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Troy and Harris had been pretty MIA since the cup finals- being that no one had heard from the pair, hockey summer camps were left uncoached due to the pair being on “vacation” or with the Drover family.
So when Shane and Ilya got a text from Harris asking if they could do dinner at their place before the season started, the boys were overjoyed. Especially their little Luca, who had been taking in the time with papa and daddy all summer at the cottage.
Luca had been bouncing off the walls all day, even after hours of outside play in the lake, floaties, and water shoes of course. Begging daddy to watch his tricks in the water. Before they knew it, Ilya was answering the doorbell, Anya at his feet.
See Troy knew the pup would come as a surprise to everyone, except him and Harris who had been clearly trying since playoffs ( no thank you no sex rule- the captains from sound alone were absolutely not following it). Winning the cup was the perfect excuse for his mate to finally pup him. But now standing at the cottage, seven months pregnant, Troy was a little nervous.
Of course the pack would be happy for him and Harris, especially sweet Luca who would love to have a tiny pup to play with after practice. As Troy stood on the doorstep wrapped in his cable knit sweater with a large bump he reached for Harris for support.
“Well weren't you two busy in the offseason” Ilya remarks as he welcomes the boys in. “Surprise! We're expecting” Harris chuckles giving Ilya a hug and stopping to pet Anya. Troy is waddling in when Luca comes running full force to him. “Uncle Troy!!!” the boy screeches and immediately wraps his arms around his large stomach. Luca looks immediately to Shane “Papa, can I take Troy to the nest please please please” followed by the biggest puppy dog eyes in the world. “Sure sweetheart, please be gentle with Uncle Troy, he's got a pup on the way”
Luca looks up at Troy and grabs his hand tugging gently whining towards the nest in the living room. Harris touches his mate's neck and kisses his head “Let me know if you need anything bud, I'll be in here getting dinner ready with the boys”
Luca drags Troy across the living room and starts patting the nest waiting for his favorite uncle to come inside and snuggle. Troy struggles to get down into the nest so much that Harris hears the heavy breathing and is next to him in a few seconds “Sorry babe I thought I could get down on my own” Troy says apologetically with one hand on the nest and one leg in, as Harris guides him gently into the nest while propping up his feet.
“Uncle Troy?” “Yes, Luca” “You're so soft” The boy snuggles into Troy's chest and starts immediately scenting him. Luca is a sweet boy, and Troy doesn't mind that the boy needs to scent, quite literally, the whole team when they come over. He can't get enough connection and snuggles especially when Troy is there. Luca starts squirming around in the nest and trying to feel all of Troy's rounded stomach, “Is the pup in there?” Luca asks sweetly while patting Troy's stomach with somehow sticky fingers that have clearly been in and out of his mouth all day ( unbeknownst to Daddy) “Yes, buddy there's a pup in there, you'll get to meet him soon” “It's a boy?” Troy nods, hand on his stomach feeling the pup kick around. Luca giggles “he said hi I felt it!!” Troy keeps his hand in Luca's hair as the boy squirms around getting comfortable until his grabby hands start to reach above the bump to Troy's chest. A growing, full-of-milk chest. Luca begins to gently pat and whine when feeling Troy's chest looking up at him with big blue eyes. Once the boy is sure that his uncle's chest feels just like Daddy's the boy takes off across the nest and runs into the kitchen.
