[OPEN] Like father like son.

[zoey ashlyn martyn]

Connor laughed as she hugged one of his wings, couldn't hide his smile. He frowned at her comment though, knew it had hurt her when he got sick and freaked, and Deacon broke it off. When he had run off to a guy he only knew from the hospital, because he didn't know what else to do. He leaned down and kissed her. "I-I'm not goin' nowhere, baby. I promise.."

Zoey smiled a little more. "Yeah well, I'm not perfect.. But we would still be on a roll." She bent down to kiss him after he kissed her hand. "You know, for a man who used to be so sick, you sure are handsome." She hugged him close.

[deacon reid rudman]

"'long as you promise." She said, and Deacon wondered how many times she'd heard him say that. He leaned over, kissing Connor's cheek gently. "Love you." He said, felt Bandit pull his hand over so she could play with his ring.

Britt smiled, leaning up for another kiss. "You only think so cause it's me. Everyone else thinks I'm hideous." He said, pulling himself up into a sitting position so he could lead over to kiss her slowly, touching her stomach gently. "It's quiet up here with just us."

[zoey ashlyn martyn]

Connor bit down on his lip, watching her. "Love y-you too.." He breathed with a faint smile, tilting his head against the couch again as he watched Bandit.
Tony got up and moved to sit with Marc.

Zoey scoffed. "Well they're wrong," She insisted with a smile, met the kiss softly. She nodded at his statement. "Yeah..it is. But sometimes quiet is good.. You know.. When my dad first disappeared," Her voice wavered and she reached out to rub his chest gently. "I uh, used to go lay in the back yard at night and stare at the stars.. It was a thing we always did together, and..when he was away in the military, he always told me to go outside at night, look at the stars." She smiled. "It was one thing we could both see together, you know..? I just..always hoped he was still out there somewhere...sitting in the quiet maybe..looking at the stars, too.." She glanced at him and realized her vision was blurred with tears, offered him a saddened smile and reached up to wipe at her tears absently, sighed. She felt like an idiot, going off on a story, and drew in a soft breath. But it was one reason perhaps that she was so mean, was just broken.
'Like he cares,' Satan hissed. "But yeah... Quiet can be good.."

[britton "britt" markus roberts]

Britt reached up, gently brushing away her tears. He kissed her softly, cupping her cheek. "I promise he watched the stars with you every night.. He'd be so proud of you. I know he would. You're gonna be a wonderful mother, and he's going to have a beautiful little grand baby. And don't ever doubt that he doesn't love that baby. Because if he was half as lucky as us, he'll be watching over it." He kissed her forehead, wrapping his arms around her to hug her close. Little did he know, his parents probably would have been proud too, even if he did kill them.

[zoey ashlyn martyn]

Zoey's jaw trembled. Never once had she cried over her father. She had refused to. Refused to believe he wasn't coming back. But it had been nearly two years, and he was still missing. And she knew better than to keep her hopes up any longer. She hugged Britton tight, burying her face as she drew in a shaky breath. "I just wish I'd had longer..." She whispered brokenly, sighed shakily again and placed her chin on his shoulder, arms tight around him as she closed her eyes. "He-..." She swallowed the knot in her throat, smiled faintly into his neck. "He would have liked you a lot..."

[britton "britt" markus roberts]

"I know, baby.." He said, slowly rubbing her back. He moved closer, gently pulling her into his lap so she could be as close to him as possible. He rocked her gently, listening quietly to her as she spoke. He didn't want her to think he didn't care, because he did. Her family was just as much his. He only wished he could give her the same back. "Yeah? Guess I'm gonna have to stay on my toes then. Treat his baby girl like a princess, hm?" He breathed, kissing the top of her head gently as he leaned back against the wall behind him. "You'll always be your daddy's baby girl, no matter how old you are. And no one can ever take that from you."

[zoey ashlyn martyn]

Gentle tears continued to fall down her face as she curled up against him, but they were both happy and sad. Tears she had held back for too long, perhaps simply because she had had nobody there that she trusted enough to show them to. "I love you.." She whispered, and she knew the words to be true. She could only hope they stayed true this time, that this wasn't another heart break. She closed her eyes, remembering the night she had come home with the tattoo, a conversation she hadn't told Britton, her mother yelling at her, especially when she had said the man who had done it was so charming.. She had been shot down, told she only went after older men because she had lost her father. And maybe it was true, and yes it got her hurt with Jason. And it terrified her to think her mother could have been right again. But she loved Britton as more than that, she knew she did.. And that was what scared her most.

[britton "britt" markus roberts]

Britt held her close, running his fingers slowly through the ends of her hair. "I love you, too, beautiful." He breathed, kissing the top of her head. He drew a knee up behind her, slowly running his hand over her back before he twirled her hair around his finger. Like her, he'd never told her the thoughts that had run through his head when she'd left, how he'd wished she were just a few years older. He hadn't told her how he'd thought of her for days, her smile lingering in his mind and her voice echoing in his head. "More than anything."

[zoey ashlyn martyn]

And that was all she needed, thise words, that security. She hugged him tight again, felt more at peace than she had in a long time. "We're gonna be okay.." She whispered, smiled faintly. "No matter what, we will be.."
'We'll see about that.' Laughter, but she didn't care, touched Britton's chest fondly again. "I got you...I've waited for you for so long.."

[britton "britt" markus roberts]

"We're gonna be better than okay. Cause I'm never gonna leave you. My mom always told me it was wrong to promise to marry someone and leave them. Besides, breaking promises are so uncool." He said with a smile, leaning over to kiss her gently. "I don't know about you but I would kill for like.. a pool full of coffee right now. Jack must have slept in my side." He said, carefully getting to his feet before he pulled her up with him.