Epilogue

"You better not have forgotten your books again." LeFou said down the hall.

"I packed them, look." Pierre said, running down the hall to the living room where LeFou was waiting. He showed his knapsack. "See?"

"Well then you're ready, so let's go." LeFou said impatiently.

"No, I have to feet Juniper first." Pierre insisted, dropping his bag on the floor and running back to his room. LeFou shook his head. Pierre had managed to find a baby raccoon and was babying it day and night. LeFou had wanted to keep it out of the house, but Stanley had insisted that since it was a baby it would be harmless. For now. They finally settled on letting it stay with them until it was grown, and then seeing how terrifying or not it was at adulthood.

Stanley came out from their room further down the hall, glancing in Pierre's room briefly and smiling to himself. He had a bit of a soft spot for Juniper the raccoon. "Heading out?" He asked his husband, who was clearly irritated at Pierre's slowness again. LeFou nodded. Stanley got close to him, saying under his breath, "Cut him some slack. You know what he's been through."

"Oh like verbal abuse leads to being tardy." LeFou said.

Stanley tried not to laugh, "Oh, hush. Be good to him, okay?"

"I'm always good to him, people accuse me of favoritism."

"Yeah right," Stanley smiled, pausing to kiss him. Pierre whined from down the hall, "Dads stop that's so annoying."

They both laughed at this. They loved bothering him with their affection. It was the greatest joy of being parents. "Whatever it takes to get you out of the door." LeFou teased, opening the front door of the house for his adoptive son. Pierre just rolled his eyes and stepped out. "I'll see you later tonight, love." He called out to Stanley before heading out for work.