alpha!steddie x omega!reader
Part Three.
summary: good news and a lot of changes.
cw: OMEGAVERSE, smut, angst, pregnancy, vomit, omega dropping
wc: 12.5 k
You fidgeted with the sleeves of your—well, Eddie’s sweater as you walked around the large mall. It sucked waiting alone, your feet carrying you aimlessly as you only had your own thoughts to ponder on.
Eddie and Steve wanted to come, very badly even. But Steve had an important phone meeting he couldn’t miss, and Eddie had been trying to get this special part in for a customer for a week, only to have it arrive last night so he needed to at least get started on it this morning.
That’s how you ended up alone for your blood draw, and how you ended up by yourself munching on pretzel bites and cheese while you wait out the couple of hours before returning for your results.
Truthfully, you didn’t really need the doctor to tell you the news. You already knew you were pregnant.
When they said in your second gender health class that an omega knows when they’re pregnant, they were not kidding. It was like as soon as it happened everything changed. Your appetite has doubled, the nausea wasn’t awful…yet, but definitely noticeable, and your chest felt so tender that you could barely stand wearing a bra. Thank god the cold weather was starting to dissipate with the rolling spring because even the littlest bit of chill had your nipples hard as diamonds.
You also noticed that Eddie and Steve were different, too. Eddie was impossibly clingy and even touchier than before. Steve was treating you like you were made of glass, hovering around you whenever he could. Between the two of them, the only time alone you got was when you were in the bathroom, and even then they would be waiting for them to come out.
Even with all of these undeniable changes, you still didn’t tell them that you were probably pregnant. There is still the possibility that you’re not…and why would you get their hopes up without being 100% sure?
The doctor seemed very confident, though. When she asked you if anything felt different, she didn’t hold back her smile at your answer. Though, she made a quite peculiar face when you told her both Eddie and Steve were acting different, but you didn’t pry for a reason for her reaction. You’d read in one of your books that alphas can act protective around a pregnant omega even if the offspring isn’t theirs. And since the two of them were so in sync, you just assumed that they didn’t feel the need to be aggressive around each other.
A small cry caught your attention. A woman pushing a pram with a fussy baby inside walked past you, the mother shushing her baby as they exited the store. When you looked up, you saw it was a baby store. A sea of pinks and blues, greens and greys, strollers and cribs, all filled the inside of the store.
You thought about it for a moment. Sure, the babies weren’t technically yours, but…
Well, it wouldn’t hurt to look right?
As you looked around the store, the only thing you could think was how was it even possible for something to be so small? You held up the smallest blue onesie, adorned with a yellow ducky wearing a little sailor cap that made you think of Steve for some reason. The outfit looked like it belonged on a baby doll rather than a real baby. You looked around for a moment, making sure the coast was clear before placing the outfit in your crossed arms, cradling it ever so lightly. It looked just as small in your hold.
“Can I help you?”
The voice startled you, sending the small outfit flying straight to the ground.
“Oh my goodness, I didn’t mean to scare you!” The woman apologizes, leaning down to pick up the onesie.
“It’s okay,” you chuckle nervously. She holds the onesie out for you and you take it.
“Is it your first?” She asks, smiling at you warmly.
“Is what my…?”
“The baby. Sorry, you knew you were pregnant right?” Her eyes go wide as if she let the cat out of the bag.
“I-I’m, um, I wasn’t--”
“Goodness, me, I’m so sorry. I figured you knew and that’s why you were here!”
“It’s fine, I just--How did you know? I’m, uh, actually waiting to go back and get my results.” You shift back and forth, trying to contain the emotions rushing through you.
“Oh, well you know what they say about us omegas. Once you have one, you can spot another pregnant omega from a mile away. Besides, your jumpiness gives it away.”
“Really?” You run your hands down Eddie’s sweater, slowing when you get to your stomach.
