Two weeks ago, his life had taken a turn for the better.

After several months of denial and many one-night stands, he had finally told Sam how he felt.  In a rush of words he told Sam how he knew it was wrong to feel the way he did, but he couldn’t change how he felt.  Sam had just smiled at him and uttered two words: “me too.”  Those two words had made him the happiest man alive.  With very little hesitation, he had let down the barriers around his heart and let Sam in.  He had let Sam get close to him in a way that no other person had ever done before.

Then it all went wrong.

Just two days ago, Sam managed to piss of the wrong woman.

The woman, upon discovering just how much Sam loved him, had uttered a spell.  It was a spell that was designed to bring the maximum amount of pain.  The spell took away all of Sam’s memories about their new fledging relationship. It left Sam treating him as a big brother again and not the lover he was.  The spell left Sam focused on Stanford and counting down how many days he had left before he could leave.  The spell left him broken hearted and repairing those barriers he around his heart that he had been too quick to let down. 

Sam’s forgotten memories were not the only part of the spell.

The woman bestowed new life upon him.  It wasn’t a new puppy or even a kitten.  A gift like that would have been manageable.  He is pregnant.  Those are three words that he still has not managed to say aloud.  More than once, he has had a small freak out about his pregnancy.  He is pregnant and that breaks all laws of male biology.  Knowing that Sam is the baby’s dad, he can’t help but think of all the ways his baby will be deformed.

He is not angry about the spell.  He can find a small amount of happiness in his situation.  He has had two weeks of a perfect, loving relationship with Sam; two weeks of perfect happiness to see him though to the end of his life.

Sam leaves for college in two days and he is happy Sammy has managed to grab hold of that normal life.

At least one of them has.

He knows that the baby will be born.  There is nothing that will make him change his mind on that decision.  He will make the time to raise the baby.  He will find the time to make a normal life for his baby, even though his idea of normal is a little skewed.  If he cannot manage to achieve that normal, demon free life, he will do the decent thing.  He will make the most heartbreaking decision any new parent can make.

Adoption.