NOTE: This in an AU inspired by a fan art: Ludwig and Gilbert with wolf's ears and tail and two little puppies with them little!Gilbert and little!Ludwig, (I'm looking for the picture and I hope to show it to you very soon!)

In this story, Ludwig and Gilbert are humanoid wolves so they live in a forest inside a cavern but they wear clothes and have things like blanket… It's a sort of fantasy, guys, accept it, please eheh!

We have two story-lines, the flashbacks will start in the second chapter.

Warnings: Incest (Ludwig and Gilbert are mate but they are still brothers), Mpreg (it starts with this chapter), Lemon (later…), Ivan x Gilbert one-side (yes, it is a warning…).

I know, it's a crazy idea but I've to do it!

Good Reading!

Awesome Puppies!

Winter… Winter… Why is it happening during winter?

Ludwig glared at the falling snow. It was cold yesterday and the day before. Hell, it had been cold and snowy for about two months or so and Ludwig didn't like it one bit. Snow was not one of his favorite things but the pups had decided to born that night and he couldn't do anything about it.

Ludwig had hoped until the last day to have pups during spring or summer.

It was easier to find food and to take care of the little ones.

Winter was cold and cold wasn't good for pups.

He had seen a lot of pups die because of the winter, because their parents hadn't been able to warm them up properly and he had seen a lot of pups die because their mother couldn't feed them anymore because of the absence of decent food.

Winter wasn't a good season to come to the world for a little wolf but he and Gilbert could do nothing about it, it had happened when it had happened and they could only hope for the best. Ludwig had born during a winter night and he was a strong, health wolf, Gilbert wasn't different from him but he had suffered until spring because he was the smaller one of his litter and the only one to be born alive.

He had suffered his entire life because of that fact.

An albino wolf with demon red eyes.

The wolves of their family called Ludwig a fool to have chosen him as his mate, but the young wolf hadn't listened to them, he had just followed his heart and it had been Gilbert's propriety for a lot of time. No one accepted his decision, so they had left to start their own pack somewhere else.

But they had been alone for more than a year after the mating season.

Gilbert had tried to be cheerful but Ludwig could see how much he was suffering because of it.

Ludwig didn't care, of course but a wolf need a pack to survive and the two of them all alone couldn't last forever.

But then, at the start of the previous spring, Gilbert had welcomed him with the most beautiful smile Ludwig had ever seen. "We're going to be three or four or more very soon!"

Ludwig sighed deeply wrapping his arms around his own body looking up at the falling snow: he wanted a lot of strong pups like every wolf but he wasn't sure about it anymore, not when Gilbert had to suffer to give birth to them. The season was the worst and the spring was far away, he hoped to have only one pup. It was better for Gilbert, it was better for him and it was better for the little one.

They were young, they were alone and they had no food.

They weren't able to take care of a numerous litter right now, not during that damned winter. Ludwig didn't want to think to the possibility to see their pups die because of the cold or because Gilbert wasn't able to feed them anymore. Ludwig was afraid and he hated himself because he was powerless.

"I have to do it alone, wait outside."

Why? Ludwig wasn't able to help Gilbert but he was turning crazy out there without knowing if Gilbert was fine, if he needed help, comfort or a hand to hold. His mate had always been too proud and stubborn, it was the problem.

Ludwig growled some nonsense turning around to take a look to the dark cavern. The huge hole in the rock wall was hidden by a lot of wild ivy. He had found that place before the mating season and he had taken Gilbert there when they were forced to leave their old home. It was a safe place to live, to start their new life together and to give birth to their pups.

He sighed again: he could see nothing from where he stood but he tried to listen… nothing, he couldn't hear Gilbert's voice or the tiny voice of a new little life. everything was silent and Ludwig hated it.

He closed his fists restraining himself from running inside the cavern to see what Gilbert was doing.

And if the pups were born dead?

Ludwig's heart skip a beat: they were moving until some hours ago, Ludwig had felt them kick against his hand. They were alive! They were fine! But… but… Ludwig remembered their father talk about Gilbert's birth, six pups died a few seconds after their birth without a real reason. Six pups with black ears and tail, six boys, Gilbert was the only one with white ears and tail and he was the only one to survive.

He was the smaller, he was the weaker but he didn't give up.

Gilbert had never given up, not even when their father had sold him to another prank of grey wolves like an peace's offer between their families. Gilbert had been sacrificed for the sake of a family that hated him. Bastards…Ludwig had always been the favorite son in a way or another and he had surprised everyone when he had betrayed their trust choosing Gilbert as his mate.

He was going to be the Alpha wolf after their father, the leader of their pack and ha had given up everything for Gilbert's love and he didn't regret it. Ludwig had his beloved brother with him forever, now. They were mates, nothing else was important.

"West!"

Ludwig stopped to breathe, he froze without taking his eyes off of the cavern's entrance. He could hear Gilbert's cries and screams very clearly now but he didn't have the strength to take a step. Gilbert was saying nothing, he was just crying in agony and Ludwig was afraid to know the reason. The labor had started hours ago and Gilbert had never emitted a sound for the entire night! Why now? What the hell was happening?

