"Will!"

Will was attempting to dress his daughter for her first day of school when he heard Nico yell his name from downstairs.

"Will!"

Will motioned for Bianca to put up her arms so he could slip on her sweater. "C'mon sweetie. Daddy needs me. We're probably out of breakfast foods. Your older brother is in a breakfast phase."

Bianca giggled, "It's okay Daddy. You can go. I can put on my shoes like a big girl."

"Will!"

Will smiled and kissed the top of her head, "You're such a darling. Come downstairs when you're ready."

Will raced down the stairs to the kitchen, where Nico was holding an empty carton of eggs, an empty bag of bread and an empty gallon of milk. There was another on the kitchen island. "Will, I either need you to go out and buy these things or we need to leave now so we can buy them breakfast."

Will gently took the trash from Nico's hands and threw it away. Nico wasn't happy. Their son Jacin loved to put back the trash in the fridge, he thought he was pranking them. "We'll go now. It'll take too long for me to go there and back. We can go grocery shopping after we pick up the kids."

Nico huffed, "Jacin. I swear. I'll ground him."

Will smiled, "He's learning to cook for himself, babe. Let him do it. We'll just have to remind him to throw away his things if he's finished them."

Nico sighed and looked at him with loving eyes. "I don't know what I would do without you." He hugged him, "Why did we decide on three kids again?"

Will kissed his forehead, "We thought it was the perfect number."

"Ugh." He buried his face in his chest. "So much work."

"Oh Dad," Sumner, their oldest boy of 16 came in the kitchen and took a seat at the island. "You know you love us."

Nico pulled away from Will, "Yes. I do. But it wouldn't kill your brother to throw away his trash."

"He's 9, Dad, he's still a child."

"Who's a child?" Jacin ran in and took a seat by his brother. Bianca was trailing after him. Will reached down and picked her up. She was heavier now but sometimes he forgot and still got scared she would fall off the stool.

"You are, sasquatch." Sumner flicked Jacin's forehead.

Jacin's hands shot to his forehead, "Hey! I'm not a Sasquatch you troll!"

"Boys!" Nico reached for his car keys. "That's enough! We're leaving. Jacin here finished all breakfast ingredients so we're going by Apples for breakfast."

The kids cheered as Nico lead the way out of the house.

Will smiled at his wonderful family.

His oldest boy of 16. They adopted him when he was 2. They debated getting an actual baby but they thought they might not be ready for one and adopted him. It hadn't been a mistake. Sumner had grown into a great young man. Jacin. Who'd they'd gotten when he was 4 and Sumner 11. He had been such a little trouble maker, and still was. And finally a year after that they decided to go for a baby, finally, and they'd gotten little Bianca. She was their little genius. They were perfect. The three of them were more than they could have hoped for. And of course his beautiful husband. Every single day, he was stunned by him alone over again. Like the day he met him at Olympus.

"Dad, what are you staring at?" Jacin leaned in from the back seat.

Without realizing, Will had buckled up Bianca in her booster seat and the himself in his own passenger seat as the other boys got in the car. He had been staring at them from the rearview mirror.

"Nothin." But he smiled down at his boy. "Just the most amazing kids."

"You definitely got that right, Dad." Sumner grinned at his dads, "If I gotta say, you guys are pretty great dads too."

Nico scoffed, "Are you kidding? We're the best."

Bianca's giggles drifted up to them, "I love you all."

Sumner reached up to tickle his little sister, "Do you love me still?"

She shrieked and giggled, "Yes! Always!"

Jacin produced a lollipop out of his pocket, "But I bet I'm your favourite aren't I?"

Sumner stopped tickling Bianca, "No fair! You little sasquatch! You can't just bribe her with a lollipop!"

He stuck out his tongue, "Too bad. I am."

Bianca took the lollipop, "You're both my favourite."

Nico parked, "Alright! We're here. You guys want the usual?"

"Yeah!" They shouted in unison.

Will stayed to watch over them. Nico was back in to time. He distributed their cookies, sandwiches, coffees, teas, and croissants before driving away. They dropped off Sumner first. He kissed the top of Bianca's head as goodbye. He leaned over to punch his brother as goodbye, "Sasquatch." But he gave him a kiss on his head too. Jacin still complained. He said he was too old for older brother kisses. Sumner just laughed and waved his parents goodbye before heading into school grounds. They all watched as he greeted his girlfriend and took her hand, walking to class together.

Nico smiled at his husband, "He's turning 17 next month. I can't believe it."

"Years ago by quickly, sunshine."

"I know. Our own anniversary is two months after that."

Will almost leaned over to kiss him but the cat behind them honked and Jacin retched behind them. "Stop being mushy! E have to get to school. Leave Sum and his girlfriend alone. They're gross."

Nico sighed and started driving again, heading for their kids' school. As soon as they parked, Jacin raced off to meet his friends. He only kissed Bianca's head and yelled "BYE!" before going. Nico waved him off and helped Bianca down from the car. It was her first day of kindergarten so they were walking her in. They had both taken the day off from work just for this.

"What will school be like?" She played with her jacket zipper as they walked. "What will I learn?"

"Hmm." Will thought, "Math. And the alphabet. New words. Science and maybe a new language."

"Italian? Like Daddy?"

Nico shook his head, "Not here honey. But I promise I'll teach you myself at home when you have extra time."

That seemed to please her, "Yay!"

She skipped the rest of the way to her classroom. They'd pointed it out to her when she'd accompanied them to enroll her.

When they entered behind her, she was stunned by the amount of kids crying. "Why are they sad?" She asked.

"Thy don't want to keave their parents." Nico explained. Sumner had been one of the crying kids when he first started. He was such a caring boy.

Bianca frowned. "I'll play with them. Maybe they will be happy."

Will smiled, squaring down to her level. Nico followed suit. "Maybe so. Go ahead. We'll say goodbye to you here."

She turned to look at her dads, "Okay." She reached up to give them each a kiss on the cheek. "I'll cheer them up. Like Jacin and Sum do for me when I'm sad."

Nico smiled, "Just like that."

Will gave her one last hug, "Okay, honey. Have fun. We'll be right here after school to pick you up."

She nodded and made the same face Nico made when he was determined to do something. "I'll learn and I'll make the kids happy." Then she turned around and skipped in the direction of the closest kid who was crying.

Nico took Will's hand. They watched as she introduced herself and made funny faces. Then reassured him as she got him to smile. "She's in school now, Will."

Will let go of his hand and brought him closer, draping his arm around his shoulders instead, "I know, Nico."

"She's four."

"I know."

"Gosh."

"I know."

They didn't say anything else as they watched for another five minutes. She turned to look at them as they turned to keave and waved. She had three kids with her now. There was one more to go. Will and Nico didn't have to stay and watch to know she would succeed in cheering her up.

They walked back to their car with Will's arm still around Nico's shoulder. Once in the car, Nico smiled at him, "I love you, Will Solace-di Angelo."

Will leaned over to finally kiss him, "I love you too, Nico Solace-di Angelo."