“Mhmm,” the lady says with a nod. “Sorry if I ruined the surprise. I’m sure your alpha will be excited when you tell them!”
You grip the onesie in your hand, feeling the soft material in your hands.
“Yeah, I think they will be.”
“Alight, how are we feeling?”
Eddie and Steve sit on either side of you once again. Steve’s holding your hand in his, his thumb rubbing circles on the top of your hand. Eddie’s leg is bouncing, barely able to contain himself as he rocks back and forth.
“Good.”
“Great!”
“Wonderful,” the doctor says, pulling her rolling chair up for her to sit on. Her smile gives everything away for you, but the looks on Eddie and Steve’s faces still show that they are completely oblivious to your current status. “I’m sure you are all ready to hear some good news today. Which I will say I have both good and potentially bad news to share. But, I will start with the good news.”
Eddie wraps his arms around you giddily, while Steve’s grip on your hand gets tighter.
The doctor pauses for dramatic effect, before smiling coyly.
“Congratulations, you’re going to be dads!”
Steve and Eddie’s reactions are on the opposite ends of satisfaction. Eddie jumps up from his chair, chanting his excitement with yeses and other positive words. Steve, on the other hand, takes Eddie’s place wrapping you up in his arms. His grip on you is almost suffocating, and you can feel his body shake as he lets out a few sobs against you. You snake your arms around him, rubbing his back soothingly as he processes his emotions.
Eddie remembers that the two of you are there in the middle of his celebration and decides to join yours and Steve’s embrace by turning it into a group hug. You feel his lips against the side of your head, making you smile. After a moment more Steve finally lets you go and Eddie takes his spot back in the chair next to you, his arm extending behind you and resting on Steve’s arm.
“I’m so happy for all of you,” the doctor says, looking over the three of you. “But, like I said, I do have a small concern.”
Steve and Eddie tense, and you feel very small in your seat. The last thing you want is something to be wrong.
“Her blood test showed higher than normal levels when we checked them,” the doctor says seriously.
“Wouldn’t higher levels be a good thing?” Steve asks, concerned in his tone.
“Yes and no,” she answers. “It is good that the levels are reading high enough that is unmistakable for pregnancy. But, sometimes when levels are this high this early, it could mean a couple of things.”
“Like…twins?” You speak up for the first time. Eddie and Steve look at you and then at each other.
“Well, yes, that is one possibility. Multiples in general will give you higher levels because of both fetuses giving off the hCG hormone. Though, it’s more likely that you just naturally are producing more of this hormone. That being said, some times when we see these higher levels, it can result in the pregnancy abruptly ending.”
You feel your chest tightening, hands flying to your stomach. You’d heard of people having a miscarriage before, but you’d never thought about it being an option for you.
“I know it is hard, but I don’t want you all to think about it happening. Rather, I would prefer that the three of you be very mindful about her roll in your house. Until you come in for your first ultrasound, I want you to limit any activity that can cause exertion. Exercise, heavy cleaning, intercourse. It would be best to avoid those things until we can get you to about 12 weeks.”
You felt yourself blushing at the mention of intercourse. You thought that the sex with Steve and Eddie would stop after your shared cycle, but that was far from the truth. The amount of sex the three of you had been having on a regular basis the last two weeks was thrilling at best and tiring at worst.
You had agreed initially that your body would be free use to your alphas. And while they hadn’t really implemented that part of the contract outside of your cycle, the last two weeks had you feeling like a sex toy rather than a human at times.
Eddie started to bend you over the kitchen counter as soon as he got home from work, while Steve liked to use your body to get him off early in the morning. Which is how you ended up moving into the middle of their bed instead of the room you’d been given when you moved in.
Even in the middle of the night, the two of them would seem to wake up and seek you out. Sometimes it was one of them fucking you while they were fucked by the other. Sometimes they were double penetrating you, either in one hole or both. And sometimes they would crawl over you and fuck each other, making you watch with sleepy eyes until one of them finally gave you attention by eating you out until you came over and over.
