Blood, Sweat, and A Decent Fight ( Gabriel/Closed)

[Ceraphine Davis]

Zeke took the food, listening though he was still trying to piece together things in his mind....All he had to go on was instinct, and those funny picture thingies Mommy let him watch on the big box on the wall.....

As he eyed his "Uncle" for a moment, stuffing the food messily into his mouth and nomming to his little hearts content....he thought about it.....

Mommy brought man home....Mommy was not here....Man was here....man gave sippy and foods.......And then a tiny, instinctual lightbulb went off in his head as he swallowed his bite of food and then held out both arms, this time grabby hands at Gabriel...or as Zeke now had in mind...

"Da...Da..."

Well it made sense...that is what the people on the picture box called the mans who fed and held and carried and played and yeah....Dada!

A quick reminder of his cup and one hand going to grab such as his other reached for Gabriel....Those cerulean eyes at him with a bit of longing and a little bit of a sad face....Of course it did not help that he was one who loved cuddles and such, cause Mommy was all about the cuddles and well, he already loved the new man....Dada....Uncle..whatever....because kids were just that way...No worry about anything in the world but those that cared for them......and of course the milk, and the binky...and such stuff....

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel's face scrunched suggesting distaste at the name he was given however he didn't fight it. The words suggested a loving tone and despite not being the child's actual father he was loved as such by his new nephew. And love was hard to come by.

"Uncle lil' Zeke, Uncle..." Gabriel would grin then roll his eyes knowing the boy wouldn't understand.

He'd lean forward and give something of an awkward hug. Gabriel wasn't the physical type most often at least in the form of snuggling but it was a try for affection the child would understand.

Hugs = good

Not hugs = bad.

Simple psychology to curb the youth's eagerly developing brain. It was to be a great many steps in the right direction. Though Gabriel was not suited for a life of handling a toddler and despite having good trade skills with the child he was in no position to be getting close to something. Someone.

"Okay lil' Zeke, lets see if mommy is awake okay?"

With a grin Gabriel would retreat to the kitchen pulling out a pair of bag clips in his hand. If Zeke could tell there'd be a devious look in his eyes, that of a plotting adult. With quick but silent steps Gabriel would settle to clip over Kevala's nose and then quickly retreat to innocently stare at Zeke. In seconds she'd be searching for air... or snoring either way he'd win.

"Lets keep this between you and me kay?" Eying up his nephew humorously.

[Ezekial Seran]

Zeke heard the words, but he really didnt care, he just took the hug and turned back and giggled....clapping his hands together as he bounced in his seat....

"Dada!!"

He thought for a moment, a new word Mommy had been teaching him, she said it all the time to him....His mind still working as he was lifted from the chair and then he with his free hand the one not clinging to the sippy he put his palm on Gabriel's cheek....a little smile brightening his face as he said the word that always made Mommy smile when he said it back.....so it had to work on other peoples right?! Right!!!

"Luff....ooo"

Beaming with pride at the manner in which he was able to so clearly say the word. Yes, he was such a good talky typer...yesh yesh yesh......Dropping his hand, he watched as his Daddy went and put that thingy on Mommy's face....just the soft sucking sounds of his lips wrapped about his sippy heard as he laid his head against the chest of the man who held him...DADDY!!!! YESH!!!!

Snuggling into him in an affectionate manner that was unlike Zeke, but then, he was a lot like Mommy and Mommy could always tell when they were good peoples......

Those curious eyes waiting to see what was this all about as Daddy talked again....casting a look up but not lifting his head, just continuing to lay there......

[Ceraphine Davis]

Kev was not sure how long she had been there, exhausted from the fight and her broken ribs making breathing harder and harder...It had just been to close her eyes for a moment while the two got to know each other, and the next thing she knew, she could not breath at all.....

Feeling a sudden pinch on her nose her eyes shot open only to find a clip on her nose....Hand shooting up to snatch it off as she rubbed the now sore spot....

"Owwie...Whats the big....."

She was about to find out why she had a clip on her nose when it dawned on her she had fallen asleep, eyes shooting to the side to see a very satisfied look on Gabriel's face...not surprising....seeing as she now knew where the clip came from....

But what was shocking was her son, nestled there against Gabriel's chest....Content and watching her with a bit of curiosity. It was enough, despite she was soooo gonna get back at Gabe, to put a smile on her face as she forced herself up, hiding the pain of her movements and moved over to the two......

Not really even paying attention to how close she was to Gabe as she devoted every ounce of attention to Zeke.....Leaning in and placing a soft kiss on his cheek, again, not even noticing the brush of her body to the man who used to make her heart race with every touch......

"Did you do that to Mommy huh? Silly boy..."

