The drive to the manor is long and boring, soon the bright lights of the big city are downgraded to small houses, trees and other greenery. Tails decided to sleep on Winter's shoulder as he stared out the window, his mind brewing all sorts of angry thoughts. He was looking forward to spending some time messing around by the pier together and maybe playing the drinking game they had sang about at the restaurant.

Which lead the wolf to wonder, why did his father suddenly call him to their estate? What could possibly be so important that he'd drag him out of the city for? Winter has the feeling why he's been called out to see his father but decides to keep that assumption in the back of his brain for the time being.

Midway through the journey, Tails wakes up and stretches prompting Winter to looks his way, he looks over to Winter and shows him a lazy smile when his eyes meet his. The fox takes Winter's hand and continues showing him his friendly smile.

The warmth Winter feels in his face and in his heart when Tails smiles at him compels him to hug Tails tenderly. Tails moans, happy with the reaction he got from the wolf happily hugging him back.

Stewart briefly looks in the rear view mirror, watching them hug and talk with eachother in the back.

"Good nap?" Winter asks.

"Mhm" Tails responds, leaning on his side.

"What did you dream about?"

"A space ship"

"Pffft, how many sci-fi movies have you been watching"

"A bit too many... Admittedly"

"Why am I even surprised, stuff like that is your forte"

"Y-Yeah. Hey Winter, do you ever just want to go get lost in space together"

Winter laughs a little, thinking of the nonsense they'd get up to if they were unleashed upon the galaxy , "I can already imagine how crazy we'd drive the alien civilization that captures us"

The two start laughing together and continue their talk about misadventures across the multiverse, which Stewart was stuck listening to the rest of the drive to the estate.

About half an hour later, they arrive in the town of Fendridge Estate, named after the original owner of said land. The limo turns onto a gravel road leading on a huge Victorian style home in the plains surrounded by woods and shrubs. Tails looks out the window, even though it's dark out he can still see just how huge the estate was.

The car pulls up in front of the huge home and comes to a gentle stop, Stewart steps out of the vehicle and opens the door for Winter and Tails. They undo their seatbelts and step out of the car, when Tails steps out of the car Stewart closes the door and goes back inside of the car.

"This is where you grew up?" Tails asks, the sophisticated architecture making the nerd out on the inside.

"Yeah, it is" Winter answers, he turns and sees the fox's tails wagging excitedly.

"It's incredible!" Tails says back, jumping around a little, he was like a kid in candy land.

"Winter!" A feminine voice says.

The wolf looks over to the door and flinches, dressed in a fancy blue dress, a white orchid attached to her left ear and blue heels... Was his his mother. She runs to the wolf and embraces him tightly, Tails steps back a little when she sees his mother grab hold of him and squeeze him tightly.

"My boy! How are you doing! It's been months since we've seen eachother!" She says, holding her son tightly.

"Gah, I know mum! Loosen up! You're suffocating me!" Winter says, barely able to breathe.

I'm a trained assassin and my own mum is still strong enough to squeeze the air out of my lungs! How does that work?!

When Mrs. Morningstar notices Tails, she lets go of Winter and turns her attention to him. Taking the fox by the hands, Tails instinctively flinches when she does so.

"Where are my manners! My name is Andessa! Andessa Morningstar! I'm Winter's mother! You're Miles Power, correct?! You're the fox my son loves to talk so much about with me and online"

"Mum!" Winter shouts, blushing from embarrassment.

Tails blinks and laughs nervously, "Y-Yep that's me"

"Oh, you're even sweeter in person!" She says, squeezing Tails with as much force as she squeezed Winter with, the fox flailing around trying to get free from her, but he remains in her grasp until she lets go.

"Would you both like some dinner? I cooked it myself this time!" She asks, stepping back from them.

"Oh um thank mum. Is father home?"

"He's in his study like usual, yes. Come inside you two must be freezing!"

Andessa leads Winter and Tails to the dining hall, as they walk through the home Tails is amazed at how beautiful the manor was, dark brown wooden floors, fancy wallpaper, chandeliers on the ceiling, expensive paintings and trinkets on the walls. It was just as he had imagined a rich person's place would look... But maybe even better. The three approach a room with two large double doors that two sharply dressed servants open for them.