Your name being called snapped you from your fantasies. You ducked your head and apologized. “What were you saying?”
“I was just making you understood what I was asking of you. I see your pregnancy brain has come already.” The doctor pats you on the head.
“Y-yes, sorry, I understand.”
“Good,” she says. “Now, I’ll have you schedule an appointment for your 10 week ultrasound with the front desk. If anything feels strange like a pain or pressure or you have any bleeding that’s more than a few drops, please go straight to the emergency room. I’ll see you all in a few weeks.”
The three of you send the doctor off with your goodbyes. Once the door closes, Eddie leaps up from his chair and fist punches the air. It makes you happy to see him so excited as he does his little dance.
Suddenly you’re being pulled up by your chair and embraced into a bear hug by Steve. He holds you tight, rocking you side to side.
“Awe, bring it in,” Eddie says, wrapping his arms around the both of you. You laugh, sandwiched between the two men. They share a quick peck above you before separating and freeing you once again.
“How are you feeling Steve? You haven’t said a word.” Eddie slaps his arm lightly, and Steve only shakes his head in response.
“I don’t even know what to say.” But he’s all smiles as he looks between you and Eddie. His hand covers his mouth, but his cheeks give away how happy he really is.
“Well, I know what to say,” Eddie says, pulling you into him, and placing a sweet kiss on your lips. “Thank you. Truly, you have no idea how much this means to us.”
“Of course,” you blush. You look up at Eddie shyly, only to be met with a look of absolute adoration. It melts you to see him—both of them so elated.
“I think this calls for some celebration,” Steve says suddenly.“We should have everyone over to give them the good news. Wait—” Steve stops and looks at you, his brows furrowed, “Are we allowed to tell people? Isn’t there a thing where you’re not supposed to tell people?”
“Um, something like that. One of the books you gave me said it’s best to wait until the second trimester because the chances of a miscarriage are less.”
“Mmmm, I don’t want to think about that,” Eddie says, bringing his hands to his ears.
“Well, we don’t have to do anything crazy yet. We can do something, just the three of us, and maybe plan something bigger once we’re in the clear.”
“Yeah, that sounds good,” you nod.
“When is the second trimester?” Eddie asks. “I don’t know if I’m going to be able to hold it in that long.”
“It’s around 12 or 13 weeks.”
“Oh fuck me,” he says running a hand through his hair, “And this is like, what, week one? Week two?”
“It’s probably week 4 or 5. The weeks technically start from the beginning of my last cycle.”
“Shit, maybe I need to read some of those books.”
The smell of this morning's breakfast was not sitting well with your sensitive nose. It’s been almost three weeks since you had the confirmation that you were pregnant with Steve and Eddie’s baby. For the most part things had been going well, but the last few days have had your stomach in knots when it came to smells.
You hadn’t officially thrown up, but you’d had some close calls. The first thing to bother you was the way Eddie smells when he comes home from work. He’s had to start stripping in the garage and going straight to the shower before you’d even be able to get near him. Thankfully he’s very understanding and has even offered to do his own laundry so that the smells don’t bother you.
The second time was at the grocery store. For some reason the smell of the bananas was too strong for you and it took everything in you not to puke right on Steve’s shoes. Unfortunately for the boys that meant no bananas with breakfast for a while.
And right now the smell of the bacon cooking was doing you in. The sliding door is currently cracked because you needed to get some fresh air flowing through the kitchen or else you would vom all over breakfast.
The sounds of the radio mixed with the loud popping of the bacon was distracting you enough that you didn’t hear the front door opening. So when you heard a booming unfamiliar voice calling from the entry way you couldn’t hold in the shriek of terror that came with you being startled.
The sound of footsteps thundering could be heard from the floor above you. You were frozen in place, clutching a spatula as if that would be enough to defend you from the intruder that was currently in your home. Thinking fast, you ducked down behind the island and listened to hear the confrontation that was inevitably going to happen.
