09-18-2016, 03:00 PM
It was a long hard past few days. Dorian knew he really should work do more but he was preoccupied. For two days his son had been without mother or father with only his own mind to keep him company when he found out he was a god. And now another boy was there with him. Dorian had to deal with it. This was his job more so than being a cop, than being an Atharim - he was a father.
Dorian walked into his own house and found Ana and Rachel chatting away in the study. He smiled at his wife. "Where is Cruz?"
Ana stood and placed a kiss on his check with a pleased smile. "He and Nox and Christian are outside playing with toys." Ana sounded amused at the idea and walked back in to join Rachel. Dorian gave Cruz's friend a friendly wave and headed to the back yard.
Dorian stood in the sliding glass doorframe watching the three of them. Christian and Cruz were bouncing ideas back and forth like they did it everyday. It wasn't unusual but Dorian felt a pang of jealousy. He pushed it away, it was his own fault and he wasn't going to take it away from either Cruz or Christian. It was a difficult situation all around.
But it was the other man sitting with them that took most of his attention. He'd met the boy before. Fallen to his knees in hopelessness as he watched his belongings burn. Everything he'd owned had been lost that day except what he had on him.
Dorian had looked him up. He knew his sister was dead now. The case solved and the man responsible was mysteriously dead of a heart attack. He suspected the boy, but he never went into that building not that there had been an investigation.
But he listened and watched the other two like he was lost in his own world. He would throw a word in or two telling them something was impossible or that he had no idea how to do that. He'd tell Cruz maybe he could figure it out.
Dorian stood there and watched and listened to the three of them and he figured out what they were trying to do. He'd asked Nox to come teach his son and answer questions. Then later asked him to watch him. He was taking it rather literally. Dorian wondered what the boy knew, but he'd ask him later right now he watched them plan the defense of his own house against the Atharim.
Dorian walked into his own house and found Ana and Rachel chatting away in the study. He smiled at his wife. "Where is Cruz?"
Ana stood and placed a kiss on his check with a pleased smile. "He and Nox and Christian are outside playing with toys." Ana sounded amused at the idea and walked back in to join Rachel. Dorian gave Cruz's friend a friendly wave and headed to the back yard.
Dorian stood in the sliding glass doorframe watching the three of them. Christian and Cruz were bouncing ideas back and forth like they did it everyday. It wasn't unusual but Dorian felt a pang of jealousy. He pushed it away, it was his own fault and he wasn't going to take it away from either Cruz or Christian. It was a difficult situation all around.
But it was the other man sitting with them that took most of his attention. He'd met the boy before. Fallen to his knees in hopelessness as he watched his belongings burn. Everything he'd owned had been lost that day except what he had on him.
Dorian had looked him up. He knew his sister was dead now. The case solved and the man responsible was mysteriously dead of a heart attack. He suspected the boy, but he never went into that building not that there had been an investigation.
But he listened and watched the other two like he was lost in his own world. He would throw a word in or two telling them something was impossible or that he had no idea how to do that. He'd tell Cruz maybe he could figure it out.
Dorian stood there and watched and listened to the three of them and he figured out what they were trying to do. He'd asked Nox to come teach his son and answer questions. Then later asked him to watch him. He was taking it rather literally. Dorian wondered what the boy knew, but he'd ask him later right now he watched them plan the defense of his own house against the Atharim.