That familiar little hand coming out and touching her cheek as he continued to drink his cup.....

Kev then pulled back, tucking her hair behind her ears as she looked up at Gabriel...fuck she hated being so small......

"Thanks for this...he...well....he needs somebody..and I was not about to tell your cousins about him...But you didnt have to..you know....I am sorry I passed out.."

Unsure how to really think of Gabriel and Zeke at the moment..both looked content as they were but with Gabe for all she knew he was not happy in the slightest...though she was pretty sure she sensed otherwise.......Stepping back she stood there....waiting........

"I get it if you dont...you know...wanna see him again...I just needed him to be acknowledged....You should know why..."

And that was that...she really could not say anything else.....

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel chuckled lightly pulling lil' Zeke from his shoulder and sort of handing him off towards Kavela expecting she'd want her boy back. But Gabriel couldn't take his eyes off of the smooth little child. Yup he was a Seran alright already wooing people over with the faintest look. Clever little bugger was going to be twice the heart throb Gabriel or Nathaniel had ever been.

"Thanks for this...he...well....he needs somebody..and I was not about to tell your cousins about him...But you didnt have to..you know....I am sorry I passed out.."

Gabriel's face went from calm and controlled to something caught off guard and shocked his features gritting and furious. Hands balled squeezing tightly. The room seemed to heat up briefly the moment he'd come about realizing it.

"Cousins? Which ones...." His fury seemed unbridled thinking of his kin reforming over here. And the only reason he could think of was of course contestation of his throne.

"I get it if you dont...you know...wanna see him again...I just needed him to be acknowledged....You should know why..."

"No, Lexi and I would love to sit him if you ever need a bit of time out to yourself, and concerning my Cousins are here I think that be best too. For both your safety." Gabriel would try calming himself slowly for Zeke's sake but there was concern in his features.

Depending which cousin's be on their tail would alter the future drastically.

[Ceraphine Davis]

Kev stood there, her arms reaching out and achingly, due to the fact her right arm still did not want to function properly, taking Zeke from Gabriel.....

Though the instant she did, the air in the room heated, his power level spiking her senses...At first she thought it was over Zeke, but indeed it was apparently over his cousins....heh...Yeah...that little bitch cousin of his was one matter she had to deal with.....

"Uriel and Chantel....Their dad to....Plan to kill you....Want whats his I am told..."

Stepping forward with Zeke tucked onto one hip and her arm holding him firmly, she lifted her other hand up and rested it against Gabriel's chest.

"But calm down....One he doesnt need this...Two...Though I admit I lost it for a bit.....wanted you hurt.....It had its advantages.....Managed to make my way into Uriel's little gang........."

She then drew in a deep breath....eyes looking up at him with nothing but her own desire to rip somebodies head off....

"But I knew deep down I couldnt help him...Yet I figured I could at least gain intel.....But that bitch of a sister of his is mine.......I WILL kill her......Understand....she took from me something I can never get back....."

She had never been so serious about a demand upon Gabriel in the entire time they had known each other....yet even as she kept her own emotions at a dull hum, inside she was on fire, as were her eyes....She was sure that he would not be thrilled about which cousins, given their view of him......She just wanted it made clear that the little bitch Chantel was hers......

Even still she kept her hand on his chest, not because she was seeking out his touch, things had changed, greatly...the little one who was basically between them one of the biggest changes of all.........No, she did it to try and get him to calm down...She liked her house....No fires.....

"As for you and Lex....I.....As long as it is understood he is MY son....I have lost two for their safety, I will not lose him......Understood?"

[Ezekial Seran]

Zeke smiled at his Mommy's beautiful laugh, but grunted lightly as he was pulled away from "Daddy" and given over to her...A little whimper given but settling just the same...But then something in the air changed....something scary....and his beautiful eyes teared up as his lower lip jutted out and he began to make the starting sounds of a child about to lose it.....

His little hand reaching out just as his Mommy's did, cause he was a copy cat!!! and gently thudding against the chest of the man who he now saw as Daddy...and NOBODY was changing his mind.....Nevah!!

Another tug at the now empty sippy and to the floor it went....tears still pooling in his eyes as he cast them upward to Daddy and then to Mommy..though he could not see her face from the way she had turned it......

Not sure if he should cry or not, he just pouted, whimpered and grabbed hold of Daddy's shirt to try and pull himself free of Mommy and back into his Daddy's arms......

[Gabriel Seran]

Of course it was them, Gabriel felt himself go cold controlling himself very well for Zeke's sake more than anything else not needing to see the child to know he was there. Developed quite well into his surrounding Gabriel undoubtedly had full control of himself.

