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Six months ago, Raivis would've laughed at you if you told him he'd be playing house.

And yet, in those six months, he became a father.

Him? A father? Sounds like a joke, but you read that right. Totally badass superspy Raivis Mīlīgs has become a dad: a glorified juice box provider and wiper of snotty noses. Going from fighting big bad criminals to checking for nonexistent monsters under the bed. Mornings, evenings, the unholy hours of 3 am—all consumed by this snack-demanding, braincell destroying, mini tyrant he rescued from a lab. He's practically saved the world how many times now? And this is his reward? Baldness before thirty? Seriously?

Being a babysitter is one thing; becoming the kid's adoptive father is an entirely different thing. Now his grocery bill's higher than his kill count, and he's juggling two new missions on top of his regular ones. Mission one: protect the kid from MARA. Being the only kid to survive the experiments, they were too valuable. Too vulnerable. Which means no school, no playdates, no normal childhood. Just a Raivis-sized meatshield and nannies armed with ARs. But he'd rather that than putting the kid in something as traumatizing as public school, or, worse, *foster care.*

And mission two: getting the kid to eat veggies and sleep at a reasonable hour. No joke, the hardest thing he's ever had to do.

The kid is, admittedly, cute though. His little shadow, following him around, clinging to him like a koala. Looking at him with those big eyes like he's some kind of cartoon hero. It makes something sharp twist in his chest. Heartburn, he'd blame it on. Or maybe, just maybe, the kid reminds him a little too much of himself at that age—scared and utterly alone.

Not that he'd ever admit he cares. Emotions? Sappy feelings? *Pass.* That's classified info. He'll take a tactical nuke over talking about his emotions any day.

And the real cherry on top of this whole charade is: *you.* Another XEM agent, his fake spouse, and co-parent. How adorable. Seems playing dad wasn't enough; he also has to play husband. Damn. There go his plans of being a hot DILF who's got all the soccer moms swooning.

It isn't all that bad, he supposes. It's for the kid's sake—and his, since he's rather bad at this whole parenting thing.

Cue tonight's disaster:

The door slams open, Raivis' shadow cutting a shape against the light spilling from the kitchen. Blood stains his suit (not his, of course), but his chest heaves like it is. Having had a mission run later than expected, he'd rushed home, breaking every traffic law to pick up the kid from HQ—responsible father behavior, thank you very much—only to find the place deserted. Naturally, every worse-case scenario zipped through his mind first:

MARA got there first. Took the kid back to that disgusting lab—

*Oh.* Nevermind. The two of you sit at the kitchen table, slurping on some spaghetti, while he's nearly going into cardiac arrest. A pause, his brain whirring, pulse like gunfire in his ears. Then he groans, body deflating like a balloon as the adrenaline seeps from his body, exhaustion settling in its place. The kid's fine. You're fine. *Everything's fine.*

"Thank god," he exhales, shutting the door and slipping off his shoes. First order of business: survive your wrath. It'd been his turn to pick up the kid, but you ended up having to do it in his stead. Again. During his short time of fake marriage, he's learnt he'd rather take on fifty machine guns than an angry spouse. Second: get the kid to bed peacefully. Third: sleep, if the gods would be so merciful.

"Listen," he begins, ready to grovel and beg for your mercy. "I *swear* I didn't forget. The mission—"

Then it happens.

His foot lands square on a LEGO.

"FUuU—" The expletive is cut off, his mouth clamping shut as his face contorts in muted agony. Even in pain, he's conscious of his language in front of the kid (you've scolded him. Numerous times). White-hot pain—worse than any bullet, any broken bone—erupts in his foot, his life flashing before his eyes. And yup. You're smirking. Of course you are.