A Brac Pack Crazy Family Christmas 24 (14 page)

And to see the big badass warrior playing Go Fish with the little ones brought tears to Heaven’s eyes. It was an image that he would always remember.

Heaven couldn’t help but feel like he was invading on a very private moment in Murdock and the cubs’ bonding time. Nevada was such a part of their lives that Heaven considered him a son as well.

“Then we need to go see this,” Murdock said as he tossed the cards down and told the twins that they won. Matthew whooped.

Heaven raced up the stairs and grabbed everyone’s coats. He checked in on Skyler, who was fast asleep in Gabby’s bedroom. “I’m taking Nevada outside with us to see the snow. Where’s his coat?”

“Snow?” Gabby asked as he reached into the closet and handed it to Heaven.

“Yeah, snow. Can you believe it?” Heaven said and then he raced back downstairs. Once everyone was properly dressed, Murdock led them through the kitchen and out the back door.

Heaven spun around in wonder as the white stuff came down heavier. It was a damn miracle, until Murdock whacked him in the head with a snowball.

Heaven laughed as he as he ran for shelter, the twins and Nevada close on his heels.

“I see how it is,” Murdock called to the boys. “Go ahead and take his side.”

Heaven laughed at the way Murdock pouted as he and his family spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying the miracle.

* * * *

Heaven closed the adjoining bedroom door, the boys fast asleep.

He smiled at his mate. “I had fun.” He quickly walked to the bed when Murdock held a hand out. Heaven climbed up and then crawled over to rest his head on Murdock’s chest.

“Do you ever regret mating me?” Murdock asked out of the blue.

Heaven’s head snapped up, his brows pulling together. “Why on earth would you ask me that? You’ve given me three beautiful children and are the hero of my dreams.” Murdock spun, placing Heaven below him as he stared him in his eyes. “That’s what I wanted to hear.” Heaven rolled his eyes as he slapped Murdock’s chest. “If you were fishing for compliments, all you had to do was ask.” Murdock grinned at him, and then his expression morphed into lust as he placed his hand on the side of Heaven’s face. “I want you.”

“Shut up and kiss me,” Heaven said as he leaned up, taking his mate’s mouth in a searing kiss that made his toes curl in. The kiss was breathtaking, but the two scrambled to get undressed. They never knew when they would be interrupted.

Heaven loved being a parent, but daddy time was starting to have an impact on grown-up time, and Heaven couldn’t have that. He kicked the last of his clothes away as Murdock skimmed a hand over his chest. “You get more beautiful with the years.”

“You’re already getting the booty, baby.” Murdock chuckled. “I’m serious.”

Heaven stared up at his mate, feeling like his world was complete.

“I love you, too. Now fuck me before someone cries for a glass of water.”

Murdock’s eyes widened, and then he jerked over to the nightstand, grabbing the lube. “Can’t have that,” he said as he lubed his fingers, stretching Heaven and making him want to shout to the…well, heavens. Murdock had mastered every sensitive spot on Heaven’s body and made sure he kissed and licked each one.

Heaven groaned as he felt Murdock pull his hand free and line his cock up, sinking balls deep. It felt like ages since Murdock loved on him—which should be a crime since his mate knew how to make Heaven’s back break.

He muffled a cry as Murdock pulled Heaven’s legs apart and sawed in and out of him, fucking him like only a god knew how.

Thank fuck Nicholas had found a birth control for Heaven that wouldn’t chemically castrate him.

That would have been screwed up on so many levels.

Heaven’s thoughts flew out of his mind as Murdock twisted him like a damn pretzel, pounding his cock into Heaven’s ass. He grabbed a pillow to stop the shout as his cock erupted, sending him over the edge.

“That’s right, baby. Come for daddy.” Heaven moved the pillow aside and stared at Murdock like he’d lost his mind. “Really?”

Murdock chuckled for a split second and then stiffened, grunting out his release. He slammed his cock into Heaven’s hole like a sledgehammer as he rode out his orgasm.

Heaven ran his hands over his mate’s chest, smiling at the sated bliss that gripped him now.

Murdock crawled behind him, pulling Heaven into his arms as he nuzzled his neck. “So what happened at the shop?”

* * * *

The elf laughed as he twirled his finger around, making sure Peter’s hair grew two more inches. “You may have given him the snow he wanted, but I had my fun as well.”