Despite Kevala trying to sooth him it didn't help as he broke free their grasp lingering into the kitchen to lean against the table at its center a hand plastered against his face. Murder, he promised he'd not do that again, it'd been three years since he'd committed such and act and he'd not bring himself to do it again and besides they were his blood.

Not to mention they were quite the powerful bloodline, Physically perhaps not but in their own way their influence outmatched his own. Frowning Gabriel tried to divulge all possible solutions. They'd been here longer too, undoubtedly already becoming quite strong on their own. Gabriel's arms and shoulders tensed up tightly focusing it all into his breath. Yes breath.

"As for you and Lex....I.....As long as it is understood he is MY son....I have lost two for their safety, I will not lose him......Understood?"

"Of course..."

Gabriel nodded sighing gently. He understood this wasn't his child however he'd take what his brother undoubtedly wouldn't. Then again his brother didn't know Zeke. Gabriel needed his brother now. He'd never live this down.

"I won't kill my cousins..."

I cant...

[Ceraphine Davis]

Kevala of course followed Gabriel, setting Zeke down on the floor and making sure he had his balance before she approached the table, her voice a bit lower so that her son could not hear the tension she knew was likely to spread into her words....

"I am not asking you to.....I dont want you to.....I told you...I will handle this...and if that bothers you I am sorry. But they took away the child Mischa carried inside of her...they took away OUR child....Do you understand? I will not rest until I see them dead.."

She leaned against where he stood, her head tilting toward his own so that her barely contained icy stare fell over him...

"Listen to me.....I have followed you..I have bled for you....Done everything and anything for you...I gave you myself, when I will not do it for any other....I love you Gabriel....we may not be blood, but you are my best friend, my brother.....But if you ask me to stand down this time, I will not be able to do such....I will kill them both if I must....But I will make them pay for what they did...."

It had taken her bringing Zeke home, holding him in her arms and spending many a night thinking to come to such conclusions in her mind. Was she still slipping? No, she was gone...The blood lust in her tone hard to hide, and honestly she did not try.....Maybe he needed to know she had finally lost it.......Whatever it took to get him to stand aside in this matter...lest she have to go around him........which would kill her.......

[Ezekial Seran]

Zeke was left with a strange look on his face as Daddy moved away and Mommy followed, only to set him down with his toys and go after the man he, in his innocent mind, figured MUST be his dad.....

Of course Zeke was too far off to really feel or hear the tension so he thought all was well...So he figured...Play time!!!

Toddling off to do his own thing while they were busy, he found a shelf that had lots of pretty shineys on it....His eyes growing wide as he stood there, unsure which to touch first....NEW TOYS!!....

Yeah more like stuff the Nanny didnt put away as she was told to do......

So finally he grabbed one, plopping his butt onto the floor and turning the thing about in his hand, then trying to chew on it, then figuring it must bounce right?

So he threw it....all of about an inch..but that was like the pitch of the winning game for him.....Funny thing is, the thingy shattered...brokededed......and made lots of little shinys.......

Soooooo he did what any kid would do.....grabbed one up to play with it.......and it did what any glass object picked up tightly would do....it cut into his hand.......

It is not clear what came out the fastest...the blood or the sheer scream of pain the little one now let out as he sat there throwing his head back and tears rolling down his face......

"mamamamama"

Just a childs babble at this point as he wanted somebody to make it stop hurting.....cause of course, he lacked the knowledge and sense yet to drop it...so it was still clutched in his hand......which was still bleeding........

( Moral of the story...PUT AWAY PURTY SHINEYS! )

[Gabriel Seran]

Gabriel didn't need to understand what she meant by their child to understand the weight behind it. Looking towards Zeke for an instant he'd know all too well the power a child could have over a person. Their weight of their lives was powerful and the simple fact that Uriel and Chantel were capable of taking an unborn child's life meant they wouldn't have a problem killing someone who was related to them either and one they didn't necessarily like.

Gabriel would nod still tensed by the table feeling the material break and shatter from under his grip as he released. An apologetic motion of his face to Kev before of course.

"mamamamama"

Emerald eyes shooting like darts across the room at the distressed shriek and a boom would sound in the room as Gabriel bolted the nearby articles too light would be sent to the air and fragile objects broken without the slightest touch but in a second Gabriel would have the small boy snatched up in his hands a rough snarl snatching the glass from his hands tossing it aside.

"Its okay shhhh" expecting Zeke to continue crying Gabriel would lightly thrust the finger the boy suckled prior into his mouth to shut him up and with his free finger on the other hand touch the would focusing his QI to "disinfect" the would as well as seal the skin and prevent further bleeding. There'd be a sharp pain like a needle but nothing left behind but a scar.

