Theodore and Steve were in the garden playing with the swing.

Steve sat on the swing, giggling happily as Theodore pushed him.

Theodore crouched down in front of Steve. Every time Steve swung toward him, he would catch him and plant a kiss on his little face.

Each time, Steve would burst into laughter, and Theodore would gently push him off again, letting him swing in the air.

Father and son played joyfully, with Steve ending up in Theodore's arms over and over again.

"Mama!" Steve suddenly called out.

Theodore smiled and said, "Do you miss Mommy? She's at work, but she'll be home soon."

"Theo." Rosalie's voice rang out from behind him.

turned around, just about to say something, but then

sight of their intertwined fingers stung his eyes, making it painfully

to suppress his emotions. Then, he unfastened Steve from the swing, held him in his arms, and

straight to the point. "Theo, we

darkened to a degree beyond words. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly as if struggling to maintain control. Then,

room, the three of

sat across from Rosalie and Justin. The room

a cold gaze fixed

was suffocating until Rosalie finally spoke. "I'm with Justin now. I want to

she said this, she squeezed

like a bolt of lightning had struck Theodore's

thought he was leaving?" Theodore's voice

him to stay," Rosalie admitted without hesitation. "I realized that I love him. I didn't

though he had long suspected it, because Rosalie hadn't admitted it outright, he had clung to a

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