Chris' eyes went wide as he heard the familiar voice and as soon as his eyes focused on his mother, he knew his fear had come true. His mouth suddenly went dry, his palm began to sweat, he softened in an instant and his heart palpitated fast enough to beat out of his chest.

Leo let Chris slip from his mouth, and turned to Piper. "This isn't quite what it looks like."

"Explain, and explain fast. Because it looks like to me like you two are, are-" Piper motioned to the two of them, and realized she was still looking. The brunette reddened even more. "Put that thing away!"

Leo smiled weakly, and grabbed Chris's pants, moving so he was sitting in front of his son. "It is that. But- Piper let me finish." The elder said, seeing the look on his ex's face. "We love each other, I love him Piper." Leo looked back at Chris and smiled. "He's my hero in shining arm that arrived late in life." He said, knowing the phrase would be familiar to Piper.

"He's also your son, not just your hero in-" Piper stopped talking, and her eyes widened. "Leo! You swore you,"

"And I haven't." Leo said, interrupting Piper. "But he is. Piper, can't you be happy for us?"

"Mom... I..." Chris was going to speak up... he really was but the look on Piper's face froze him. He was not about to tell his mother that he'd taken the love of her life... or maybe he was. "I... love him mom... he completes me..."

Piper could see the happiness on both of their faces. "What do we tell the others?" She said after debating for a few moments, knowing she couldn't hold their love against them. "I swear to every god above though, if either one of you hurts the other, you're going to get your ass kicked so hard." Piper smiled, happy for them, but sad that she wasn't with the person who completed her.

Leo could sense the warring feelings in his ex, and stood up, holding her. "You can always tell her." He whispered in Piper's ear.

Piper pulled back and wiped a stray tear away. "Yeah. I don't think so. But, you, you two." Piper smiled.

Chris quickly pulled on his pants and with a weary smile hugged Piper. "Thanks... I needed to hear you... give us your blessing. He's amazing mom... I know why you fell in love with him.... and why I'll love him the rest of my life."

Piper hugged Chris back, and sighed. "You better be good to him. I may not be what he wants, but we'll always be important to one another." Brushing back her hair, Piper looked at Chris, and spoke. "And no matter what, you're still my little boy. So you come to me when he drinks from the milk carton."

Leo chuckled at Piper joke, and was glad Piper was dealing with it so well. He crossed the short distance to Chris, and put his arm around his son's waist. "I told you." 

"Dad knows best, huh?" Chris asked with a smirk and a raised eyebrow. "And don't worry mom... I sure he'll give me plenty to come to you about."

"Hey now!" Leo said, liking the banter between all of them. "Piper, I know we were in here, and I'm sorry about that by the way, but I came here to tell you that Chris and I are going on vacation. We're going to work past the issues we have, and I know we will move forward to better things." Leo kissed Chris's cheek, and smiled at Piper. "Maybe you should call Paige and have her come help you with Wyatt while we are gone?"

~You sneaky little angel you. ~ Piper thought, and gave him a look. "Just because you're happy doesn't give you- oh who am I kidding!" Piper laughed a little and the frowned figuring out that Chris and Leo had just used her bed to have sex in. "You guys know you have to stay here until you leave, you can have Paige's room." Piper had been unable to change her youngest sister’s room, even though she had told the girl she had.

"Well we're leaving as soon as we can..." Chris paused. "Wait I didn't mean it like we want to get away from you or... oh lord... umm... yeah I've just added my big foot to the list of things I've had in my mouth today."

Leo blushed and watched Piper turn red again. "Okay, enough of that." The elder smiled and gave Chris a pouty look. “You spend sometime with your mother, and I will go see the other elders."

Piper remained quiet, liking the idea. She watched the interaction between father and son, and idly wondered if Leo had ever watched her when she was like that.

Now Chris was pouting. "Daddy..." He half whined... "Can't you just pick up and leave? Who cares what they say anyway right... no don't say... I already know... fine... but hurry back..." He leaned close to Leo's ear and whispered. "Wouldn't want me to get cold."

Leo blushed again, and kissed Chris softly before saying bye to Piper and orbing out.

"You want to have some lunch? I was thinking of micro waving last nights dinner, but since you're here I could make some pasta, with some chicken in it maybe?" Piper asked, glad that her son was around.

 "Sure... anything you want mom..." Chris stared blankly into space, already missing Leo's presence around him. "Did your heart skip a beat every time he orbed out like that?"

"All the time, at first." Piper smiled, and went about gathering the ingredients. "I thought he was like some brave soldier, and it was exciting." The brunette admitted, glad to have someone to talk with that wasn't her sisters.

"Wow... this is... wow..." Chris walked around and stared off into the perfect horizon as the sun set, casting a beautiful hue of oranges and reds across the sky. "So beautiful, Dad..."