"West... Ludwig!"

Everything fell still a second later, Gilbert wasn't screaming anymore and Ludwig felt like he was going to die under the falling snow.

"Gilbert…" He muttered taking a step hesitantly, "Gilbert? Gilbert!" He ran inside the cavern trying to see his mate in that dark place, his blue eyes got used to the darkness very soon and he found his brother where he had left him hours before, on their bed of straw with all their blankets wrapped around his body.

"Gilbert…" Ludwig came closer slowly, the albino wolf didn't listen to him and he didn't take his eyes off of the little precious thing he was holding against his best. Gilbert looked paler than normal and tired, his candid hair was wet with sweat but he was smiling. Gilbert was smiling.

"Gilbert," at the end, his mate looked up at him and his smile got wider and brighter, "Ludwig…" he said weakly and the younger wolf knelt next to him, his blue eyes were full of fear. Gilbert giggled, "don't be afraid, they can't bite… well, not yet."

"They?" Ludwig wasn't able to think coherently anymore.

"Our awesome puppies," Gilbert murmured looking down at the little miracle he was hiding under the blanket. Ludwig moved his trembling hand taking the hem and lifting it. He forgot how to breathe when he saw what there was under it. He had dreamed about that moment since the day Gilbert had said to him about his pregnancy, he had spent nine months trying to image the little things that were growing inside his mate.

He had prepared himself for that event every minute of every day, but when he saw the two pups that they've wished for their entire life together, Ludwig didn't feel ready at all.

It was too strong, too strange, too beautiful to be a real feeling.

But it was… It wasn't a dream, it was real life!

They were parents! They were a family!

The smaller pup was sucking Gilbert's nipple slowly but it looked very hungry to be just a little thing, Ludwig smiled when he saw the white ears between a lot of silver locks: it was little but it didn't look weak at all, only a little tired but it was natural. The second one was sprawled next to the smaller one, it was moving blindly looking for his food but it just whined without screaming or crying. That sound was the most beautiful song in the world for Ludwig.

He took a look between the little legs and stared down at Gilbert, "it's a boy!" He exclaimed proudly, Gilbert didn't stop to smile, "he is a boy, too," he said brushing his fingertips against the smaller pup's white ear. "Two boys…" Ludwig murmured looking down at that piece of art once again. The smaller one let go Gilbert's nipple yawning and he nuzzled his little head against his chest trying to fall asleep.

"Nein… nein…" Gilbert murmured, "you can't sleep here, your brother need to eat, too."

Gilbert brushed his index against the soft red cheek to keep the baby awake, "West, take him…"

Ludwig widened his eyes, "what?"

Gilbert laughed, "you have to start to be a Papa, hold Snow for a while. I've to feed Night or he will start to cry soon."

Ludwig rolled his eyes: their pups were ten minutes old and Gilbert had already nicknamed them. He sighed deeply holding out his hands to take the smaller pup, he held his breath when he picked that fragile, precious thing up taking him away from his mother. Snow didn't like it and he began to cry loudly and Ludwig panicked, "he doesn't like me…" He murmured, "he wants you, I don't know what…"

"West, calm down…" Gilbert said guiding the other pup to his nipple to feed him, "he is just cold, he isn't able to hear or see us, yet. He can recognize us only by the smell, make him know yours… And don't hold him like he's going to explode!"

Ludwig nodded holding the pup closer to his chest.

Snow whined a little longer until he nuzzled his little face against his chest using his little tail to cover himself, "he is trembling, Gilbert… He is afraid of me, I guess…" Ludwig commented alarmed. The white wolf looked up at him one more time, he smiled, "he is only cold, Ludwig. You're not dangerous and he already knows it."

"Why are you so sure?"

"You're his Papa, he has to trust you…" Gilbert stared at a pile of little blankets next to him, "they are their pup blankets, wrap Snow in one of them."

Ludwig nodded moving carefully to not scare the pup. Snow liked his white blanket, he stopped to tremble quickly and he relaxed completely against his father's chest. Ludwig sighed in relief staring down at the sleeping pup carefully: Snow looked like Gilbert, a little copy of his beloved brother. He was beautiful, he was perfect and Ludwig allow himself to smile happily at his son for the first time. He kissed his little head: his silver hair and the light fur over his ears were still wet with birth's liquid but the adult wolf didn't care.

He smiled serenely resting his nose between those silver and soft locks, he closed his eyes, "he smells good… He smells like you…" Ludwig added looking down at his mate. Gilbert chuckled, "they've been inside me nine months, it would have been strange if they didn't have my smell," He looked down at Night who was still sucking his nipple slowly, Ludwig stared at the pup, too.

"Does it hurt?"

