K I E R O N

Epilogue

K I E R O N ' S P. O. V

I now f*****g know why Kai moped for so long when Emery broke up with him. Why Kiara moved to another goddamn country to try and escape the pain of love. Why my parents are attached at the hip despite years of marriage.

Love f*****g hurts. I never knew it could be so brutal, but it's the reminders that never let me forget, that taunt me with their prescience.

Every morning I wake up in an empty bed, I grab coffee mugs for two only to put one back, I watch f*****g paw patrol because without that theme song playing in the background of my morning breakfast, I can't f*****g go on with my day.

I really screwed everything up, and I really thought it would easier than this. Jacob sparingly replies to my messages which I understand, and he needs space so that's what I'm doing.

I'm giving space, the only problem is how much f*****g space do I give the man.

Someone knocks on the door just as I'm grabbing the milk. Setting it down besides the two mugs, I groan about to put it away when the knocks begin to grow louder.

I hope it's the postman or something and not Kai again with his endless supply of break up movies he thinks help ease the pain.

"f*****g hell," I murmur, as the knocks becomes more aggressive

My hand curls around the handle, yanking it open. "What-"

"Hey," Jacob awkwardly raises his hand, teetering on the brink of entering. "Can we talk?"

"Of course." I let him pass, trying to calm my excitement as I shut the door.

"First of all..." His eyes gaze to the two empty mugs. "Is someone here?"

"What no." He starts to search the barren apartment, swinging doors open, eyes filtered with in cages jealously.

I'm not going to lie it feeds into my happiness, and the bout of hope I have for us.

"Why are you smiling?" It's a rare occurrence so his shock is plainly justified. I can't stop even if I tried.

"You're jealous, it means you still care."

"Of course I still care, I never stopped. I can't just switch my feelings off like that."

"There's no-one here by the way." He just stared blankly as I shift towards the kitchen, placing the empty mugs in the cabinet. "Every morning I get two cups out, one for me and one for you. It's a habit I guess and it makes me remember how f*****g stupid I am for ever letting you go."

Sighing, he turns, body stiffening at the dvd on the couch. "Is that paw patrol?"

I feel the redness of my own embarrassment creep my cheeks. Scrambling to hide it, I stuff it beneath a pillow. "It's just...uh Anastasia left it here."

"She hates that show." f**k, he's right. I hate that he's right but I love how he knows so much about my family.

"Right, I meant Calista. Anyways, can I get you something? Some water, coffee."

"I'm good." He let's out a small laugh. "I'm not a houseguest Kieron."

"Right. So why are you here?" I decide to let him take the reins, giving over control for once.

"I need your help. I found my ex in my apartment a few days ago and she's in trouble, which by extension means Ripley is." He hands me a phone, not his because it lacks the sleek blue metal case I bought him.

It's unlocked when I swipe up, opening on a set of bank transactions. I note the way the money evolves, and know immediately that his ex is the victim of loan sharks.

"How long has been borrowing?"

"She said a few months but..."

"She's not reliable?" He nods, fingers curling into a fist. It's the gesture he makes whenever he becomes severely anxious, and I decide to take a leap of faith, reaching out to hold his hand.

Squeezing, his harsh breaths seem to soften, eyes meeting mine and for a spilt second I register the relief in his eyes before it's masked with emptiness.

He drops my hand, the moment diminished. "They said she has until Sunday to pay it back or they're coming for Ripley. It might just be an empty threat but..."

"No you're doing the right thing. I can send the details to Kiara, she's more familiar with this stuff then me, she might even be able to track the wiring."

"Wow, it's that easy?" He breathes out.

I squeeze his shoulder, passing him back the phone. "You're family Jacob, that won't change even if we're not...together, they still care about you, and we fight for family."

Kiara responds to the text I send her instantly, detailing the bank account number and passwords she needs to access them.

A void silence settles between us, uncomfortable and dispiriting because it means the only thing for him to do know is leave.

"Maybe later this week I could stop by? We could talk or..."

"Kieron, I don't know how to move forward. It's not because of the k********g, it's because you lost faith in us, so quickly, that it broke my heart just that. You decided what I wanted, what I needed, instead of talking it out."

"I know and I'm sorry but I want to talk about it now. I want to make this right, Jacob please,"

My hands cup his jaw, the harshness of his stubble pricking my palms, but it melts into blissful pleasure at the touch of skin. Our foreheads collide, eyes connected in a fierce hold I don't ever want to break.

"I love you, I f*****g love you. You're the first person I've ever fallen in love with and I admit it was terrifying, knowing that you and Ripley could suffer further pain because of me. I thought that by letting you both go, I was saving us all from inevitable heartbreak. Now...I realise I made the decision for you, it was yours to make and I took over, I made you believe I didn't have faith in you or your choices but I do. Jacob, I love you. I love Ripley as my own son and I don't ever want us to be apart like this again."