[Ceraphine Davis]

She didnt need him to say anything to know that he understood and would not stop her. If they had killed the baby inside of Mischa so casually it would be nothing to kill Zeke if they ever found out about him or who his Father or Uncle were.......

Then the breaking....Her eyes closing for a moment as she just shook her head and grinned slightly......

About to say it needed replacing anyways when suddenly she felt a surge of pain shoot through the air, just as she heard a scream of pain.....

Needless to say she was right behind Gabriel, and as he snatched up her son the Mother in her was already ansy and watching with very red and angry eyes....That bitch was supposed to put that stuff up for her today! For this exact reason!

Watching as Gabriel tended to Zeke she growled softly, eyes flashing from red to black as that darker part of her started to slip forth...Pain in the air, especially that of somebody she loved, brought out that part of her, its hunger increasing......Slamming her eyes shut she spun around, her back to the pair as she muttered out through gritted teeth, fearing her tone would give her away......

"Is he alright?"

[Ezekial Seran]

Zeke screamed once more only to be instantly picked up, his little body cradled against his Daddy as he continued to cry uncontrollably. Though when that finger was placed in his mouth, he would begin to quiet....sniffling and light sobs, but the screaming had ceased........Instead he lightly gummed the finger over the sore spot on his gums where his other tooth was coming in.....Eyes glistening with tears as he felt that touch upon the owwie.....

It stung.....just like a shot!

"Dada owwie........owwie..."

So the little one could not help but whimper out and turn his head, letting the finger fall from his mouth as he buried his head against his Daddy....Those soft sniffles and sobs continuing as his free hand had a death grip on the mans shirt....

Already committing it to memory that blue shiny things made owwies.....yet too upset at the moment to focus on that new bit of information...

Those tears still slowly escaping his eyes his little face red and his breathing heavy from all the screaming he had just been doing.....Wanting it to stop......Bad shiny thing!! Very Bad!!!

[Gabriel Seran]

"Is he alright?"

He could feel the tension in the air mirrored closely by the intensity of the grip of little Zeke clutching his body tightly. The boy was just understanding pain and Gabriel couldn't bear to watch it despite knowing well enough that the world ws all about pain. He'd do what he could to keep his nephew safe from it if that meant throwing himself to the hounds first.

"Yeah he'll be just fine.... might have a bit of a scar though..."

Gabriel would gently tug Zeke away from him making sure his escape wouldn't traumatize the child just distance him enough for Gabriel's personal space. He'd set the boy on his lap and Gabriel would kneel to suit the time. Hand at Zeke's back and his free hand holding the injured limb kissing the would to "make it feel better."

"Better now Zeke?" Gabriel smiled to make sure the trouble was done with, "It's okay chicks dig scars." A soft chuckle to lighten all their moods, that was needed.

Soon enough Gabriel's mood would sober before picking the boy up and carrying him through the house patting his back. He seemed to be having a rough day as it was. And there was a new deal on his mind.

"Okay Zeke I think its nap time kay?"

Gabriel would nod before handing him off to his mother and sitting down on the couch awaiting for her return. He needed to discuss something serious. No ambitious plans, no plotting, this was real.

"Kevala, we need to find his father." His face stoic and serious.

[Ceraphine Davis]

Kev barely heard anything that went on between the time she heard he was alright until he was handed to her for his nap...Looking over the floor, as if coming out of a daze she shook her head and then gained her footing so to speak, bending to grab that damn binky and then finding his dinosaur he loved so much before heading up the stairs to lay Zeke down. A soft sigh passing her lips as she looked at him laying there, his eyes already growing heavy from the events of the day.....With a soft kiss to his forehead she closed her eyes.....hoping she could keep it together.....Just....Keep it together......

It did not take her long to return to find Gabriel there, with that look on his face. How well she knew that look and honestly she dreaded where this was going.....

No....not now....not when she was barely holding on as it was.....

But then he spoke and she could have sworn the sound that escaped her was almost that of a hiss.....Shaking her head as she threw her hand up in the air and then turned about to aimlessly pick up Zeke's toys which were scattered to all the corners of the Earth....

"No.....I was never anything but a fuck to him....Just like every other girl he came across with a pretty smile. Dont think I was fooled for one minute......He just....he fed a part of me.......that needed it......."

Again she shook her head, as if to make herself more certain, and then she hurried about continuing to clean...Yes clean and keep your mind off of things.....

"Besides, what makes you think he would give a damn about Zeke? For all you know he could see him as just some form of inconvenience...."

Fear crippled her heart, because she knew that Gabriel would not budge on the matter, and even as she spoke words of denial, she prepared for the words he would use to break down her resolve......FUCK!!! How she wished she could just hate him...But he was a part of her life, forever.....she had accepted that when Zeke was born..........

( And no need to post for Zeke cause he is night night )