In the dining room, the chefs are just about finishing setting up the table for them. When they see Tails one of them gets an extra chair and puts it at the table. As soon as they're done they promptly leave the room, Andessa sits down first, Tails sits next to Winter who isn't surprised that the fox wanted to be close by him.

For dinner there was an assortment of different kinds of cooked wagyu beef, vegetables, mac and cheese, fruits and chocolate cake.

"While we wait for the food to cool down, let's catch up! I see you managed to befriend him after all, congratulations" Andessa says, clapping joyfully.

"Yeah, knowing you you're already keeping up with the news so you know how it happened" Winter responds.

Andessa nods then looks Tails' way.

"Mr. Prower, has my son been good to you?"

"He's incredible! He's a good listener, he's friendly, he's patient, gives the best advice, and he's got a killer voice!" Tails responds, his namesakes wagging, the fox wished he could say more.

"Splendid! Winter had so few friends so he was always in his room playing video games-"

"Mum, come on. That was before Burning Hearts opened" Winter responds, covering his face a little.

Tails looks Winter's way and the wolf starts sweating a little as Tails waits for an explanation, which after some more nervous shifting and sweating, Winter finally answers.

"I uh... I used to be obsessed with video games. Very old ones from 2012, 2020, around that time period" Winter responds, clearing his throat.

"If you ask me, obsessed is an understatement" Andessa responds, "He wouldn't leave his room, during the weekends we had to coax him to leave the house"

"Mum, please that's embarrassing" Winter responds, looking away at the wall visibly embarrassed by his mother talking about his former hobby.

Tails laughs nervously, the thought of a younger Winter sitting on a bean bag playing video games was hard to imagine.

"Well then, shall we eat?" Andessa asks.

"Mhm" Tails goes.

"Sure" Winter says, still embarrassed by his mother telling Tails about his past.

Later after they ate, Tails insisted Winter take him to see his room, the wolf reluctantly agrees holding hands with Tails as he led him to his room. Winter opens the wooden door and turns on the lights, letting Tails walk in first, after he walks in he closes the door and lets Tails look around, a big excited

"Whoa" Tails says as he looks around, "This is where you grew up?"

"Mhm"

A View of the woods, a large desk with a laptop, a huge super soft bed, a television, an old gaming console from 2024, a large walk in closet... Needless to say, Tails loved it, he wishes he could have some of the things Winter had.

"Man I wish I had all this cool stuff when I was growing up" Tails says, his tails wagging excitedly.

"Eh, I always thought my room was too big" Winter responds.

"Why wouldn't you want a huge room?" Tails shouts, shocked he didn't like all this space he had.

"I don't know, too much unused space I guess" Winter responds sitting on the bed.

Tails jumps on the bed and rolls around in it a little, it smelled a lot like him which made his body warm. He couldn't believe it, he was in his childhood room, the place where he grew up, that fact alone made him excited.

Tails rolls on his back and looks back up at Winter who's just watching on in amusement, the wolf could tell Tails was happy here, then his mind traces back to that moment on stage before they sung APT together on stage... The strangely super passioate kiss he gave him on the face before the song started, thinking about it made Winter's heartbeat spike.

"Hey Tails?"

"What's up?"

"What was that... Um... That kiss before we started about? You said it was for good luck but it felt like you were romantically into me"

Tails' face turns red, he looks out the dark window to try and hide his blushing face, "I-It wasn't supposed to be romantic"

"Well it kinda felt like it was" Winter responds.

"I'm sorry Winter, somethings wrong with me I guess" Tails says, shifting around nervously.

"I wouldn't say something is wrong with you, but maybe you just struggle to control your emotions"

Tails whimpers, he knew he was right. There were times when he would habe to fight the urge to passionately French kiss with him, whenever he thought about him the blood would rush in between his legs, whenever he touched Winter he'd get fidgety... His love for him had grown as strong as an elephant in the span of 3 months, and that's just how long he and him had been friends for.

Tails looks at Winter and immediately back down when he feels himself getting stiff. Winter puts his hand on his face making Tails yip.

"Do I make you uncomfortable?" Winter asks.

"What?! No no no no no no no no no! I-I... I-I uh j-just- I'M SORRY! I-I DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING ON WITH ME! I DON'T KNOW W-WHY I DID THAT!" Tails shouts, tears welling up in his eyes.

Winter flinches surprised to see him coming undone the way he was so he takes Tails' hands and looks at him, hoping that will calm him down, Tails sniffles as Winter continues to look at him.

