupid movies.

Desmond places his jacket on the sofa and looks up at his parents. He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes for a moment, "Mom, Dad." He begins.

His parents pick up on the tone of seriousness in Desmond's voice and quiet for a moment.

"This year, I'm not… I'm not introducing Shaun as my good friend." He begins. I see pink tickle his ears and I can feel a heat rising to my face as well, "I'm introducing him as my partner. As my boyfriend." He takes my hand in his own and stares his father straight in the eye, "Dad, I'm gay."

The air is thick with tension. I feel Desmond squeeze my hand so I squeeze back. The pause is long and Desmond's father's face is incredibly serious. I did't know that Des was going to drop the bomb like this. My heart is pounding and I didn't know how to react.

"Desmond, I don't love you any less." His father says, calmly. "As a father, I will always be proud of you."

His mother is almost in tears and she rushes to pull Desmond into a hug, "Thank you, sweetie." Desmond wraps his free arm around her.

"Thank you, mom." He's weeping now, too. I didn't know that he could, but he squeezes my hand even tighter.

I wonder if any of Desmond's other girlfriends that he brought over got to witness something so sickeningly perfect. The wonders of the dynamic that is the Miles family. Maybe I'm just bitter, but I hope that they don't. I don't like the idea of anybody getting to see Desmond this vulnerable. This open. This intimate.

And honestly, I find it hard that I spent so many years acting like I hated him.

THE END!

Merry Christmas everyone! I AIN'T AFRAID TO SAY IT!

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