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Are you making cow eyes at Lennon?

I’m a wolf, so stop being ridiculous.

Yeah, right.

“We have the family thing on Saturday, are you going to say anything?” Jonny asked, opening the driver’s door.

Lennon groaned, lifting his shoulders and looking completely lost. “I don’t know. I need to get my head around this before I share it. Please don’t say anything to anyone.”

Leaving the open door, Jonny came and kissed Lennon on the temple, cupping his cheek to crouch and look him in the eye. “I won’t say a word, but the family will scent the difference in you, so don’t leave it too long.” He cast a look at Kodi that was full of threat. “You need to shift and man the fuck up.”

“Is that any way for a Daddy to talk?” Lennon muttered, using his elbow to nudge Jonny back towards the open door. “Now go on, I’m sure I’ve disrupted enough of your day.”

“Call me if you need anything, okay squirt?”

“I will, now go.”

They remained where they were until Jonny had driven off and the desire to shift and hold Lennon was only resisted with how busy the area was and Kodi didn’t want to get arrested for indecent exposure.

The only highlight was his wolf’s concern when they stopped at what Lennon considered a car. The thing was more like a toy with how small it was. They eyed it with trepidation.

Not so smug now are we!

How on earth is a full-grown wolf supposed to fit in that thing?

You’re about to find out.

Lennon opened the passenger door, juggling the bottles before dropping them on the seat and reaching for a bag that sat behind the driver's seat. He tucked everything inside and then placed it back where he got it from. They looked at each other, then the car.

Lennon ran his thumb along his jawline. “I don’t think you’ll fit.”

We’re not leaving him, Kodi was adamant on that. So get your furry ass in there.

Lennon’s mouth dropped open as they stepped to the opening, then climb-crawled inside. At first laying over both seats, tucking their tail between their legs to avoid it getting trapped in the door.

When Lennon had it shut, they could hear his giggles from inside while he walked around to the drivers side. Door open, he stared at the wolf that was already squished on the two seats. “I can’t sit on your head, you’re gonna have to shove back onto the other seat.” His head tilted from left to right, a finger tapping on his lower lip. “I think we need to get you into a sitting position, and I better put the seatbelt on you. I’m not sure of the laws around this.”

His animal’s distress at looking ridiculous was too much, and Kodi had a fit of the chuckles.

Lennon wasn’t much better by the time he’d ‘helped’ Kodi’s wolf into a sitting position, its paws on the dashboard. Its head was forced to the side because it was too tall for the roof.

I wish I could tell him to take a picture.

His animal ignored him.

“Don’t you just look the cutest,” Lennon giggled, no longer pale but all pretty with pink cheeks and glowing eyes.

Don’t you dare growl at him. Kodi felt his wolf’s desire to do just that. He doesn’t look upset anymore, don’t spoil it.

I look foolish!

Payback for not telling me about the pregnancy, so suck it up.

Lennon got into the car and for the first few minutes he drove, he remained silent. He glanced at them occasionally when changing gear because he was having to slow and push fur off the gearshift. “What are we going to do?”

The ‘we’ had to be a good sign, didn’t it?

“I don’t think I can do it all alone, not that my family wouldn’t help me. I’m not like Frey, who didn’t have a leash to call on for help. My colony will help me…” He bit his lower lip and cast a side eyed look at them. “Do you even want a baby? Be with me?”