"Kieron," I almost break down at the tremble in his voice. The pure unfiltered agony that predetermines our fate.

"Don't do this. Please don't f*****g do this. There is no-one else for me, only you. Only ever you, and if I loose you because I was a f*****g i***t then I'll..."

God, I don't even know what I do. A life without the happiness they shared with me, a life condemned to walk the Earth alone, watching my siblings find some sort of peace despite how f****d up we all are.

Even Tessa managed to move on. I'll never know how she found the strength, loving my brother so hard that she managed to survive by clinging onto the only peace of him that still exists.

Yet now she's found another happily ever after with a man that gives her love and peace and comfort.

I don't think that's out for me. Jacob is the missing piece of my soul, the part I've been wandering without for so long.

I thought it was because I tried to shelter my true self, suppressing my sexuality, trying to deny it but even after I came out there was still this intense emptiness inside of me that was only filled when he crashed into my life.

I'm brought out of my dark thoughts by his thumb, gently pressing against my pulse. It ravages me to the present, tears brutally pushing themselves out of my eyes as I see the despair in his.

"I'm scared, Kieron. Of being hurt again, of losing you and Ripley he can't...he can't take losing another parent."

"I won't. Jacob, I make this promise to you that I never abandon either of you again, I will never even think of leaving and I will stick by your side through anything."

"Anything?" I swipe his tears and then mine, the fresh saltiness evaporates into the air between us.

"Whatever darkness that comes before us, we face together now. No exceptions."

My hands cradles his jaw so firmly? It's impossible for either of us to look away.

"Do you think it's possible now? For people living lives like you and me to find peace?"

He always believed it was, it was me that doubted it, stupidly so because Ive seen it with my bare eyes.

I've witnessed the making of families, the light found in irrecoverable darkness.

My sister and Aaron managed to forge light, after years of heartache and pain.

Tessa and Kalen tried to deny it for years, shouldering the dark until light finally abolished it, and then even after she was shrouded in the darkness of grief, she still managed to push through.

Then there's Kai and Emery, who managed to defeat their demons separately and then together, realising that they're stronger when they look past the darkness to focus on the happy parts.

"I do. I think there's a future we're happy, a family just the three of us."

"And scooter." He adds, causing me to laugh in what feels like forever.

I trade the soft outline of his smile, imprinting it to memory in case it's the last time I ever see it.

"How could I forget that goofball,"

"You know he pissed all over the sofa the other day, took me hours to get the stench out."

I don't know if he realises it but he holds me a little tighter. "I bet Ripley loved that."

"Of course he did, until he realised he couldn't sit in the couch and watch paw patrol until I cleaned it."

We're so close now that I can see the tiny flecks of gold in his irises, the soft hue of blonde amiss the mess of brown hair.

"You know what I missed most about you?"

"What?" I murmur, bottom lips grazing his.

"I missed your voice, calming me even if you were freaking out yourself. I missed you holding my hand, telling me everything would be alright when Lola came over. I just missed you, and f**k, it broke my heart to think I might never get to tell you that."

"Jacob, I'm going to spend the rest of my life making it up to you." Sinking down onto one knee, I push past my insecurities of him saying no, throwing all caution to the f*****g wind.

"Now, the ring is in my bedroom. Second drawer down on the left, buried underneath some socks but I know that this is our moment. So Jacob Harper, will you make me the luckiest man in this goddamn world and marry me?"

He's so still and silent I'm scared I've willed the moment into freeze. Then he lets out a small laugh of disbelief, dropping to his knees too.

Our eyes mirror each other's, both glistening with unspoken emotion. I watch him dig into his pocket, frowning as he pulls out a velvet box.

"I can't tell you how long I've carried this around with me. Just in case the moment was right, even now...even when we both were..." He laughs softly, smiling as he flips open the lid. "Will you marry me, Kieron Romano?"

"f**k yes," I tug him in by his shirt, smashing my lips against his in unrestrained pleasure.

The moment his teeth sink into my lip, drawing blood that's enough to make me wince, I know I've got a f**k lot of making up to do.

"It fits perfectly." I murmur as he pushes it onto my finger. The silver band an enrapturing promise to one another that I'll never break.

"Let me get yours," I've dreamt of this moment for so long it almost doesn't feel real.

"Wait," He drags me back for another soul healing kiss, fingers grasping at my hair.

I know I'm not letting him go, not until I've been eight inches deep inside of him, and he's c*m so hard his limbs liquify.

"We'll go together." We're already ripping clothes off each other, barely making it to the bedroom before my hand fists his c**k.

