Chapter 1
Family Skate 2019:
His hands were clammy, pacing back and forth in the bathroom at Dumo’s, he was supposed to have a fun time. Spending family time with his parents, with Logan’s parents, with Leo and his family. Instead he locked himself in the bathroom at Dumo’s after his parents told him they wanted to talk to him. They sounded serious, just like his Captain, they had said Alex was worried about him because he was acting “all dopey” at the games in Florida.
His hands were shaking a little like he drank seven coffees before noon, his breath was slightly picking up, he hadn’t talked about coming out to his family with the boys yet. It was all going so well and he didn’t want to ruin it. So, he decided after staring into the mirror for a good twenty minutes that he would tell his parents after he took them back to the hotel they were staying at.
It was time, the only people who noticed anything was off were Logan and Leo, and maybe the twins. He was in his head all night so when his mother put her hand on his arm to kiss him on the cheek thanking him for the ride, he jumped a little. It was then realised he had driven them all the way there on autopilot. He turned the car off and looked at them.
“Let’s go upstairs and talk, yeah?” He smiles uneasily and gets out of the car. The elevator ride up was a bit awkward but the silence was nice. Refreshing even. Once they got into the room he gestured for his parents to sit on the bed. He started tapping his toes in his vans hoping his parents didn’t catch on to how nervous he was.
“Finn? Honey, what’s wrong?” His mother had worry in her blue eyes. “Is this what Alex was talking about? He said you were acting strange.”
“Have you gotten into something? Are you in trouble?” His father was looking into his soul with eyes that mirrored his own. Finn swallowed his fear and took a deep breath.
“You know how me and Logan have been really good friends for a while?” His parents nodded and shared a look before taking each other's hand. “Well, I’m… dating him an-” His mother squealing and jumping up to squeeze him into a tight hug cut off his sentence. She was hopping around making him as well. “Mom! Mom!” He laughed a little as tears he didn’t know were falling landed on his mothers cheek as she looked up and wiped his tears away with her thumb cupping his cheeks. He felt his father wrap his arms around both of them, hugging with the intent to hold his son together.
He cried into his parents as all his worries flooded out of him, he was crying happy tears as his parents whispered words of acceptance. He sniffles and laughs a little, pulling away to wipe his eyes.
“It isn’t just Logan” His parents look up in surprise, waiting for him to continue. “You know Leo? The new rookie, well I’m also dating him.”
“Oh good! He's just an adorable young thing isn’t he.” His mother smiles and flops on the bed bouncing a little as Finn and his father hug again.
“Yeah, he’s really cute.” Finn turns a little pink and talks about his boys for a good hour before he realizes he promised the twins a story. “I got to go, I promised Leo’s kids a story.” He puts his coat on completely forgetting that his parents had no idea about the twins.
“Did you say… kids?”
Montreal 2019
Logan, his boys, and the twins were all staying in a hotel because his parents house was full of his family from out of town and out of the country. Everyone was celebrating the cup, the parade happened yesterday and he couldn’t be happier. He was laying on Leo’s back on the bed while he complained about how cold it was for the summer time.
“I’m just saying it’s freezing here, in NOLA y’all were boiling and now I’m freezing! I don’t know how Otto is handling this, that kid has no circulation.”
“I’m gonna come out to my parents while we’re here.” Logan felt Leo stop breathing for a moment, then he felt a tap on his side. He rolled off and faced his lover.
“Because you want to or because you think you need to?”
“I want to” Leo smiles and brings him in for a slow and sweet kiss. They pull away when two kids jump on them as they had just come back from a walk with Finn. “Hello monsters!”
Later that evening he stood in front of his parents house, wondering if this was the right thing to do. Everyone was so happy and Logan knew his parents were a little more right winged then his sisters. Who already knew about his relationships. He walks in the front door after deciding that it was best they knew. He found his parents on the couch, his boys were waiting in the car down the street in case something went terribly wrong. The twins were sleeping in their carseats, as they drove around to calm Logan's nerves before having him walk to the house.
“Bonjour chérie, tu as décidé de rester avec nous après tout?” His mother looked up from her paper under her glasses, his father came into the room with two cups of tea. “Je sais que Finn est ton ami mais n'est-il pas un peu flamboyant? Ce Leo est avec toi aussi, oui? C'est une petite chose sournoise.” Logan frowns a little at what she says as his parents sip their tea and look up at him.
“Maman, papa, j'ai quelque chose à te dire.” They look at each other for a moment then look up at him. “ I- I.. I’m dating Finn… and Leo” He is looking at the wall behind their head that has a picture of their family when he was four. Everyone was smiling and happy and the perfect family. He felt like he just ruined it.
All he heard was silence, he finally looked at his parents and saw them glaring at him, he jumped when his father stood up and grabbed him by his collar. Yelling terrible things at him in his native tongue. Logan reached into his pocket and clicked Leo’s contact to call. He had it already set up because he knew his parents wouldn’t react well. He took his hand out of his pocket and pushed his fathers hands away from him.
His mother was in tears, her hands gripped on Logans as she prayed for him. He felt the tears fall from his eyes, unhappy, hurt, they stung his eyes. She babled on until there was a knock on the door.
“If that is them then we are going to have a very long talk!” His father stormed over to the door and swung it open, he saw two little blurry figures rushed in. He felt them hug his legs, he let go of his mothers hands and squatted down to hug them.
He held them tightly, they kept asking him what was wrong and that their daddy was worried about him. They wiped his tears and looked around to see two completely stunned parents staring down at them. Logan stands holding a twin on each one of his hips, he looks at his parents then the children.
“These are Leo’s kids, Olive and Otto. If you want you can treat them like your grandkids, but if you ever speak to them in the way you just spoke to me. I will never speak to you again.” He starts to walk towards the door.
“When will we see you again?”
“When you are ready to tell me you’re sorry.”