Shane, Ilya, and Harris are in the kitchen having a glass of wine when the pitter patter of little feet comes rushing in. “Daddy” a small voice comes from the entryway muffled by the thumb resting in Luca's mouth. “Daddy?” Luca starts to whine before Shane can walk the ten paces to pick up the boy in his arms. “Yes sweetheart what's up” “Can I have milk?” Luca looked up at him with pleading eyes, thumb in his mouth. Shane had to stop for a second, Luca had nursed immediately before Troy and Harris had arrived- drained him completely, he wasn't sure he had any left for the boy as it had been less than half an hour. “Daddy's all out of milk right now sweet pea, are you hungry? Do you want a bottle, Lu?” “No, no bottle daddy, uncle troy has milk”
This stops Shane in his tracks. Oh, his sweet boy, wanting nothing but to nurse all day from Daddy, and now Troy was his next victim. He walked the boy on his hip to the nest where Troy looked confused and mildly uncomfortable due to the positioning of the pup in his pelvis. “Troy I'm so
Sorry about Luca, we've been working on asking permission to scent and touch, the little one is not too good about personal space- I am so
Sorry he asked for milk, we've been nursing him” “Milk?” Troy was confused until he remembered the boy patting his chest, he didn't think anything of it until now. “Oh, did he want to nurse?” Luca almost scrambled out of Daddy's arms right then and there when he heard the promise of milk. “Daddy please I want milk please please” Shane looked apologetically at Troy. “I swear I just fed him right before you came, he's an anxious thing but apparently he had no qualms but to ask me for permission to nurse from you” Shane looked at the wiggly boy in his arms who was around one minute away from jumping Troy for milk. “Shane it's okay, I haven't tested out my supply yet so
I can't promise him anything but maybe it'd be good to get a practice run before I start pumping for the pup”. Troy nodded and glanced at Luca who was wiggling his way out of Daddy's arms to get to Troy in the nest. Shane set him down and Luca immediately clumsily plopped into the nest next to Troy and started rooting to find Troy's chest. Troy lifted up his sweater and in record time Luca was latched sucking quickly to pull down the milk until Troy felt a burst of relief. Taking a deep breath, Troy had his arms wrapped around the little one, who was rubbing his feet together and resting his arms around Troy.
With all the commotion Harris and Ilya slowly approached the entryway door to the nest, seeing Luca under Troy's sweater making small snuffles as he drank. “Is he?” Harris questioned looking at Shane and back to Ilya. “Nursing” Shane replied looking apologetic, “We've been having a hard time getting the little one here to eat anything at all, Shayna has been nursing him as we try to supplement his food intake. We can't get him to eat anything unless it's milk or a bottle” Ilya sighs looking at the boy, so content, snuggling on his uncle. Harris nods and coos at the adorable sight in front of him. “We are so excited to have a little one like him soon, you two do such a great job with him.” he nods to Ilya and Shane who almost look misty eyed watching troy feed their little.
“I know your pup is in great hands, Harris, you and Troy will spoil them rotten” “There is no way my child will be as spoiled as Luca” “Just you wait” Ilya replies chuckling. The boys go back in the kitchen and finish up the meal and plate it, salmon of course- a treat for Troy for being so kind to their sweet Luca.
“Honey?” Harris walks quickly to the nest to see Luca on the other side whining because there isn't any more milk for him. Troy gently slides his index finger to break the latch while Harris sweeps up the squirmy boy to his hip “I'll be right back to get you up stud” as he delivers the boy into his papa's arms, who is rocking a now sleepy and still hungry Luca in his arms. “Oh malysh, it's so hard to be you, not enough milk in the world for you is there” Shushing him as Ilya continues to
Rock the boy in his arms.
Harris walks back to the nest, kissing his mate “Thank you for doing that bud, I know Shane and Ilya were stressed about Luca’s weight for the season, he's just such a tiny boy” Troy nods. “Anytime I love the kid, he's such a sweet thing”
Troy attempts to maneuver himself around the nest but just ends up flopping back down. “Your big baby is making it hard for me to do anything Harris” Harris chuckles as he grabs Troy from under the armpits to get his bearings. Troy gets his footing while Harris from behind places his hands around the bump, “I can't wait to have a pup of our own, baby” Troy nods and turns to kiss him. With Harris guiding him, Troy waddles slowly but surely to the table, legs spread wide to accommodate the growing pup in his pelvis. Harris pulls out his chair and Troy plops down with a huff.
Dinner goes as smoothly as it can with a sleepy Luca bouncing on Ilyas' knee as they feed him a bottle of meal replacement shake. Luca begins to get teary-eyed and whiny when Harris and Troy say their goodbyes. “Thanks again, Troy, and you guys let us know if you need any help before pup gets here” Shane calls out as they leave. Luca turns to ilya “papa when are we getting a pup” “Malysh, that’s a good question for your daddy” Ilya remarks as he reaches behind to grab Shane’s ass, and he yelps.
After putting their boy to bed, lying side by side, Ilya turns to Shane, “So, how about making a pup now huh”