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Trinity's pov.
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It's been a week since we got here and I've never seen Nathaniel this happy to be around people. I mean he's laughing more than he normally does and I caught him debating on whether or not he should wear a short sleeve shirt yesterday. Dom says it because he's surrounded by his kind and I was confused at first before remembering that their all the same size which made me giggle.
"Morning" I said greeting everyone in the kitchen
"We just had lunch" Angelo said making me glare at him
"Are you gonna accept my greeting or not?" I said with my hands folded
"I'm still thinking about it" he replied
"Don't think, it never ends up good" I said making him gasp while everyone else laughed. I looked around the room and realized neither one of my partners are in here
"Damien was laying on the couch and Dom is laying on top of him, with a pillow in between them" Donatello said then scoffed
"Doesn't the pillow make it obvious that she's tryna hide something"
"Not necessarily, he could think that she doesn't wanna feel his dick on her" pa said
"Aah" he said as ma placed a plate with a hamburger and fries in front of me
"Eat, then go cuddle" she said making me snort. I sat down at the table and began eating and they all moved from the kitchen over to me. Continuing whatever conversation they had going on, they kept me company as I ate my food. It's one of the things I love about Dom's family, they take the whole 'you are never alone' thing to a whole other level
"...and then I walked out of there" Dakota said finishing his story
"Bitch you ran out of there then called me to pick you up" Israel said making everyone laugh their asses off, even the confused Scarlett laughed
"Baabbeee" Dakota whined to his husband
"You're supposed to be on my side, through sickness and in health"
"Not through bullshit and crap sweety" he said then kissed his forehead and took my empty plate to the kitchen
"Thank you" I said but as usual was ignored, they don't believe in that word when it comes to family
"Do I whine that much?" pa asked
"Ooh sweetheart, you're way worse" ma said with a genuine smile making us chuckle while pa scoffed. Standing up they somewhat all followed me to the living room where indeed Dom was on top of Nathaniel with a pillow between the privates. Nathaniel was rubbing her back and Dom had her eyes closed probably listening to his heartbeat. We all stood there like creeps staring at them.
"Are you sure you wanna be with me?" Dom asked him making him chuckle
"Baby I've told you the same thing every time you've asked me that question and I'll continue to tell you the same thing until you believe my words to be true" he said with that stupid cute smile of his
"I want to be with you just as much as I wanna be with Trinity, there can never be an us without both of you present"
"You cheesy motherfucker" Dom said making me smile while Nathaniel chuckled
"There's something you don't know about me and I don't know how you will react when I tell you. I tried to tell you before I got my heart involved with you but I just couldn't and I'm scared of how things will be between us when you find out. I don't want you to hate Trinity because of me"
Nothing was said between them for a while. Nathaniel continued to brush her back as Dom continued to build enough courage to tell him the truth.
"Remember when I told you about my father?" Nathaniel asked
"Mmh, I remember" Dom said making Nathaniel sigh
"Well after he left, Bridget, my uh mo-mother, became someone unrecognizable. She loved my father in her own fucked up manner and it wasn't until I grew up that I realized just how toxic their relationship was. Only Nevada and I have the same father, so it was just us and her for a while. She did do the typical thing and turned to drugs, having men in and out the house, you know the whole 180, and turned 10 for some reason she did stop but that's when she uh... she"
"You don't have to say anything" Dom said knowing exactly where this story is heading
"No, I want to, I need to get this off my chest" Nathaniel said making Dom brush his arm
"Take your time" Dom said as he took a deep breath
"It started verbally. Her telling me I'd never make it in life, that I'm weak and useless, then she started tripping me and laughing when I fell, I remember laughing as well because I got to see her happy again"
"Nathaniel"
"Then when I was eleven she pushed me down the stairs and I tore my forehead. She watched the blood run down my face but she only told me to clean up my blood off the floor and walked away. It was exactly three days before she started slapping me, slaps turned into punches, punches into kicks, kicks into whips, cigarette burns, being woken up with hot water poured on my back, having knives thrown at me but even through all of that what hurt the most was having her look me in the eyes and tell me just how much she hates me as she ran a knife all over my body"
"When I did see my dad and spent the whole day with him I couldn't bring myself to tell him what his ex-wife has turned to because he looked happy and at peace. Although when I got home and stupidity told her I was with him all day I woke up four days later in the hospital, I was 17 when one of her boyfriends tried to touch Nevada and I was locked up for a week because I nearly killed him" he said then sighed deeply
"I had my father's height at that point but I was still relatively weak. So when I finished high school I went straight to the military and didn't want to leave cause even though I didn't talk much I was surrounded by people I knew had my back. Whenever I did come over to visit I was belittled by my mother and her new husband, shocker. Her third husband is where Bruce and Angelica came from but I wasn't allowed near them" he said then scoffed
"They were innocent but who was I to tell a mother what to do with her kids? Anyway, after three years Nevada called me and said she finally moved out and missed me, I guess knowing that she was out that house was the only reason I needed to leave the military. I bought a building from one of my men when I announced that I was leaving and the rest is history" he finished off. I didn't know I was crying till pa wiped my cheek and brought me into a hug. I saw ma and Donatello crying in each other's arms as well, Israel was trying not to cry and Dom's older brothers looked pissed as fuck
"I hate your mom" Dom said making Nathaniel chuckled
"Don't hate her, it takes way too much effort to hate someone love" Nathaniel said making Dom sit up and straddling him
"What? But she hurt you"
"Yes she did, but I'm a happy man with two women who are way out of my league" he said with a smile making Dom stare at the pillow in between them
"Now my problem doesn't seem as big" she said with a snort
"It doesn't matter how big or small you think it is, if it bothers you it is important" he said making her sigh
"Ihaveapenis" she mumbled out then placed her head into the neck of a laughing Nathaniel
"I didn't understand a word you said love"
"Don't make me repeat it" Dom groaned making me smile
"Does Trinity know?" he asked her
"Yes"
"Should I ask her about it? So you don't have to repeat yourself?" he asked making my heart swoon
"Yes, but it won't be the same. Arg I'm too sober for this" Dom said with her head still in his neck. Nathaniel didn't say anything as he waited for her to say something all he did was brush her back
"You've already met my family and they are very... interesting people, so I grew up thinking that it was okay being uh me. Anyway, a girl in high school found out my secret and told everyone so I was bullied for it and I ended up hating myself. I ended up being home-schooled because every principal had questions when we applied to a new school. Then I went to college and met the crazy crackhead we have as a partner and I started feeling okay with being myself again. Still insecure but okay with it, and now I'm just scared, Nathaniel"
"I'm not going anywhere Dominique" he said looking her in the eye
"I- I have..."
