Cloud - Epilogue - Years later

Face pressed up against the front door side window, my eyes were open wide as I stared at what I saw. "Leon!" I shouted worriedly back into the house, never taking my eyes off the scene.

"What's wrong?" Came a worried shout in return, followed by running and suddenly Leon was pressed against my back and I heard a sharp intake of breath. "What the hell?"

"I know! First Roxas comes out of the closet and reveals his more than just friendly relationship with Axel by breaking into our drawer to get his hands on the lube bottle. And now our second son is gay too." I frowned, squinting, "Right? He's sucking face with a boy, isn't he? I can't tell... long flowy silver hair. If it just turned around so I could see if it has boobs or not..."

"That's Riku! That's my boss's son! Holy fuck, no wonder he keeps giving me weird looks!" He clutched my arm, eyes still glued to the scene we were witnessing.

"No!" I shrieked, watching as Sora's hand travelled down this Riku boy's back. "He's going straight for the ass!" Groaning, I banged my head against the window once, pushed back, turned around and then dramatically sobbed as I stepped into Leon's arms. "And here I thought we'd taught him some manners..."

Leon's arms circled me, and he patted my back sympathetically. "There, there. I'm sure it's fine. I mean, they are just making out under the only light on the front porch so all the neighbors can see him grope his boyfriend. Or at least, I hope he's a boyfriend. I'm going to kick Sora's ass for keeping this from us." He grumbled. "Dear lord, you don't think Sora's lost his, you know, already, do you?"

"Oh god!" I whined, cringing up at Leon, "Now we have to repeat the uncomfortable anal explanation sex talk with Sora! I remember needing to throw back more than two shots to recover from having to cover those topics with Rox and Ax..."

"Only because Roxas kept interrupting into giggle fits. That kid is only ever that crazy around Ax. Sora's going to just pester us endlessly throughout the whole thing, and I'm going to strangle him."

I patted his cheek, nodding solemnly at him. "But maybe this time with Riku, when you tell him that if he hurts Sora in any way, you'll make him pick a tree while you get the shovel... he'll actually get scared. Unlike Axel who just laughed at that." That damned redhead knew us nearly as well as the boys did.

"He better be shivering in his boots. Come on, let's get back to bed. I think I'm just going to flicker the lights to scare the shit out of them. I feel like rinsing my brain out with soap." Still watching through the window, he leaned around me and quickly flipped the light switch, making the porch light go off and on.

"Fuck!" We heard Sora curse, leading me to turn around and look out the window too. They hadn't seen us, but Sora wasn't an idiot... Leon made sure lights didn't flicker ever. He fixed everything before it could properly break. "Well, that was fun while it lasted. My uncles are going to kill you." He declared to his boyfriend.

"Language..." I muttered automatically, even though he couldn't hear.

"Sora! This was your idea! If they bury me under a tree, like Axel said, then I'm making sure you cushion my grave!"

Raising an eyebrow, I peeked up at Leon, "He gets bonus points for that comment."

He chuckled and pulled me back towards our room. "It looks like he can handle the little monkey just fine." Sighing, he pulled me close to place a kiss against my temple. "You did good with them, you know?"

Smiling softly, I turned in his arms, walking backwards and pulling him with me into the room until we tumbled on the bed. "So did you. Couldn't have done any of it without you."

"Thanks. And no, I will not be the one to do the sex talk. But I might be persuaded to at least show up to help you, if you make it worth my while." He wiggled his eyebrows at me and pinched my nipple.

"If you don't show up I'll demand a divorce." Winking and grinning, I then leaned up and kissed his lips softly.

"As if you could ever get rid of me. I love you, Cloud." He murmured.

"For better or for worse." I growled out. "You made the promise, so stick to it." He pecked my lips, trying to shut me up, smirking all the while. "You are doing that talk with me. I'm not doing it alone!" I declared, trying to move my head away so he couldn't peck my lips anymore. "I love you too, by the way." I chuckled happily as he rolled his eyes at me.

"Fine! First thing in the morning!" Falling back onto the bed, he huffed dramatically, then gave me a pout. "Are we still gonna snuggle, or do I have to go to bed now?"

Shuffling closer to him, I settled against his side, kissing his cheek lots. "Snuggle, of course. In bed. All at once."

"Sounds good." Reaching over, he quickly shut off the light and I felt his arms wrap around me, and his lips cover mine.

The End!

And that's it! Another short story wrapped up and finished. Alice and I had a great time writing this one; and we have good memories about it as it was the last fanfic we managed to start and finish writing before I started my job, which was the main trigger for us to slow down on the fan fiction front.

Anyways: "Oh please put Riku in at some point. Please?" There ya go ;)

Until we meet again dudes and dudettes!