Gilbert looked at him confused and then he stared down at the little thing against his chest, "Snow is a little rougher than him…" Gilbert murmured stroking the little black ears of his son, "but Night is bigger, he used to steal his brother's food inside the belly, I guess… It explains because Snow is hungrier than him."

Ludwig looked at the pup in his arms: Snow was very little, he could break him with just a hand and without effort. It made him worry a little: small pups weren't very healthy usually but he didn't want to say it to Gilbert. Not now. Snow was fine, he had eaten just after his birth and he was sleeping peacefully. He had time to gain weight.

Well… If Gilbert was able to feed them for the entire time and Gilbert needed a lot of food to do that.

Ludwig didn't want to turn around and see the snow outside.

He didn't want to think about sad things.

Gilbert was fine and the pups were alive, he couldn't ask for more.

"He looks like you…" Gilbert murmured while Night let go his nipple to nuzzle his face against his chest, Ludwig nodded: the pup had his black ears and tail and his blond hair. He was strong and health, he could see it and he looked very calm differently from his brother.

"Give Snow to me and wrap Night into a blanket, please."

Ludwig obeyed: he rested the bundle in his arms next to Gilbert and took another pup blanket to wrap his other son in it. Night didn't make a sound, he fussed a little but he relaxed immediately when Ludwig held him against his chest. It was strange to hold a little copy of himself.

"You two are awesome together," Gilbert commented wrapping a arms around Snow and kissing his cheek, the baby reacted immediately feeling his mother's presence, he held out his little hands and Gilbert kissed every little finger adoringly, "I can't believe they are here…"

Ludwig cuddled Night against his chest sweetly smiling proudly at his second son, "Ja…"

"Snow is the firstborn, you know?" Gilbert said kissing the white pup again, "he is the older brother and Night is the younger one, just like you and me."

"You've called me…" Ludwig muttered without taking his eyes off of his son's serene face.

Gilbert blushed a little, "well…" He stared down at the pup in his arms, "Snow didn't want to come out, I was tired and it hurt… It hurt a lot…"

"I'm so sorry, Gil…"

"You don't have to be, West. It's natural but I didn't really understand how much it was hard..." He looked at the pup boy in Ludwig's arms, "he is really your son, he didn't make me wait, he had followed his brother quickly," the albino smiled down at Snow, "you're a spoiled prince, instead. You didn't want to leave me, right? Because Mama is awesome and you're awesome, too, my precious pup," Gilbert kissed snow at the end of every sentence.

Ludwig smiled at them and then at the black pup in his arms, "do you mind if I name him, Maximilian?"

Gilbert turned serious immediately staring at his mate and then at his second son, "Maximilian?"

"We can call him Max for short…" Ludwig added blushing a little.

Gilbert shook his head confused, "I didn't know that you were thinking about names, you hated to talk about it."

"I was afraid…" Ludwig murmured without shame kissing his pup's forehead, "I didn't know what was going to happen and I didn't want to name them without even knowing if they were going to be alive."

Gilbert didn't answer.

"I'm sorry Gilbert, I didn't talk about it because I didn't want to scare you. I just didn't want to dream about our happiness before to touch it, I'm sorry."

Gilbert sighed deeply holding out his right hand, Ludwig took it in his bigger one, "I love you, you know?"

Ludwig turned redder, "I… I love you, too."

"Come here, West…"

Ludwig nodded laying next to his lover, his brother, his sons' mother… His happiness.

The pups were sleeping between them, feeling safe thanks to their parents' presence and warmth.

"Maximilian…" Gilbert repeated brushing his fingertips against the black pup's cheeks, "Max… It sounds very awesome, West!"

"I'm glad…"

"And Snow? Did you think some name for him?"

"Well… You've always wanted to name your son, Friedrich," Ludwig muttered and Gilbert smiled brightly, "Fritz!" He exclaimed looking down at the little white thing next to him, "you're Fritz, my little love!" and then he smiled at the black pup, "and you're Max!"

"Max and Fritz…" Ludwig repeated touching his lover's cheek, "everything is real, right?"

Gilbert smiled, "Ja, West…" He kissed his palm sighing deeply and relaxing against their bed of straw tiredly, his red eyes half-closed, Ludwig continued to caress his hair slowly, "try to sleep, now…"

"I don't want to sleep, I don't want to miss anything of this day…" He murmured embracing his puppies with an arm, "I don't want to leave them alone, I've just met them after nine months and they're too awesome to be left alone."

"I won't move, Gilbert," Ludwig said leaning down to kiss his forehead, "I'm not going to leave you three alone, I will watch over you until you sleep."

"But you're tired too."

"I didn't give birth to two splendid pups, Bruder."

Gilbert smiled tiredly one last time, "They're not splendid, they're awesome…"

A\N:Inside a wolf's prank only the alpha-couple can have pups and the two mates spend the rest of their life together mating every year only with each other. When the pups turn into adults they can continue to live with their birth-prank or leave it and start a new one with their own mate.

I hope it is clear enough for now, it will turn clearer very soon, I promise!

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