“Jesus Christ, Wayne,” you suddenly hear Eddie say after a moment of quiet.
“What in the hell? You got Bobbie cookin’ food for y’all or something?”
The sound of footsteps coming towards the kitchen was drowned out by the sound of Eddie and Steve booking it down the stairs.
“Wait, don’t go in there!” Steve huffs, catching his breath.
“What the hell is going on?” Wayne asks, clearly confused as to why his nephew and his husband are acting strange.
“It’s okay,” you say, peering around the corner, meeting the eyes of the older alpha. You’d heard lots about Uncle Wayne from Eddie and Steve. You felt a little foolish now being so scared.
Wayne looks at you with bewilderment, then to Eddie and Steve. “Seriously boys?” Wayne says with a lit of disappointment. “You guys really can’t take care of yourselves?”
“Wayne, you don’t know what’s going on,” Eddie says.
“Well, clearly you boys hired a housekeeper to do all your dirty work. Thought this front area looked neater when I walked in.”
“She’s not a housekeeper,” Steve clarifies.
“I mean, she has been keeping the house clean, but she chooses to do that,” Eddie adds. Steve gives him a look.
You say your name, which takes the attention of all three men. Walking up to Wayne, you stick out your hand to greet him. “It’s nice to meet you. Eddie and Steve have told me a lot about you.” Wayne takes your hand and shakes it, a bit of hesitancy in his movements. Eddie sighs and steps to the side.
“Why don’t we go to the kitchen and we can explain everything?”
“Okay, so let me get this straight,” Wayne says with a mouth full of toast. “You’re telling me that she’s been livin’ here for the last two months, basically playing housewife to you two, what with all the cleaning and cooking. And now she just happens to be pregnant with one of yours?” He waves a finger between Eddie and Steve, to which they nod wordlessly in return.
Wayne sighs and wipes his mouth with a napkin “Now I don’t want any of the details, but the next thing the two of you better be about to tell me is that she’s stayin’ here so that the two of ya can take care of her.”
“She is staying,” Steve says, straightening up in his chair. “That’s what we agreed on.”
“Agreed on?” Wayne says. “You’re soundin’ like y’all have some kind of arrangement put together.”
“We do,” Eddie chimes in. “None of this was an accident. I told you at Christmas that Steve and I were talking about maybe starting a family—”
“I thought that meant y’all were gonna adopt some pups! Not that you were gonna knock up some poor girl and dump her when you’re done with her!”
“Please, sir, it’s really okay,” you interject. “I know what I signed up for when we agreed to do this. I’m not expecting anything from them once the baby is born.”
Wayne scoffs and throws his napkin down.
“That’s just not right.” He says, crossing his arms.
“Wayne, people surrogate for other people all the time,” Eddie says, trying to reason with his uncle.
“Yeah, but they do it the right way. And from the sounds of it y’all didn’t do it the right way. It just don’t make no sense.”
You didn’t realize that what you had done would make Wayne so upset. What if other people get upset with you, too? You hadn’t met any of Eddie or Steve’s friends besides Robin and Vickie, and even they didn’t seem too keen on the idea either. It hadn’t really bothered you before, knowing that what the three of you were doing wasn’t the norm, but you didn’t think it would get this bad.
“Oh, sweetheart.”
Eddie is suddenly next to you, wiping away tears you hadn’t even realized had fallen. Steve was on the other side of you, rubbing a soothing hand on your back.
“Shit, I’m sorry young lady,” Wayne says, “I’m not upset with you. Just with these two dumbasses.”
“They-They’re not dumbasses,” you choke out, making Eddie and Steve chuckle.
“Maybe you and me need to talk outside,” Eddie says to Wayne.
The older man stands from his seat and walks to the back door, Eddie following behind and closing it. You can see the two of them talking animatedly to each other and it makes you uneasy. Steve steps in front of you, blocking them from your vision.