"It is pretty amazing." Leo smiled and walked over to Chris, taking his hand. "I'm lucky that you're here." The elder kissed Chris, then looked back out at the last rays of the now past sun. "It's the perfect place. Exactly where I knew it would happen."

"Yeah you're pretty amazing that way." Chris smiled. "And it's nice to see Private Leo put of uniform for once... beachwear suits you babe."

Leo chuckled. "I thought you would like that small bonus yes." The elder smiled, remembering picking out the small swim trunks just to see what type of reaction he'd get from Chris. "I hope you brought some clothes though, I have to take you out."

"I brought... didn't expect to use them but I came prepared nonetheless... so what now, Mr. Wyatt?" Chris asked, still holding his father's hand.

"Back to the room." Leo tugged on Chris's hand, heading back to their room. 'We can relax a little, and then I have plans for us tonight." Unlocking the sliding glass door, Leo pulled Chris into their room, and then moved away from him. "I got something else when I bought my bathing suit."

"Oh yeah?" Chris smiled and wrapped his arms around Leo's neck. "Pray tell... what did you get, my handsome man?"

"It's really special, and it's in the bathroom." Leo said smiling at Chris.

"The bathroom?" Chris questioned. "All right... you've sparked my curiosity... among other things. Care to show me Daddy?"

"No, you go, baby." Leo kissed Chris, hoping to distract his son. "I promise it will be worth it Christopher."

"All right... I trust you..." Chris reluctantly pulled away from Leo with a tender kiss and made his way towards the spacious bathroom in their room.

Leo waited until he was sure Chris was in the bathroom, then went to his bag, and grabbed the present. He checked it, and smiled, seeing that it was safe. Grinning, Leo sat down on the bed and waited for Chris to come back in the room.

"Uh dad..." Chris walked back out into their room. "Unless your surprise is the fresh towels... I don't see it."

"Chris." Leo knew he was grinning like a fool, but couldn't help it. "Christopher, come here." ~I hope this is what he wants, he said he wanted it, but it’s all so new...~

Chris walked over to his father, unsure of what was going on and the giant grin on his father's face wasn't helping him figure it out. ~If he smiles any harder, his teeth will fall off. ~

"I love you. You know that right?" The elder reached out and held Chris's hand. "More than anyone else, ever." Leo kept his had behind his back, even though there was no way Chris could see.

"I know dad... I love you, too. You complete me." Chris confessed as he watched his father's eyes display the reciprocate emotions.

Leo took a breath, and then kneeled down in front of Chris. "I love you Christopher Wyatt. Marry me." Leo asked, and brought the small box out from his back, a gold band in it. "Marry me tonight, and this could be the honeymoon trip you wanted."

"Oh...my..." Chris gasped in surprise. To say he was shocked would have been an understatement. He was flabbergasted and out of all the times, now... when he needed his words the most. He'd mentioned it to Leo but he never thought he'd taken it seriously... he was pleasantly surprise. Chris knew Leo wasn't the type to enter into something like this lightly... he meant forever. So Chris nodded enthusiastically while his eyes watered and his words failed him except for an "I love you."

"Yeah?" Leo stood up and hugged Chris tightly. "I love you so much." The elder kissed Chris's cheeks then on the mouth, showing his son how much he loved him with the kiss. When he pulled back Leo took the ring from the box. "I had to guess, but we can always get it resized if we need to."

"Looks about right... I think there will be no need for resizing." He wiped away a few happy tears and hugged Leo again. "Wow... you just keep surprising me... I love you so much!" Chris said and kissed Leo's cheeks repeatedly.

"I love you too, Chris. I just wanted you to know that I meant what I said." Leo said softly as he put his arms around Chris's waist. "I'm going to be around... I want to be with you forever." The elder couldn't help the smile on his face, and started happily laughing.

It warmed Chris' heart to see his father beam happily like that... even more so knowing that the cause was him and their love. "You have no idea how happy you make me..." Chris laid his head on Leo's shoulder as he held on to him tightly. "You're really stuck with me now, old man." Chris chuckled.

"I was always stuck with you, but now it's in a great way and relationship instead of the tentative relationship we've had in the past." Leo kissed his son's lips and pulled back. "Now, unless you want to get married in our swim trunks, we should get dressed."

"Yeah... might be a good idea..." Chris nodded and looked at himself as well at his father. "So... shower... right... I should go shower alone. Well unless you want to come in me... with me... I meant with me." He smirked.

"Chris..." Leo looked over at the clock, they had a few hours, but he was so excited to go tell the world how much he loved Chris. "I want to, but..." The elder looked at Chris, and his smile grew larger. "Start stripping." Leo said, knowing that being with Chris would make his son happy, and he wanted to be close with Chris right now.