"Well?" Kurt challenged, "You said you wanted to talk, so talk."

Burt looked between the two of them for a moment as Noah walked over and wrapped his arm around Kurt.

"I... I'm sorry Kurt."

Kurt laughed humourlessly. "You're sorry? Dad it's been months since we last spoke. Up until today you'd never even seen your grandkids. And now what? You say you're sorry and we're supposed to forget it all? Just like that?"

"No! Of course not!" Burt exclaimed, "Look, I thought of what I wanted to say all the here, but now..."

He took a deep breath, not looking at either of them as he tried to figure out what he wanted to say.

"Just give me a chance to explain," he said finally, looking up at them, "Please."

"Kurt," Noah murmured quietly and Kurt sighed. Noah didn't need to say anything more than that for Kurt to know exactly what he meant.

"Fine," the smaller man agreed reluctantly. They went and sat down and Kurt stared at his father expectantly.

"Everything I said, everything I did... I was wrong," Burt said. "I just... look, I'm not good with talking, you know that."

"You had no issue talking when you told us exactly what you thought of us adopting Shane and Maisie," Kurt pointed out, his voice cracking.

"I didn't want you to get hurt!" Burt exclaimed.

"Well you certainly succeeded there, didn't you?" Kurt said sarcastically.

"Kurt, you don't know what it's like," Burt said, "To look at your child, to see them hurting and suffering and knowing there's nothing you can do to stop it or help them... I never wanted you to experience that."

Kurt bit his lip and looked down, blinking hard.

"I love you Kurt, I love both of you, and I'm proud of you for giving these kids a chance at a happy life," Burt said earnestly. "But the idea of watching you two go through that and experience that pain with your own kids... it hurt too much, I couldn't do it."

Kurt looked up and saw, to his shock, that his dad was crying.

"I get it," Kurt finally said, "I do, I get it. But dad, whether Shane and Maisie have a hundred years, ten years, or one minute left, Noah and I want to make that time the best it can possibly be for them."

"It does hurt," Noah added, "You're right, seeing either of them hurt or sick and knowing we can't help, it kills us."

"But we can try," Kurt continued, "We can hold them and give them their meds and talk to the doctors when they can't. They weren't made for this world we live in dad, but we'll do whatever we can to make this world right for them."

Burt smiled as the tears came faster.

"I'm so sorry Kurt."

Kurt stood and wrapped his arms around his dad. Things wouldn't be magically fixed right away and all three men knew there was much more talking to be done, but right now none of that mattered. Kurt had missed his dad so much.

Noah watched the pair silently, a smile playing on his lips. He stood as father and son pulled apart.

"So Burt," he said, "Want to meet your grandkids?"

2019 UPDATE:

Anybody still there? Maybe? Sorta?

It's been a while, hasn't it? Literal years.

Obviously this is not a new chapter, but this is a little update on what is to come.

I'm currently in the process of going through and editing all my stories, starting with my one-shot series, then my one-shots, then my longer series.

I will be fixing spelling and grammar issues, as well as editing the stories to make them flow better. This might mean changing the wording of some things or even adding or removing some things.

The stories will keep the same plot, but I wrote a lot of these when I was really young and my writing style and ability has changed a lot since then. I'm not going to be changing a lot of things (at least not in my one-shots, series fics are another matter), but I want to make them the best they can be.

My goal is to have all the editing done (with the exception of a couple multi-chapter fics) done by the end of this year. Meaning I would be able to start posting new chapters come the new year.

The only ones that might take longer to edit are my Supernatural Multi-Chapter story and my Walking-Dead multi-chapters stories. This is because, honestly, I'm not thrilled with the direction either of them went.

I might add chapters, remove certain things, make chapters longer, who knows. I'm gonna see what happens when I get there.

I love writing and I love fanfiction and if there's still anyone out there who was reading my fics, I apologize for abandoning them.

I wish I could explain why I haven't updated in so long, but in the time it took me to do that I could probably write 10 new chapters.

So instead I'll let you know I'll be back in the new year with new chapters and new content, and in the meantime, I'll be reposting each chapter on my fics all polished and shiny.

Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me and I look forward to what is to come!