"I'm not upset with you" Winter says, gently messaging his face, the wolf can see how worried Tails is so he pulls the fox into his arms and embraces, closing his eyes as Tails sniffles and shakes, "Go on hug me back"

Tails does so, the wolf rubs his back gently and lets the fox rest his face in his chest, "Thank you Winter"

The wolf kisses him on the forehead, "You're welcome"

Tails smiles to himself and closes his eyes. The kiss on the forehead was soothing, a spot of warmth to soothe his shaking body.

"Anyway, let's switch topics. What do you see yourself doing 20 years from now" Winter asks as he seperates from Tails.

Tails thinks for a moment, and he sees a few possibilities: Still working for Team Sonic, Starting his own business with Winter like they talked about not long ago, travelling the world, marrying Winter and starting a family with him........ Marrying Winter and starting a family with him.

The fox's face turns bright red, when Winter notices his intense blush he tilts his head to the side. Tails can tell he noticed his red face so he quickly comes up with something to tell Winter before he started asking questions.

"I uh... Um... Want to start a family! And maybe that business idea you mentioned" Tails says, chuckling nervously.

"Oh? So you want to look for a girlfriend?" Winter asks, believing that's what he's looking for.

No! I don't want a girlfriend you idiot I want you!

"I-I don't know-"

"Come on Tails, I can help you out! I know a few girls who might be interested in dating you" Winter says, putting his hand on his shoulder.

"I-Im okay, really" Tails insists.

"Are you sure? I really don't want you to to be all alone one day" Winter says.

"I won't be alone! I'll have you!" Tails says.

"Tails, I don't think you'd want to live with me forever" Winter says, laughing nervously, then the wolf sees how serious his face and his laughter stops, "...Wait, you're serious?"

Tails nods, blushing a little. Winter is at a loss for words, he didn't think Tails liked him that much but it appeared he liked him more than he thought, "So that means-"

"Yeah, I want to move in with you... I really do" Tails says, moving closer to him so he could lay on him.

The is screaming internally, on one hand he was excited about the idea of living with his favourite person on the planet, but at the same time he was also concerned about the possibility this would further strain Tails' relationship with Sonic and potentially his other friends too.

"W-What if your friends need you?!" Winter says, panicking slightly.

"They know how to contact me!" Tails responds, beaming him a reassuring smile.

"Tails you really don't have to do this-"

"But I want to-"

The fox wraps his arms around Winter and laughs a little, "You're the bestest thing that's ever happened to me, I wanna live with you because I've been around those guys most of my life, I think it's about time I hang around someone new for a change. Someone I can get along with, someone who knows me really well"

"Oh Tails-" Winter starts.

"I promise, I won't cause you any trouble. Please! Can I?! Come on Wolfy! Pleeeeeeeaaaaaase"

The fox pleads with big baby doll eyes, making it even harder for the wolf to say no.

Winter sighs, admittedly he was a bit curious to see how it would be himself. But how would he be able to continue working for Team Sonic if he wasn't living at the hideout anymore?

"Where are you gonna work on your inventions?" Winter asks.

"I can work on the smaller ones in your basement, and the larger scale ones in a warehouse somewhere in the city" Tails responds, as quick as a bee.

"Are you going to maintain positive contact with your friends?"

"Mhm mhm" Tails goes, nodding quickly.

Winter let's out an audible sigh and looks him in his pleading blue eyes, he seemed to really want this and have it all figured out. He wanted to say no, the chances of him finding out he was the guy that almost killed him were going to increase significantly, if Tails found out he was that Winter, he knew it would be over. But for some reason, he's struggling to say no, maybe it was the puppy dog eyes, maybe it was the warmth from his body, maybe it was just the fact that it was Miles Prower.

Saying no should be so simple, but when it came to Tails it just wasn't at that moment, so he very reluctantly agrees to let him live with him.

"Fine-"

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Tails shouts, loud enough for the maid sweeping outside Winter room to hear.

The fox gives Winter a loving squeeze, "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!"

Winter sighs as the fox rubs his excited body all over him, his tails wagging so fast he could barely see them. The fox starts kissing Winter's face with so much excitement, he knocks Winter backwards on the bed. The wolf is overwhelmed by the huge amount of love he was getting from the happy fox as he continued to lick and hug him.