“Payback is going to be sooo sweet
,” Nick said and then laughed in Ruttford’s head.

Ruttford wasn’t sure he liked that laugh.

He shrugged. Oh well, he was having too much fun to go home now.

Jason and Nicholas

Nicholas smiled as he walked into Oscar’s hospital room. He was only six years old, small for his age, and badly burned from a house fire that claimed his mother and father. Nicholas’s heart went out to him. “How are you feeling today, Oscar?” Oscar smiled up at him as he turned the television off. “A little better. It doesn’t hurt as much to move around.”

“Let’s check to see how you’re healing, son.” Oscar scooted down the bed, lying flat as Nicholas handed him a Christmas bear from behind his back. Oscar smiled and held it tight to his chest. “He’s going to help you be brave while I check your burns.” Oscar nodded just as the nurse walked in and took a seat next to the little guy’s bed. Oscar’s father had been drunk and knocked over the holiday candles, setting the farmhouse to a blazing inferno.

Nicholas had known Oscar’s father and knew the guy hadn’t been an alcoholic. But unfortunately celebrating the holidays with alcohol and burning candles was a deadly combination, one Oscar was left to bear.

He winced and whimpered a little, but the little guy allowed Nicholas to finish his exam without begging him to stop like he had a week ago. “You’re healing beautifully.” Oscar smiled up at him. “Thank you.” Nicholas smiled as he pulled his exam gloves off. “I’ll see about getting you a treat for doing so well.” His eyes lit up like Christmas lights. “Can bubba have one, too?”

“Bubba?”

“My bear.”

Nicholas chuckled. “I’ll see what I can do. Get some rest.”

“Dr. Sheehan,” one of the nurses called after him as Nicholas walked to the next room for his morning rounds. He turned to see her approaching quickly, looking flustered. “There’s a man here who claims to be your father. He insists on speaking with you.” Nicholas gave a low growl, something he had learned from his mate Jason, as he followed behind the nurse. Nicholas hadn’t heard from his father since they fell out so many years ago when Nicholas walked away from everything his father had wanted him to be.

He was shocked to see Dr. William Sheehan standing there looking as gray as ever, wrinkles in places that they’d never been before. “Yes?” he asked curtly. Nicholas wasn’t in the mood for his father’s pompous and overinflated ego. He’d had enough of that to last him a lifetime.

“Son?” his father said as he turned to face him. “You don’t look like you’ve aged a day.”

“I eat my vegetables. Is there something you want?” Nicholas just wanted to get the man out of there. There was no need for pleasantries. His father never indulged in them.

“Still so prickly after all of these years, I see.” Nicholas mentally counted to ten, trying his best not to lose his temper. His father had the audacity to show up here and say something like that? “As I remember, you refused to acknowledge that I’m gay, insulted my ma—partner, tried to blackball me from working here, and was a downright dickhead.” His father turned a deep shade of red as he glanced around. The move surprised Nicholas. The father he remembered wouldn’t have cared who heard anything he had to say. He took a closer look, seeing how truly tired his father’s eyes were. Had his father gotten older and decided to grow a conscience?

“I see it was a waste of my time coming here.” Nope. His father hadn’t learned a damn thing. It was a shame, too.

Dr. William Sheehan was a brilliant doctor. He just sucked at being a father. Nicholas was happy with his life now. Although he had seen things that the government would kill to know, and things that made him gape sometimes, Nicholas wouldn’t change his life for anything in the world.

Nicholas didn’t even care why his father had come. He only cared that he left. “Have a nice life, Father,” he said as he walked away before he really said what was on his mind.

“Excuse me.”

Nicholas rolled his eyes. It was going to be one of those days. All he wanted to do was see to his patients and then go home. He wasn’t even scheduled to work today. He turned around and saw a very handsome and young man standing there looking beyond Nicholas at the row of rooms.

“Yes?”

“I’m here to see Oscar McGavin.”

Nicholas stiffened. In the weeks since Oscar was admitted, he had woven himself around Nicholas’s heart. He felt very protective of the small guy. “And you are?”

The man gave Nicholas a sad smile as he wrung his hands in front of him. “I’m his uncle. My name’s Seth McGavin.” Nicholas waved for one of the nurses to come over as he stared Seth up and down. “This man says that he’s Oscar’s uncle. I need you to get a hold of Social Services for me.”

“Do you think I’m lying?” the man asked.

