Okay, this isn't fair. It's been all of two seconds that he's been holding this baby, and Coop's already ten thousand percent sure Dane has him wrapped around his tiny baby finger. It probably shouldn't surprise him, considering how invested he's become in his friends' stupidly perfect marriage, and it's like he can say it gives him hope because that implies he's aiming for this same kind of stupidly perfect life, which is so isn't, not even remotely because that ship has already sailed; but it's nice to see two people who've had it rough find a way to make each other happy. Especially when Coop gives a damn about them.
Of course, it really doesn't help that this baby might just be the cutest one Coop's ever freakin' seen, and he grins as he leans in to murmur softly, "Hey, little guy. I'm your Uncle Coop, I'm the one who's going to teach you about all the things your daddies don't want you to know about." He lifts a brow at Joel with a teasing grin and wink. "Don't worry, the other side of it is that I'll be your back-up in making damn sure nothing ever happens to him. You guys know that, right? With all the friends you've got, all the people who already adore this kid, he's always going to be safe."
It's important, Coop thinks, not only for the obvious reasons. Spencer's been fucked with twice too many times already, Joel's demon hadn't exactly been a cake walk, and considering everything else that's happened in Siren Cove, it's not unreasonable to be weary. In fact, it's probably unwise not to be. But nothing is going to happen to Joel and Spencer's son, Coop is so willing to make that promise and make it stick. If he's the badass uncle this kid is going to thinks is awesome at the same time, well, nothing wrong with that.
"Wait, are you serious?" he asks, biting down hard on the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing as loudly as he wants to, glancing down at the baby just to make sure his shoulders aren't shaking hard enough to wake him. "Baby number two already, a pair of Waters-Bakers heartbreakers to go with the one we've already got? Man, between a kid who looks like you and a kid who looks like Spencer, you're going to forget what you ever liked about hanging with the adult crowd."
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Of course, it really doesn't help that this baby might just be the cutest one Coop's ever freakin' seen, and he grins as he leans in to murmur softly, "Hey, little guy. I'm your Uncle Coop, I'm the one who's going to teach you about all the things your daddies don't want you to know about." He lifts a brow at Joel with a teasing grin and wink. "Don't worry, the other side of it is that I'll be your back-up in making damn sure nothing ever happens to him. You guys know that, right? With all the friends you've got, all the people who already adore this kid, he's always going to be safe."
It's important, Coop thinks, not only for the obvious reasons. Spencer's been fucked with twice too many times already, Joel's demon hadn't exactly been a cake walk, and considering everything else that's happened in Siren Cove, it's not unreasonable to be weary. In fact, it's probably unwise not to be. But nothing is going to happen to Joel and Spencer's son, Coop is so willing to make that promise and make it stick. If he's the badass uncle this kid is going to thinks is awesome at the same time, well, nothing wrong with that.
"Wait, are you serious?" he asks, biting down hard on the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing as loudly as he wants to, glancing down at the baby just to make sure his shoulders aren't shaking hard enough to wake him. "Baby number two already, a pair of Waters-Bakers heartbreakers to go with the one we've already got? Man, between a kid who looks like you and a kid who looks like Spencer, you're going to forget what you ever liked about hanging with the adult crowd."