“You need to eat something,” he says to you, grabbing a plate off the counter.
“Was this a mistake?” You ask, hands on your slightly bloated stomach.
“What? No, of course not. Don’t let him get to you. He’ll come around once the baby is here.”
“But what if he doesn’t?”
“He will,” Steve assures you, “Wayne is a sucker for a baby. He was elated when we told him we wanted kids. This just isn’t how he expected things to go. But he’ll be fine. We’ll be fine.” Steve punctuates the last part by looking you in the eyes, taking your hand in his. His touch warms you, making the anxious feelings go away.
“Okay,” you say, taking the plate from him. You make yourself some food and start to munch on it, Steve joining you at the table. After a few minutes the back door slides open and the two men walk inside with smiles on their faces.
Wayne approaches you where you sit, hands in his pockets.
“Hey there, sweetheart,” he starts, much calmer than he was earlier. “I just wanted to let you know I’m not mad at you. It’s just…I’ve been dealing with the shit these two get into for years and I just worry ‘bout em.”
“I can understand that,” you say with a nod, turning to give him your full attention.
“I want what’s best for all of you in this scenario, which means I want you to stick up for yourself if they get to be too much. Alright?”
“I will,” you smile, happy to hear that the older man feels so concerned for you.
“And I want you two to make sure she’s comfortable. She’s carrying the next generation of Munson’s in ‘er and we’re known for being hard to deal with when it comes to pregnancy. Even for omegas.”
“We don’t know if—” You start, wanting to correct him
“We’ll make sure she’s taken care of, Wayne,” Steve says, cutting you off.
“Good to hear,” Wayne says with a nod. “Eddie?” He looks over to the man in question. He’s all smiles when you look over at him.
“I’ll do my best, but no promises.”
Sweat dripped from your forehead as you knelt over the toilet. The nausea had been really getting to you lately and you were sure you would puke this time, but thankfully nothing came up. You shifted off of your knees, settling against the bathroom wall and sighed.
This pregnancy was kicking your ass and it was still only the beginning. You had just hit 10 weeks and it seemed like you had every symptom you could have, and to the nth degree. Not only were you insanely nauseous all hours of the day, but you were also constantly exhausted, taking naps during the day while the boys were at work. Sometimes two naps if you woke up to pee. Which you were doing a lot.
Steve and Eddie did their best to care for you.They felt so bad for you, but there really wasn’t much they could do but support you. They took turns making dinner so you could rest and bought you herbal teas and ginger candies to help with the nausea. They also gave you extra attention, showering you with kisses and love, which really did make you feel better.
“You okay in there, sweetheart?” Eddie calls from the other side of the bathroom door.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” you yell back. “Be out in a second.”
You rise from the floor and get yourself put together. Today was your 10 week ultra sound and you’d get to see the baby today and the best way to describe how you felt was nervous. Partly to see the baby itself, but partly because the more you felt your body change, the more you felt yourself growing attached to what was growing inside you. Something that you had to remind yourself wasn’t yours.
It didn’t help that ever since Wayne’s visit, you’d been thinking really hard about what was really going on between you and Eddie and Steve lately. What the three of you did on a daily basis was going beyond the limits of your contract and you were starting to feel like maybe things were going too far for something that was eventually going to end.
So, in favor of self preservation, you’d decided to start keeping your distance from the boys. You didn’t go out of your way to seek them out any more, no matter how much you felt like you needed them. And any time one of them loved on you, you reminded yourself that they were just happy for what you were doing for them. All of the emotions on their part was because they were alpha’s around an omega pregnant with their pup. It was purely biological.
But you were feeling those biological needs, too. Being a pregnant omega was not for the faint of heart.
So you picked yourself up and did your best to look presentable for your appointment. It was starting to get warmer out so you opted for a loose shirt and some not so snug jeans that you managed to find in your little bit of clothes you had. It wasn’t anything glamorous, but it would do.
