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[doubled_speed]

“People leave,” Tommy counters. But he looks at Gar a bit softer. “But I don’t mind staying around to let you prove me wrong.”

And he liked the idea of making a real home with the guy.

[garrrr]

"It'll be one of the greatest joys of my life to prove you wrong," Gar grins a little again and he looked down at this lap. It's still hard to believe all this is real but one thing he knows is that he's not leaving Tommy.

If he hadn't already dropped a bomb on him there's words that are just there on the tip of his tongue but he probably shouldn't push his luck just yet.

[doubled_speed]

"Definitely a smaller joy than this, right," Tommy asks, moving to his mate's side with some heated soup, his hand coming out to stroke over Gar's stomach. Their kid had to be better.

[garrrr]

Gar smiles at that. Yeah, Tommy is going to be an amazing dad -- he just knows it. He exhales a little at the hand on his stomach and he glances at the soup.

"Definitely," he says, content and happy and he nods toward the soup. "Thank you."

[doubled_speed]

Thing is, Tommy's great with kids. Always has been.

"Gladly. Now eat up. I want to make sure you're both well fed. That's what I'm supposed to say to be manly man jock alpha, right?"

Yes, he stands against stereotypes. But this is funny.

[garrrr]

That's definitely not something that Gar would doubt at all. Gar snorts and rolls his eyes as he takes the soup and starts to eat, eying the other.

"This is going to your head already."

[doubled_speed]

"Which head?" Tommy counters, smiling. It's not. He feels... so like he's failed his boyfriend here. Getting him pregnant and all of that.

[garrrr]

"Knowing you? Both," Gar retorts but he's not being particularly serious. He curls up into the pillows again as he eats, eying Tommy.

"Make yourself something too?"

[doubled_speed]

"I couldn't eat," Tommy admits. Which is saying a lot. He's a bottomless pit at they both know it. But he's so excited, so anxious, so nervous that he doesn't think he could do a bite right now.

[garrrr]

Gar looks a little concerned at that as he eats. He's pretty sure he's never seen Tommy turn down food before. He doesn't stop eating his own soup, though.

"Are you okay, really?"

[doubled_speed]

Is he okay? Yes. He's better than okay in some ways. Except... There's another thing going on. A lot of other things.

"You ever get so excited that you can't think about anything but that?"

[garrrr]

"A few times," Gar says, nodding and he bites his lip a little. Somehow for the first time he's starting to let himself feel happy about all this -- like really happy.

[doubled_speed]

"It's that. Like... how can I even EAT when all I can think about is putting food in our little one's mouth?"

Stupid instincts.

[garrrr]

Gar stirs the soup idly. He's already feeling kind of full and he really hadn't ate that much and he's pretty sure he's going to push his luck on the nausea thing soon.

"It's gonna be a while before we can put food in their mouth."

[doubled_speed]

"Putting food in you puts food in him," Tommy counters. He can feed his baby by feeding his man.

[garrrr]

"And I need you to take care of you too or I'm gonna worry," Gar counters back easily. He sets down the bowl.

[doubled_speed]

"Trust me, when my stomach chills the fuck out, I'll eat," Tommy promises, moving to nuzzle against Gar's neck. "Later. For now... fuck. I'm caught up in this important detail. We're gonna have a kid."

[garrrr]

Gar closes his eyes as the other nuzzles his neck and he hums softly as he soaks in that moment of intimacy with Tommy. He reaches to run his fingers through the other's hair, holding his head close.

"Twins aren't like...a thing that runs in your family or something are they?"

[doubled_speed]

"That's... a really complex question," Tommy sighs. But part of him REALLY wants it to. "Like, Wanda and Pietro, twins. But Wanda MADE us with magic, and we're not even THOSE bio kids. So I've got no clue."

[garrrr]

Gar is a bit conflicted. The idea of one baby is scary and the idea of two? It's double scary but double exciting. He chews on his bottom lip.

"Complicated, huh," he laughs.

[doubled_speed]

"Yeah," Tommy answers. ANd he doesn't even know much about the Shepherd family. "I... if it was twins, I'd want a boy and a girl. And to give them REALLY different names."

[garrrr]

At least the idea of twins doesn't seem to freak Tommy out and he can't help but think that it's a possibility but still...complicated.

"We don't really get to choose but ideal world," he says and reaches to tug the other down so he could settle close into him.

[doubled_speed]

They're definitely too early in to really think about that. Or names. Or where they'll live as a family.

"No. But... we'll have a good family. I think."

[garrrr]

Still, all those thoughts keep coming up.

"I know."

[doubled_speed]

Yeah, it does. Because Tommy wants his kid or kids to grow up in a city. To let them meet all sorts of people and get all sorts of advantages. but they've got time.

"Is... there a name you'd want?"