That's the biggest yes I think I've ever said in my entire life.
[ ever since he fell into naomi and yancy's lives, he hasn't given much thought to having kids of his own. yancy was close enough for him. his little girl who isn't really his. and isn't so little anymore. he'd thought a couple times before the wall that he'd like to be a dad someday. have a family of his own outside of his brother. ( ha. )
but that idea fell by the wayside for a variety of reasons. having it come back because he's going to be a dad for reals is an incredible feeling. ]
How far along are you?
you might hate me if we make this kid a boy, she's going to ask mako if she'd like to name it
A couple of weeks. [ her heart is soaring because she is actually excited over not ending up an empty-nester just yet, and wow shit, she hopes she doesn't go through ridiculous cravings like the last time, but she doesn't want to think that far ahead.
she'd never given much thought to giving her little girl a sibling ( she'd like a boy, but it's too soon to tell ), hugely because her career had taken precedence and she also didn't know if she wanted to go through raising one more child when hers was a beautiful handful.
but then came raleigh and she'd be lying if she didn't say that she'd wondered about this, wondered what it might be like if she had his kid and well, what do you know - they're pregnant. ] I figured I'd missed my period because it was stress and then mornings on the job started getting rough.
[ she leans her head against his chest, presses a kiss over his heart through his shirt. ] I love you. If I haven't said that lately, let me make up for it by saying it now.
You have said it, but I still like hearing it. [ he presses a kiss to her hair and he still can't stop grinning. ] I love you too.
[ raleigh lets go of naomi, but only so he can drop down to his knees on the tile floor and press a kiss to the space right below her navel. ] Hey there, squirt, I'm your dad. [ yes, he is talking to naomi's still flat stomach and the baby that's growing in there. ] I love you too, even if I don't know much about you yet.
[ he is going to make a wonderful father, and that makes her heart sing. naomi runs her fingers along raleigh's hairline, her thumb tracing the shape of his ear as she looks down at where he's talking to her stomach. ]
Best Dad. [ she smiles, because she knows he will be, because she knows the child growing in her couldn't be more lucky. ]
[ he looks up at her and positively beams. that's something he's been a little worried about over the years--how good of a dad he is. because, okay, he's not technically yancy's dad even if she calls him that sometimes. and it's not like he really has a good model to work off of. his own dad was a distant and self-absorbed asshat who fucked off to never never land when things got tough. yance practically raised him, but he was a big brother first and foremost, and it's kind of weird to raleigh that he was three years older and something of a father-figure.
( but when raleigh things about it, he was a pretty damn good example. things he did for his little siblings are things raleigh finds himself doing for his daughter. what parts of yancy's caring instincts he inherited from the drift make it so much easier to slide into the role of man of the house. )
hearing naomi say that he's going to be a great dad is like christmas come early, and it shows. he kisses her belly and stands, sweeping her into a bear hug. ]
Thank you. [ for giving him the opportunity to be a dad in more ways than one. ]
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[ ever since he fell into naomi and yancy's lives, he hasn't given much thought to having kids of his own. yancy was close enough for him. his little girl who isn't really his. and isn't so little anymore. he'd thought a couple times before the wall that he'd like to be a dad someday. have a family of his own outside of his brother. ( ha. )
but that idea fell by the wayside for a variety of reasons. having it come back because he's going to be a dad for reals is an incredible feeling. ]
How far along are you?
you might hate me if we make this kid a boy, she's going to ask mako if she'd like to name it
she'd never given much thought to giving her little girl a sibling ( she'd like a boy, but it's too soon to tell ), hugely because her career had taken precedence and she also didn't know if she wanted to go through raising one more child when hers was a beautiful handful.
but then came raleigh and she'd be lying if she didn't say that she'd wondered about this, wondered what it might be like if she had his kid and well, what do you know - they're pregnant. ] I figured I'd missed my period because it was stress and then mornings on the job started getting rough.
[ she leans her head against his chest, presses a kiss over his heart through his shirt. ] I love you. If I haven't said that lately, let me make up for it by saying it now.
i like this idea. also short tag is short whoops
[ raleigh lets go of naomi, but only so he can drop down to his knees on the tile floor and press a kiss to the space right below her navel. ] Hey there, squirt, I'm your dad. [ yes, he is talking to naomi's still flat stomach and the baby that's growing in there. ] I love you too, even if I don't know much about you yet.
whoop short tag :c
Best Dad. [ she smiles, because she knows he will be, because she knows the child growing in her couldn't be more lucky. ]
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( but when raleigh things about it, he was a pretty damn good example. things he did for his little siblings are things raleigh finds himself doing for his daughter. what parts of yancy's caring instincts he inherited from the drift make it so much easier to slide into the role of man of the house. )
hearing naomi say that he's going to be a great dad is like christmas come early, and it shows. he kisses her belly and stands, sweeping her into a bear hug. ]
Thank you. [ for giving him the opportunity to be a dad in more ways than one. ]