"Take your time"
"I was- I was born uh... I was born with a penis" Dom finally said it and we were all watching his response
"Was that so hard to say" was the only thing that left his mouth
"Huh?"
"I kinda already knew" Nathaniel said with his cute blush finding a home on his cheeks
"Since when?"
"Uh since the first time you guys slept over" he said making me think back
"When we slept on the same bed" Dom said
"But you were spooning me and had your hand on my boob"
"Yeah" he said as his whole face turned pink
"But before that, you were spooning me and you kinda uhm rubbed yourself on me and found your release"
"That's why my boxers were sticky, you cleaned me up" she said making him nod
"I need to die"
"No!" Nathaniel said holding onto her tighter but laughed at just how red her face became. The sight made me happy
"Of course, I should, my fucking brothers know, they'll never let me live it down" she said and of course, the devils in question were smiling like idiots
"Ignore them like we both have since they stood there"
"You knew?"
"Yup"
"But still told you whole life story?" Dom asked
"I knew Trinity was there and that's all that mattered to me" he said sitting up with Dom still in his lap
"Now love, please remove the pillow"
"Stop calling me love" she said as her face became darker
"But I love your reaction to it" he said making Dom gasp
"Trinity he's bullying me" she said making me giggle as he placed Dom on his right lap and held out an arm for me. Without any thought, I flew right onto his left lap and placed my head on his chest like Dom
"How are you feeling?" I asked her
"Embarrassed, but happy" she said making me smile then look up to the gentle giant
"You're stuck with us now" I said making him smile
"Nope, you're both stuck with me" he said as Dom removed the pillow
"Does this mean we'll see you shirtless now?" Dom asked making me snort
"Probably, because fuck I'm sick of sweating" he said making us laugh as everyone else filled the couch and we watched whatever Scarlett wanted to watch.
The entire family filled the living room as we all watched heaven knows how many Tinkerbell movies with a giggling Scarlett and her 'as long as she's happy' family. No one said anything about Nathaniel and his story, I think he did appreciate it because he relaxed when they all sat down to watch cartoons. Soon the small lady in question began dozing off on her father making the eldest Donavon, D'Angelo, take her to bed. He came back after a few minutes and the TV was switched off
"I know you don't want to talk about your past and I'm not gonna make you talk about it, but what I will tell you is if I ever cross paths with your mother, I'll give you a heads up to plan her funeral" pa said making Nathaniel chuckle
"He's serious dear. That bull on your lap with a skull as thick as her personality is my firstborn daughter" ma started off making Dom raise her head from his chest to gasp at her
"It took us years to get her to love herself again and it never worked, not once, but when she met Trinity and began genuinely smiling again I knew there is nothing I would not do for Trinity even if they broke up. Looking at her now, genuinely happy with the woman that kept me from killing her and a man, of all things, makes me want to give you the world. Your mother is a bitch and I'm so sorry you didn't get the chance to have a proper one but I'm here now. Whenever you are ready and comfortable and sure you can live with my husband's stupidity, please call me mom"
"I don't know what to say" Nathaniel said with tears in his eyes
"Nothing needs to be said, and even though you already have one, I'd be proud to be your father" pa said making Nathaniel nod
"Besides let's face it, you already look like one of my sons"
"We can be a handful sometimes..." Donatello started off
"Bitch whose we?" Dakota said making Nathaniel chuckle
"As I was saying, we can be a handful sometimes but D'Angelo and I do show respect to those who've earned it" he said making Dakota scoff and was about to comment only to be hushed by his hubby
"I'm not one for long speeches and sentimental shit" D'Angelo started saying
"Which is why you're still single" Dakota said but was knocked off the couch by the force of which the pillow ma threw at him
"I thought she loved me"
"It's been four years and I still don't know what you see in him" D'Angelo said facing Israel who just shrugged
"Anyway, I'm not as gullible as my parents so I don't trust you but you do make that idiot happy and because of that you have my respect"
"Wow, respect" Santi said making Dom snort
"I've already said you were the son they forgot at the hospital so, welcome to hell"
"You're the only one we forgot at the hospital baby" pa said making Santi gasp
"Re-really?" Santi said as his lips wobbled making ma stand up
"He's joking sweetpea" ma stand gathering him up in her hands
"You're not the one we forgot"
"What?" the quads said at the same time making pa chuckle and hug his wife with Santi being squished between them
"I thought we promised to never tell them" he said
"You brought it up" ma replied then looked at Nathaniel
"Don't forget what we said sweety"
"We're off to do adult things" pa said making his kids gag
"How the fuck do you idiots think you came into this world?"
"Storks" they all said simultaneously
"It's 6:30-ish, so anyone but Dom and Dom's followers order food" ma said as the three of them left the room
"So..." Dakota said and I knew he was about to say something stupid
"Whose the bottom?"