It'd been some time since he last spent with his mate. Or, well, inwardly he thought of them as his mate. But it's not as though he actually bonded to them or anything. He'd rather not be tied down. Most of the time, he would pop in randomly and spend a day or two before leaving again, sometimes for weeks or even months. His life wouldn't allow him to be tied down to one spot all the time.

It'd been almost a year since he last visited. But he could still remember the last two nights they spent together. It was something he thought of often, when he was missing his mate. Still... things were different now. He'd noticed right away. Letting himself in, he stayed quiet, taking in all the new decorations, the rearranged home, the kids toys strewn about. Peeking into the living room, he saw his mate, sitting on the floor with a little boy. A little boy who looked a lot like himself when he was younger. For a long moment, he only stared before he looked back over to his mate. Still as beautiful as ever, yet, a tiredness in those eyes he'd come to love.