Nicholas shook his head. “No, but I’m not going to just hand him over. There are procedures to follow to ensure his safety and well-being.”

Seth nodded. “I understand. I bought a place here before coming to see my nephew. Are they going to need to see it?”

“Yes, as well as checking into your background,” Nicholas said and then took a step closer. The man seemed like a nice guy, but he wasn’t taking any chances with Oscar. “Is there anything you need to disclose?”

Seth shook his head quickly. “No sir. I just spent all of my savings getting an apartment for Oscar and me. I was going to look for a job as soon as I left here. He’s all the family I have now that my sister and brother-in-law are gone.”

“Wait right here,” Nicholas said as he waked back to Oscar’s room. He glanced over his shoulder to see Seth watching him.

Nicholas entered the little guy’s room, smiling when he saw him trying to feed cinnamon crackers to his bear.

“Hey, sport. I have someone outside that says he knows you.” Oscar’s looked up as his tiny brows furrowed. “Who?”

“Your Uncle Seth.”

Oscar laughed as he hugged his bear close.

“I take it that you know him?”

Oscar’s little head bounced up and down, excitement radiating in his eyes. Nicholas hadn’t seen him this jovial since before the house fire.

“Can I see him?”

Nicholas smiled down at the little trooper. “I’ll bring him in.” Nicholas smiled to himself. Oscar was going to get a merry Christmas after all. He was going to have a talk with Maverick about finding Seth a job, too. Those two seemed to need each other.

* * * *

Jason smiled when he saw Nicholas coming through the door. He was still the most handsome man Jason had ever laid eyes on. Before he could pull his mate into his arms, Maverick walked into the foyer, saw Nicholas, and headed straight for him.

Nicholas backpedaled, almost making it out of the house before Maverick caught up to him. “Don’t even try it,” he said and handed Nicholas a manuscript.

Jason’s mate looked down at it and then gaped at Maverick.

“Since when did a doctor deliver Mary’s baby? I don’t remember a damn OBGYN being there,” he shouted as the alpha began to walk away.

“We’re ad-libbing,” Maverick called over his shoulder as he walked around the corner. Jason chuckled at the growl his mate gave.

He was impressed with it.

“It’s for the kids,” Jason said as he pulled Nicholas into his arms.

“Stop pouting.”

“I’m beginning to wonder about that,” Nicholas said. “I’m starting to think Maverick is doing this just to make everyone miserable.

Come on, who invents a part in the nativity scene? Seriously?”

“I have a feeling this is going to be a play we’ll never forget,” Jason said as he pulled Nicholas to the library. He peeked his head in, making sure they would be alone before pulling Nicholas in behind him.

“Oh, no,” Nicholas said as he tried to pull his hand away. “Every time we come in here, you end up tossing me over the desk.” How true that was. “The place holds fond memories.” Nicholas snorted. “So does the kitchen, the stable, the den, the thousand and one rooms upstairs, the dining room, and Maverick’s office.”

“Don’t say the last one too loudly,” Jason warned. “Maverick’s still looking for the ones responsible for leaving the evidence behind.” Nicholas crinkled his nose. “I thought we cleaned that up?” Jason chuckled as he pulled Nicholas over to the desk, remembering the first time he bent his mate over. That memory would forever be etched in his mind. He mentally smiled, knowing Nicholas was going to remember as well when he pulled the toy from his pocket. “Apparently we didn’t get it all.” Nicholas snickered and then moaned when Jason spun him around and bent him over the desk. He pressed his mate’s shoulder into the wood, grazing his hand down his mate’s back.

“My father came to see me today.”

Jason growled as he stiffened. “Did he harm you?”

Nicholas laughed. “Hardly. I think he was seeing if I was still with you and still working at the clinic.” Jason wanted to ask if Nicholas told his father to fuck off, but knew his mate was too nice for that. Of course, he had told his father off years before, so maybe Nicholas had. “What did you say?”

“I told him to have a nice life.”

Yeah, that was what Jason thought he would say. His mate was just too kindhearted. But that had been in Jason’s favor when they first met.

“It was odd, though. I didn’t take my father as the type to come see me. Very odd,” Nicholas said to himself and then groaned when Jason dropped his mate’s pants and began to lick at his two wondrous globes. He pulled a travel-size lube pack from his pocket and squirted it down the crease of Nicholas’s ass.