So i’ve been wondering whether Ryan would want to keep the surname Wilder, considering it’s a complete fabrication from the woman trying to pretend she didn’t exist.
Idk maybe it’s something in the back of her mind that she doesn’t allow herself to consider too much until she’s about to propose to Sophie?
Maybe when they wake the morning after the proposal, Sophie says something like “good morning future Mrs. Wilder-Moore” and notices a slight movement she would have missed if she’d blinked, but Ryan definitely had a reaction to that. So she jokingly follows up with “Moore-Wilder would grate my ears for the rest of our lives. It just sounds like we don’t read well, darling.”
“Nerd. But no it’s not that… I guess i just started thinking about it for real and Wilder is an entire lie. I don’t want our name and our child’s name to be forever tied to a falsehood, you know?”
Sophie nods. “Well, you know what you don’t want, but do you know what you want?”
Ryan sighs “not really” then shrugs “we could just go with Moore”.
“Yeah that would work”
And of course Ryan hears the disappointment she tries to hide. “Tell me…”.
“I just… i don’t know.. i guess i … want… everyone to know i’m yours just as much as you’re mine… or…whatever. That’s probably outdated or stupid or whatever. Nevermind.”
Ryan grabs her face, pulls her in, and kisses her deeply. “God, i love you woman. It’s neither stupid nor ‘whatever’. It’s…everything.” She kisses her again.
Sophie has that I love you so much let’s just elope twinkle in her eye.
“We can’t. Jordan would kill us.”
Sophie agrees “If Luke and Mary didn’t kill us first… Ok. Well…options to mull over. You could use your birthright, Jada’s family name since Jet was Marquis’s dad or Fox for your father**. I would probably discuss that with Luke though. You could just choose a name that you think suits you and you’d want your wife and children to have as well”.
Ryan gives her brightest smile at Sophie extending their family to multiple kids. She dives on Sophie, rolling her over on the bed peppering her with kisses until she’s giggling.
“Babies. All the babies. And i’ll tell them all about Mama Cora and…” Ryan stops as realization dawns.
Sophie says it for her “Lewis. Our family will be Lewis-Moore”.
Ryan’s voice cracks “is that okay?”
Sophie wipes the tears. Ryan does the same for her. “Of course, baby. I’d be honored to carry that name.”
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**this assumes Lucious Fox is Ryan’s birth father
