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"Then?"
"I used all the resources I had to go looking but it was a fucking closed adoption."
Hank winces at that. "It had to be."
Alex looks up, startled. "Why?"
Hank steels himself then starts telling Alex about the line of abuse Scott suffered at the hands of the foster system, an unfortunate and unlucky case, the social worker had said and Hank had almost punched him in the face for that.
He has to resort to the whiskey before he can finish.
Alex, though, looks absolutely wrecked.
"God," Alex breathes out, hands fisted in his hair. "God."
Hank fills his mug with whiskey and urges him to drink.
They polish off half the bottle before they can speak again.
"You found us though," Hank says. "Why didn't you initiate contact right away?"
Alex scrubs at his face, takes a deep swig of his mug. His eyes are bloodshot. "The thing is, when my parents realised that they were pregnant with Scott, I'd just enlisted."
Hank frowns. "I don't. . ."
"It's not that I didn't love my parents," Alex says, eyes taking that faraway sheen of remembrance. "Or that they didn't love me. It's just that sometimes you can love people and not get them, you know? So at that point, I'd been in military school for almost half my life and there they were, with their miracle baby - Just, you know? I thought they might've been glad to see the back of me, start right with a new kid. They'd be happier, I thought." Alex suddenly smiles. "I never thought I'd love the new kid so much, though."
"He is pretty lovable," Hank concedes.
"I saw Scott a total of, what? Five months in three years?" Alex sighs and takes another swig. "I didn't think he'd remember me."
Scott spoke so little about his life before coming to stay with him that Hank had always assumed that he'd either forgotten or repressed those memories. "I guess we were both wrong about that," he confesses.
"When I started looking for him, I'd always thought it was so that I could take him back, so he could be with his family," Alex says, after draining his mug. "Then when more time passed with nothing turning up, it got me thinking that he wouldn't remember me at all, he probably saw the mall Santa more times than me, you know? I decided that all I could do was find out if he was healthy and happy. I didn't want to go messing up a good thing." Alex looks up and holds Hank's gaze for a long time. "But I did."
Hank looks at Alex, really looks and for the first time, he doesn't see an asshole or this obstacle that might very well take his son away.
Alex turns his head but Hank takes his hand from where it's lying on the table and forces his gaze back. "All I want is for Scott to be happy."
"That's all I want too," Alex chokes out.
"Scott's been missing you and I've been a terrible father to not have noticed - "
"You're fucking great with him," Alex protests.
Hank shakes his head, shuts him up with a look. "Scott misses you and if your being here makes him happy, then I've got a spare bedroom you can borrow for as long as you like."
Alex squeezes his hand tight. "Thanks, thanks, doc. You don't know what this means - "
"You better not hurt him."
Alex shakes his head. "I won't, I won't."
Hank's taken a leap of faith. All he can do now is hope.
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A/N: I'm so relieved no one hated the cliched-ness of the last part and I'm sorry this took a bit longer than usual. I had to suss out some details by myself because my usual sounding board has gone on vacation, damn her. JK. Hope you enjoyed!
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THE SUMMERS REUNION IS A MAJOR TEARJERKER. SCOTT'S WEE BABY FACE -- HIM HUGGING ALEX AND CLUTCHING HANK'S HAND TIGHTLY... THE THREE OF THEM AT THE BACK OF THE CAR -- LIKE A NUCLEAR FAMILY (I SEE WHAT YOU DID THAR!)
ALEX IN BLACK OPS? IS THAT HOT OR HOTTER? I ALREADY KNOW HIM AND ERIK WILL HIT IT OFF!
AND THEM SHARING ONE ROOF! SQUEE! I AM SO IN LOVE! <333333333333
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Been stalking it for a while and now I am leaving a comment.
OMG PLEASE CONTINUE I LOVE THIS SO MUCH
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