After making your way down stairs where Eddie and Steve were waiting for you, the three of you headed off to the doctors office. You remained quiet in the back seat as Eddie and Steve talked excitedly about getting to see the baby. It made your stomach do flips, not really sure about how to feel.
“Alright, you ready?” The ultrasound tech asks you, holding the wand in their hand. You nod, giving her a slight smile.
Eddie and Steve were sitting in chairs on the other side of the bed you were laying in, holding hands while their eyes were glued to the monitor. It was nice seeing them so excited to see their baby.
The ultrasound tech puts the wand at the bottom of your stomach and moves it around to get the gel spread around. The monitor shakes with the movements for a moment, stopping in a spot that looked like a bunch of nothing from what you could tell.
“Okay, so,” the tech starts, moving the wand around more slowly, “There is your baby right there.” She points a finger at a white blob that’s inside of a black blob. It hardly looks like a baby, but you still can’t believe it when you see it. There was a baby inside of you.
“Let me move around and just--Oh!” The tech seems surprised when she moves the wand. The screen shows two white blobs now, each in their own black blob. “Did we know we were having multiples?”
“Multiples?” Steve asks, straightening in his chair.
“Like more than one?” Eddie asks.
“Mhmm,” the tech confirms, moving the wand until both blobs are on the screen clearly. “There is baby A,” she says pointing to the top one, “And there’s baby B.” Her finger moves down until it’s on the second blob.
“I knew it,” you said. You really did, too. The symptoms you were having were just too much for only one baby you had thought to yourself. And with those high levels at your last appointment, you had a sneaking suspicion that you might be pregnant with more than one.
“You’re an omega, right?” The tech asks, and you nod. “Yeah, it’s totally common for omegas to have multiples. I wouldn’t worry too much about carrying them. They say omegas are built for more than one baby at a time.”
You look over to Eddie and Steve, each of them having a different look on their respective faces. Eddie’s is of pure, unadulterated joy, while Steve’s is pure shock, his jaw practically on the floor.
“We always said we wanted two,” Eddie said looking at Steve, who slowly blinks at his husband.
“Yeah, I guess we did,” Steve finally says, pulling his glasses off and wiping his hand down his face.
“Hey, relax,” Eddie says, rubbing his hand on Steve’s back, “At least it wasn’t three. We’re not outnumbered here.” Eddie pauses for a moment and looks at the tech. “There’s not a third one in there, right?”
The tech moves her wand around your stomach more, but no more blobs show up besides the two.
“Nope, just the two that we can see.”
“Oh, thank god,” Steve says with a relieved sigh.
“Are you okay, Steve?” You ask. You can feel his mix of emotions coming off of him through his pheromones.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m fine. It’s just…like wow, ya know?”
“You guys will be just fine,” the tech says encouragingly. Steve nods and looks at you with a smile.
“Yeah, we will be.”
You tugged nervously at your dress. Today was the big day where you would finally meet all of Steve and Eddie’s friends and tell them your good news. Your mind was all over the place, going back and forth between feeling nervous and excited.
Questions surfaced in your mind that had you thinking more negatively than positively. What if they didn’t like you? What if they found out about how you got pregnant and judged you? Robin and Wayne didn’t seem too keen on the idea, so what if their other friends feel the same way? It would probably be enough to push you over the edge with all of your hormones being at ten as of late.
A gentle knock at the door pulled you from your thoughts. “Come in,” you called, turning from the mirror to face the door. It opens and Steve steps inside. He’s been all smiles since you’d found out you were carrying twins, buzzing with the excitement of sharing the news with his closest friends.
“That dress looks great on you,” he says, looking you up and down.
“You think so? There’s not much to show off.” You look back at the mirror, hand going over your barely there bump, looking more like bloat than anything. Your books said that twin pregnancies can show sooner than regular pregnancies, especially for omegas. But at barely 13 weeks there wasn’t much to show for yet.