***

J A C O B ' S P. O. V

"How much f*****g longer?" My freshly wed husband groans, as I slap the thick of the head against my tongue.

Saltiness of his c*m oozes from the swollen top, and I almost wince at the amount of torture he's suffering.

I can make it stop of course. Stuff his c**k so deep inside my throat that he cums on the spot but where's the fun in that?

It's barely five in the morning, the sun slowly rising to brighten another beautiful day in Hawai.

I disputed Kieron on the topic of an extended honeymoon so many times but after two weeks in paradise, I'm willing to throw it all to the wind and move here.

Screw my multi million dollar company and his booming chain of floristry shops. All I need is him and Ripley and maybe that damn dog.

"Please f**k," Kieron lifts his hips before I can pin them down, his c**k slipping further into my throat.

I almost gag, sliding my hands around the thick base to pull out.

"Okay, Mr Harper-Romano." That f*****g never gets old.

After a year long engagement where we managed to heal most of our wounds, some will never leave but we've learned to love them all the same, we finally married in a small intimate ceremony on a private island owned by his family.

Kiara offered to take care of Ripley whilst we honeymooned but we knew we wouldn't be able to relax without him here with us.

He's sleeping in the other room with Scooter, meaning we've got at least another hour of privacy before he launches into the room for another day of swimming in the ocean and eating ice cream until his stomach hurts.

I lift up onto my knees, relishing in the way his eyes darken at the sight of my full proud erection that juts out at him.

We take turns dominating each other, being in charge since we both like either time. Last night he f****d me into oblivion on the balcony. So goddamn hard that my head smacked into the railing.

I have the bruise to prove it and I'm pretending to punish him for it, just an excuse to prolong the torture, even though I would do it all again.

I grab his c**k at that base, suppressing a low groan as I sink into him. He's so deep seated inside of me I can feel it in my f*****g stomach.

His hands caress my abs, working up to grip my neck so he can yank me down. The kiss is brutalising, almost forcing me to give up control but I start to rock, watching as his head tips back, mouth ajar as I work him with slow thrusts.

"Tell me what you want," I say in a low growl.

He almost whimpers when I stop completely, hand fisting his soft hair.

"I want to c*m to deep inside of you that it'll take surgeon to remove it all."

Holy s**t. I almost blow on the stop.

Gulping unsteadily, I distract him with a kiss, nipping at his lip before moving across his jaw. I f**k him harder, planting his hips down so he can't thrust up.

It infuriates him rightly so, jaw clenching under my touch, that the scruffy beard scratches at my skin.

"Oh f**k," He moans when I roll my hips. A tip that Emery of all people gave me though I didn't want to know how she knew it was a power move.

Finally I see him about to unravel, fists gripping me so tight my ribs may shatter under the touch. I lick the salty vapour off his cheek, towards his ear.

"f**k me," Letting go of him, he doesn't waste a second, pushing up so hard I see stars.

My arms cling to his neck desperately holding on as he rides me viciously. "Oh god," I lose all sense of the world as my inner muscles contract around him, forcing him to c*m inside of me.

Each drop if felt so deep I burst myself, thick ropes of c*m painting his abs white.

"s**t," I murmur, letting him take my weight.

My head rests peacefully on his shoulder, arms wrapped around whisky his c**k still buried inside of me and finally I think I know what heaven feels like.

"I love you." I murmur, the same as I do everyday since we've got back together.

He grins, "I love you right back, Charming." Then it dies a little as his fingers gently touch the bruise. "f**k, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, it doesn't even hurt. I wasn't actually upset about it."

"I know but it's still my fault."

"No it isn't. Stop punishing yourself for stupid s**t. I forgave you a long time ago."

It took a long time to get to this point but we finally made it.

The door begins to beat down with small tiny knocks. "Daddy! Papa! Open up!"

I groan to Kieron's laugh as he slips out of me. He throws me a pair of joggers, I quickly pull on before opening the door.

"I swear he wakes up earlier each day."

And of course, Scooter comes running in after him, bounding towards the bed.

I pick up the dog before he can any closer, still needing to strip the sheets, and Kieron grabs Ripley.

"How was your sleep little man?"

"It was good papa, I had a dream about some aliens that came down to Earth and..." I smile to myself as I listen to their interaction.

It warms my heart each time, knowing Ripley feels so safe and comfortable with him. I never thought I would be able to give Ripley two parents, but in Kieron he has everything he needs and more.

This is it now. This is my happily ever after.

Me, Ripley, Kieron and Scooter.

Maybe one day we'll expand our family by one or two but for now, this is perfection.

And our story is just beginning.

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A/N: I can't believe it's finished ? I hope you guys enjoyed the mafia brother series but don't worry because coming June will be Caitlin's book and trust me it is steamy ?

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