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Rane looked at Sandy, vulnerable confusion in his expression.
Sandy smiled, stroking his cheek. “I asked Drevor to find him for me. Your mother is gone now. You can meet your father. He’s wanted to meet you too.”
“I, er…” Rane cleared his throat, looking back at his father who looked just as vulnerable, just as confused. “My, er… kappa…”
Traff made a sound deep in his throat, pained but happy at the same time.
“I’m so sorry,” he breathed, hands shaking as he reached for him. “I tried… I tried so many times to meet you. Your mother… No, that’s a terrible excuse. I should have done anything I could… If I had known how bad it was, I would have taken you by force! I’m sorry, Rane. I didn’t-”
He didn’t get to continue. Rane was just suddenly there, putting his arms around him. Traff didn’t hesitate to hold him back. The two of them squeezed each other as Sandy met Traff’s mate’s gaze behind him. The two shared a smile as relief made her relax.
They had a lot of time to make up for. When Sandy first contacted Traff, he had been reluctant to even meet his son. Not because he didn’t want to know him. Just as she thought, he had been following Rane’s career closely. According to his mate, he had an entire file on their home datapocket just for Rane’s games, his victories, every bad story that ever came out about him. She told Sandy that he used to blame himself, thinking that Rane wouldn’t have become such a degenerate if he had the influence of his father.
He never suspected that it was Elffa’s designs. When he found out the truth, he just blamed himself more. Rane had been helpless against his mother, but so had Traff. She had convinced – or bribed – the tribunals to believe that Traff was a bad father and didn’t deserve to be involved with his son – just as assuredly as she’d convinced them that Rane couldn’t be an adult.
After the story broke of the decision at court and Elffa’s crimes had all been revealed, he’d refused to contact Rane. Shame convinced him that Rane wouldn’t want anything to do with him. He’d been so sure that Rane would think he abandoned him, that he wouldn’t want to meet him. It was only his mate and Sandy convincing him that brought him here.
And seeing him hugging his son, for the first time since Rane had been an infant, made it worth it. She had to wipe away the tears as they waited, a decently long time, for them to separate.
It was a good meal. The start of a real parental relationship. Traff had missed a lot, but when they finally left, a long time later, Rane mentioned that he would be a good grandfather one day, and Sandy agreed.
They returned home and went to their room, emotionally exhausted but not physically. They slept naked, so they both undressed before climbing into their big, comfy bed – a big one, wide and comfy, that rocked gently as it hung from the ceiling, with a dozen big pillows, and definitely not on the floor. The telfay didn’t really use blankets, but Sandy had one because she definitely did. Her mate certainly seemed to enjoy being all wrapped up with her under it.
Rane laid on his back, one arm around her, gazing up at the ceiling as she laid against his chest, that blanket – one she’d made with her grandmother once upon a time – over them. Lexi Tollman had her own place in their apartment, in the front room, beside her broken, antique radio. Sandy liked to think she was listening to ghost music on it as she waited on the other side.
“You okay?” Sandy asked, looking up at her uncharacteristically broody mate.
“That was my father. My k-kappa,” he breathed. “I haven’t… I never thought I’d see him again.”
Sandy smiled. “Yeah. He had the same thought.”
Rane turned his eyes down onto her. “He looked… tired.”
“Well, it’s been a rough few tendays for him. We were at court, the game, and all the media attention that’s been following us. He’s been nervous for you.”
Rane turned, rolling over her. “It was good to see him.”
She smiled. “Yeah?”
He nodded, resting his forehead against hers. “I think I’m looking forward to getting to know him better. Him and his mate.”
“It will be good to have them in our lives,” she agreed calmly. “We can start building a proper family with them.”
Rane smiled, kissing her. It was brief but deep. A brief show of his affection and appreciation for her. She squeezed his torso, smiling to herself. It felt good to know she’d done something like this for him. It was too late for Traff to be a proper father to Rane, but they could certainly be friends. She hoped that would be true going forward anyway. Traff had two other younglings, teenagers at this point, that Rane hadn’t met tonight, but they already planned for that to happen someday. By all accounts, both other males were eager to meet their famous half-brother.
Rane was getting a proper family. He’d learn what it meant to have their genuine love and support.
And when he learned how to accept it, how to give it back, Sandy would know that he was ready to be a father himself, and they could have their own young then.
For now, they luxuriated in their victory as their kiss changed from sweet to deep. He held her tight, spreading her thighs, and reaching between them, stroking her with quick fingers.
She kept her eyes on him as he built her pleasure until she was hovering right on the precipice, until she nearly broke. Then, right before she did, he lined up his cock and slammed deep. She let out a cry, clinging onto him. They were prolific in their activities, and she was stretched to his size by now, but it was still shocking, somehow, every time he entered her.
Still, she didn’t look away. She gazed into his eyes as he claimed her with deep, long strokes.
They made love intermittently throughout the night and greeted the day with laughter and smiles. They were enjoying every minute of his off-season before training restarted, and today that included a small adventure to a textile store. They were making her a craft room in their apartment so she could take up sewing and knitting and many more of her old hobbies. Then, this afternoon, they were having dinner in an orbital restaurant so they could see the sunset from space.
Their life was open to do whatever they wanted, and every new adventure, even if it was just something as simple as a new store, was what made it worth living. And they were going to live it to their fullest from now on.
