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To stall, and give the twins more time to decide, Daizi said, "...Well, to make things a bit more even between us, I'll tell you Dark is a history teacher at the high school," at least for the moment, "and I work at the museum downtown. Not the art museum or the science museum, the one everyone...

"That area is fine. Well, it is settled, then. We will meet you there." Dark replied, although Daizi had, admittedly, gotten a bit confused if the twins were going to join them or not. She had thought they weren't planning to, yet, but the conversation now sounded otherwise. Again, she...

"Tomorrow at that time is fine," Dark answered, and after thinking about it for a few moments, named a park that was neither the one they went to on Father's day, which was the one closest to home, nor the one they went to when they first met Declan. Daizi thought about mentioning her...

"Meeting in person may be easier," Dark said slowly, looking to the twins for confirmation, wanting them to have as much control over the situation as they could, "I suspect our schedule is more open than yours is, presently." Ivy spat out the pacifier and cooed at her mother, who shushed her...

"I'm not sure exactly what they're comfortable with yet," Daizi told him, "and I don't want to rush them into something, or force them to do something they aren't comfortable with. I'm sure you can understand it's a complicated situation on their end." "We would like to know a little bit more...

"Dark, yes," He confirmed for him, understanding the confusion between how he sounded and his name, but not addressing it, "And yes, they are with us." He couldn't bring himself to call them his foster children. "They have lived with us for over a year. We took them in the December before...

"Hello," Dark answered, his voice as steady, rich, and deep as it ever was. He was too controlled for it to be otherwise, "my name is G.M. Dark and my wife, Daizi Wahid, is with me." "Hello," Daizi spoke up, rocking Ivy in her lap, more for herself, ultimately. "I believe Mr. Lance Corporal...

"Probably," Daizi agreed. She was holding Ivy in her lap and had given her a pacifier to keep her quiet. Typically, they only gave them to her at night, because they lowered the risk of SIDs, and even then they had mostly weaned her off of them, but if anything counted as an extenuating...

"Take your time," Dark told him, and then went with Daizi to the living room to wait to have a conversation neither he nor Daizi really knew how to have, but they were going to have it anyway.

"Nothing you don't already know," Daizi said, "We were planning to call Tristan tonight, if you have the energy for it. Otherwise we'll wait until tomorrow. I hope your time at the ranch went well."

"Get an ice pack if you need it," Daizi told him, knowing he knew where they were, "I'd like to call him tonight, it really just depends on when he gets home and how much energy he has. It should be fine to call tonight."

"Ah, but, see, now that you have given me permission, everything I do will seem performative," Dark replied, teasing his son, before thanking him and walking inside. He wasn't really sure how to respond to Alec thanking him for being open, because he didn't really feel like he had done...

"I would not believe it if I was not fortunate enough to live it." Dark replied as he parked in their driveway and looked up at their house, a monument to who they were together, "Daizi always says it is not luck, it is fate. We were always meant to be together, she says, but if it was not...

"I am romantic," He agreed, "I think you have to be. I do not see much of a point in being in love with someone if you do not allow yourself to really relish in it. I love putting together surprises for her, and it makes me feel as though I cannot stand when she surprises me," he thought of...

"I know Daizi and I danced together at the carnival we went to last year, although she was late enough in her pregnancy we were a bit limited." A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as he pulled onto their street. There was a lot that was difficult for them both when Daizi was pregnant...

Dark shrugged, "I do not avoid it. There just have not been many moments where I want to dance where you have also been around. I am not like Daizi who will dance while I cook or get ready in the morning, but I like dancing with her. We used to take partner classes."

"I am a better dancer than I get credit for," He said, although it was unclear if he was teasing enough, "I certainly had the skills necessary to spin a hoop around. It really is not so hard, I do not think." He glanced over at Alec, "I know it is hard to imagine such things."

Dark promised Alec to take him to get a hula hoop as soon as they could, although it was a bit late in the day to run out just then. "Would it surprise you to learn I am not bad at hula hooping? We only learned because Daizi was showing off at a party, and I was pressured into giving it a try...

While the twins were gone, Dark and Daizi did speak much more openly regarding their thoughts about this whole... uncle, situation. Despite them both wanting to tell Cooger about it, they both refrained, at least for the moment. It was too new, and they wanted more information about it before...

"You better hurry," Daizi chuckled, sitting back on the couch, but after only a few moments, Ivy's cries came over the baby monitor, so then Dark, too, went upstairs, leaving her alone on the couch. She took a breath, pushed her hair back, and then also got up, trying to do anything but think...