Short breaths & Wind swept.

Tyler took a step back, shaking his head for a second. Glancing down to the little child in her arms. That was his daughter, that was the girl he had helped create. “You told me you were getting an abortion, AJ” he whispered, shaking his head. “Sure I had other plans but they didn’t work out. The fact that you lied to me... I just,” he sighed, raking his hands over his tanned face. He hadn’t been back long from deployment but he almost wished they hadn't ran into each other like this. “I honestly don’t know what you want me to say.... to do,” he admitted rather brashly, his features softening at the sight of the little girl. His finger brushing over her cheek.

She nodded her head slightly, her hand running down the back of his neck. “Yeah... lets start with the doctors appointment and we can go from there,” she whispered, offering him a small, delicate smile as she drew herself closer to his frame.

He wasn’t sure how his felt, his heart raced as he stood there. Staring right through her. “Y-ou told me you were having an abortion,” he whispered, venom lacing his words as he moved further away from her. “You... you lied to me. You didn’t even tell me that you had her,” he was trying to calculate it in his head. He felt so betrayed. It all mounted up in his head and he felt panicked. Like he couldn’t breath. Arlo nudging his leg as they stood there. Obviously grafting the idea that he felt panicked. “I can’t believe you.”

He held Arlo close to him. His heart thudding in his chest. But his hues roamed as AJ was quickly accented with a small child. A very adorable one at that. His heart suddenly stopped. How old was her daughter? Did she get with someone else after him or–– no... she wouldn’t have lied to him, would she. Tyler took a step back from the brunette, his features turning into something of anguish when she said they should talk. “N... no,” he whispered, looking between her and the child. “You best be fuc– kidding.” He hissed. Wondering if his thought process was correct.

She bit into her bottom lip, nodding at him slightly, she drew a smile onto her lips. "Yeah... we've got this," she whispered. She wasn’t even sure where to begin. She would have to ask one of his brothers and their partners to find out what they needed. Or maybe even google it. She was trying to mentally reassure herself that she would be good at this. She had no doubt Jakob would be, he was incredible with his nieces and nephews.

" I promise, you're fine," she nodded, offering him a small smile, she stepped back. "I want a drink anyway. Go have fun," she winked, wandering off into the kitchen to make herself an iced coffee. Sipping back into the garden, she sat with her feet dangling in the pool. Watching all the children roam with a smile on her lips.

He pulled Arlo a bit closer to him. A frown on his face. The last conversation they had, ended with her telling him, that she was getting an abortion. Little did she know that he chose not to go to college but to join the army instead. “I’m on leave from the forces,” he muttered under his breath, letting out a sharp exhale, he didn’t want to make small talk. He didn’t want to go through the pain again; he didn’t think he could take it. After everything that happened.