[It's-- awkward between them. There's no way around that because they're trying to relearn each other, to figure out who they are now and how that compares with the person they knew years ago. It's hard because all he wants some nights is to curl up with her in bed, to lay his head on her shoulder and watching their daughter play.
The closest he ever gets is Mako falling asleep on his shoulder during a movie while Eleanor sleeps in her crib across the room and he spends the entire movie just watching her. He hurt her, he realizes that, and he can only try to heal that wound with time and patience and he'll wait for as long as he has to for her.
Fate, or something, pushes his hand. It has him dropping Eleanor off with his sister to babysit and he has to double back to Mako's to get her diaper bag because he forgot it, but he leaves the baby with Jaz because she can manage for a little while. When he gets there, her door is kicked in and there's signs of a struggle and Raleigh stopped carrying a gun a long time ago but he knows how to kill a man with his bare hands still. And he doesn't even hesitate when he finds Mako and her attacker in the bedroom, just sees someone trying to kill her and she's bleeding and he snaps.
So does the man's neck. It's only after that Raleigh realizes he knows this man, that he's from the club and how did he find her? How did he find Mako and is this about him too and--]
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The closest he ever gets is Mako falling asleep on his shoulder during a movie while Eleanor sleeps in her crib across the room and he spends the entire movie just watching her. He hurt her, he realizes that, and he can only try to heal that wound with time and patience and he'll wait for as long as he has to for her.
Fate, or something, pushes his hand. It has him dropping Eleanor off with his sister to babysit and he has to double back to Mako's to get her diaper bag because he forgot it, but he leaves the baby with Jaz because she can manage for a little while. When he gets there, her door is kicked in and there's signs of a struggle and Raleigh stopped carrying a gun a long time ago but he knows how to kill a man with his bare hands still. And he doesn't even hesitate when he finds Mako and her attacker in the bedroom, just sees someone trying to kill her and she's bleeding and he snaps.
So does the man's neck. It's only after that Raleigh realizes he knows this man, that he's from the club and how did he find her? How did he find Mako and is this about him too and--]
Mako?