Eventually the fox stops kissing his face, but continues the embrace, Winter smiles hugging him back. Though the barrage of happy friendly kisses was over, the wolf still felt them on his face... But he also felt something else, something similar to the way he felt when him and Tails had that moment before they were both nearly killed in that warehouse explosion.

He knows he shouldn't but he already finds himself moving closer to Tails and kissing him on the face firmly. The fox's eyes go wide when he feels Winter kiss him, his cheeks turning a warm pink as he looks his way, his heartbeat becomes erratic, Winter's is practically screaming as the wolf quickly rolls over before Tails has the chance to look him in the eyes.

Tails crawls over to him and rolls him back facing towards him, Winter flinches when he feels Tails pull him back towards him. The fox can see he's blushing a little too.

"Sorry... I just thought you should get one back-" Winter starts, worried Tails was going to be uncomfortable.

"Do it again" Tails says, his namesakes brushing he bed as they wagged around excitedly.

The wolf is shocked to hear him say that, but could he really question him at that moment. The wolf reluctantly wraps his arms around him and does give him another firm loving smooch on the face.

Tails moans and wraps his arms around his neck moving in closer, he closes his eyes while moving closer, his heart pounding loudly in his chest as he gently presses his lips on Winter's. The wolf gently grabs hold of him and the two lay there kissing eachother. Before they can get any further into it however....

"Master Morningstar!" One of the maids shout.

The two seperate from eachother as quick as lighting and straighten themselves up. Winter covers his mouth when he realised what just happened, Tails covers his whole face unable to believe what just happened himself.

"Your father requests your presence in his office!"

"I'll be there soon!" Winter calls back.

Winter clears his throat and gets up so he can open the door and go see his father, straightening his shirt out.

"W-Winter!"

The wolf turns around, his face still a little red, an embarrassed frown on his face as he looks at Tails' blue eyes.

"I-I'm sorry"

"It's fine... Let's just try not to do that again"

Tails nods reluctantly.

Winter opens the door and looks back at Tails one more time before closing it. When the fox hears him walking off, the excitement and happiness built up in him finally bubbles over and he gets up and starts jump around the room full of energy.

"WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!"

I KISSED HIM, I KISSED HIM, I FUCKING KISSED HIM, I CAN DIE HAPPY, I CAN CELEBRATE, I CAN SEE MY FUTURE RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES! He tasted so good, he smelled even better! What did I taste like, did he get an erection from kissing me like how I got one from kissing him, does he want to smash me!? Does he love me too?!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

The fox continues to jump and celebrate, his Tails wagging even faster, so much so that he's flying in the air and doesn't realise it until he collides with the ceiling and falls back on the bed.

Tails sits up and rubs his head, the fox boy was in a bit of pain but he wasn't going to let that stop him from continuing to feel better than he had ever felt in months, sure they weren't dating just yet, but the fox boy could already hear the wedding bells in his head. Now that he's had a taste of what being in a relationship with Winter was like, he felt the goal of being his boyfriend was closer than ever to coming true.

"Come on Tails! You're almost there, just a little bit more confidence and that wolf with be yours!" He says to himself.

The fox lays back down on the bed and starts giggling and kicking his feet around again.

---

Winter stands in front of a smaller pair of double doors and he's never felt this nervous before, questions race around his mind as he wonders why his father had summoned him to the house. It felt like the worst time for him to be called in, especially after that moment he had just had with Tails, he felt uneasy.

He takes a deep breath and opens one of the doors to the room. A room surrounded with dark oak walls, books on bookshelves, a large window facing out towards the wilderness and a fancy light fixture hanging on the ceiling.

Close by the window was a old fashioned wooden desk with a holographic projection showing, two chairs in front, a large grey wolf sits at the desk, his huge whiskers made Winter's short by comparison, the suit he's wearing as clean as a whistle, his eyes the same colour as his son's, a stoic expression on his face as his eyes continue to focus on whatever he was reading in the monitor.

"You asked to see me?" Winter says.

His father's eyes go from the monitor to his offspring standing by the door.

"Close the door" Mr Morningstar says.

Winter turns and closes the door to the room, his father gestures for him to have a seat so he does sit down in front of the desk in one of the chairs facing him. His heart was beating really loudly in his chest, Winter wasn't scared of much but his father was one of the few things he did indeed fear.

"Well then, we have much to discuss"