Ethan Fowler

“I know you’ll do what you feel is best for you.”

“It might take some time, but I’ll figure something out.”

“Maybe find a new job, or office, or something.”

“Trust me, I’m working on it.”

“I can see that. And I mean you slept with her and she tried to pin her kid on you… Awkward.”

“Really awkward.”

“Oh… I’m sorry.”

“No worries. I don’t work when she’s around for a reason.”

“But you don’t hang around her, right?”

“No, but she kicked me out of the office once.”

“… Kaylie incident?”

“You know, when she got herself pregnant and accused every guy in town of being the father. She’s still doing that I guess, or is being bitter towards everyone for no reason.”

“We got a ways to go. You have to give me a reason to trust you again. No more lying, no more going behind my back. If you’re going to do—THAT, at least be honest about it.”

“I will, Tessa, I swear. After that Kaylie incident, I only go if Rayna needs me.”

“Yeah, she is. You helped make a cute kid… Almost feels like a family right now.”

“We’ll get there one day. I know we will.”

“I think she looks more like you. But she’s perfect. Ethan, let me formally introduce you to Thea Natalie Holme, the light of my life.”

“Maybe, but I can see her growing up to look just like you. Either way, she’s perfect.”

“Here. Be careful holding her.”

“Tessa... She’s beautiful. And she looks just like you.”

“… Yeah, I guess you can.“

“Thanks, Tessa.”

“… Well now you know about Thea, what do we do from here. I didn’t plan for this…”

“...Can I meet her?”

 “Doesn’t mean I appreciate being watched, and my secret being spilled… You weren’t supposed to know. You were supposed to forget I even existed and move on. You never had a hard time moving on from anyone… Then ghost grandma let it slip.”

“Tessa... I can’t forget about you. I’ll never be able to.”

“Oh… spooky. That unnerves me. And here I am going through enough stress as a single mother in a supernatural town, only to have my former boyfriend’s grandma;’s ghosts spying on me.”

“Hey, my grandma was cool.”

“Your grandma isn’t alive, Ethan. If you saw her in a vision you can tell me the truth.”

“Trust me, if I saw her in a vision I would tell you. I guess my grandma decided to haunt me or something.”

“Wait… how did you even find out about her? I kept my pregnancy and her birth a pretty tight lipped secret.”

“Uhhh-- Well, my grandmother told me.”

“I am still not sure you’re ready for being a dad, Ethan. I don;t think you’re ready for a family. I want Thea to have a normal life—something I never got to have. And I want her to be safe from the hunting, the bad side of the supernatural, all of it.”

“I know, Tessa... I know it’s a big change, and I just found out about this so I’m not as ready as you. But I still want to help you and be there. We keep the bad side of the supernatural out of town. It won’t be an issue.”