“You got a little something going on here,” Steve says, walking over to you. His hand lands where your stomach was protruding and feeling around it.
“I guess I just wanted to look a little more pregnant for your friends,” you say with a sigh.
Steve chuckles, wrapping an arm around you and pressing his forehead to your temple. “I don’t think they’re going to care about what you look like. They’re going to be more surprised than anything.”
“Are you going to tell them how we did it?” You ask, looking him in the eyes.
“Why? Are you worried?” You nod, and Steve presses a kiss to your cheek. “We don’t have to say anything. Not like it’s their business to know. If anyone asks, we’ll just say we did it the proper way.”
“What about Robin?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll talk to her when she gets here. She’ll understand.” You hope she does.
You hear some rumbling from outside the room and Eddie is suddenly bursting through the bedroom door, looking around until his eyes land on the two of you. “Guests are here,” he says, huffing as if he ran the whole way up the stairs just to find you. You take one more look at yourself in the mirror and suck in a breath. Steve’s hands land on your shoulders and rub them soothingly, making you release the breath with a nod.
”Okay, I’m ready,” you say with a small smile.
”You look amazing,” Eddie says, walking up next to you in the mirror.
”Thanks,” you say, blushing at his compliment.
The three of you exit the room and you can already hear the voices coming from downstairs. It sounds like a full house, making the butterflies bubble up in your stomach. You stop at the top of the stairs, freezing in place. All of your fears come back to the forefront of your mind as the voices seem to get increasingly louder in your head.
Suddenly, your hands are being scooped up at the same time. An instant calm overtakes your mind and you start to feel more at ease at the touches you’re being given. Looking to either side, you see Eddie and Steve are standing next to you with reassuring looks on their faces. Taking another deep breath in, you nod your head and exhale.
”I’m ready,” you say, looking down at the stairs again. You take the first step and the boys follow suit, taking steps ahead of you so they can lead you down the stairs. They continue to hold your hands as you get to the bottom, and you chance a peak at the entryway to see the living room packed with people. Most of them you recognize from pictures, close friends of the two that they’ve told you about by now. Eddie and Steve don’t give you much time to think about what’s about to happen as they continue on through the entryway and into the lively living room.
As you all enter, the chatter in the room begins to die down. You scan everyone’s faces, most of them confused or speculative as their eyes are on you. If Eddie and Steve notice they don’t say, simply walking hand in hand with you to the front of the small group. They turn you to face them and it feels like you’re on stage in front of a crowd of thousands rather than in the comfort of the living room. Steve clears his throat, and you swallow the lump forming in your throat as he’s about to speak.
“Everyone, we want to thank you all for coming over today to share this special announcement with you.” Steve looks down at you, introducing you to the crowd. You get a few small waves and head nods from the group, Robin giving you a cheery thumbs up from off to the side. You spot Wayne and he gives you a big grin that warms your heart.
”Now, most of you probably don’t know this, but Eddie and I have been talking about expanding our family. It’s not something that would happen easily for us, but thanks to this special girl right here, we’ve been able to make it happen.”
”Shut up,” you hear from one of the boys you recognize as Dustin. “No way!”
”Yep,” Eddie says with a prideful nod of his head. “We’re pregnant!” The room erupts with loving hoots and hollers, some of the guests approaching Eddie and Steve to embrace them. You were unexpectedly scooped up by Robin, her spinning you around gleefully.
“Well, hold on, that’s not even the best part,” Steve says, calling attention to the room again.
“How can it get any better?” A red headed girl whose name you think is Max asks, crossing her arms.
”That would be—“ Steve starts.
”It’s twins!” Eddie blurts out, and the crowd goes wild.
Robin grabs your shoulders, holding you at arms length as she lets out a shriek of excitement. “Twins! There’s gonna be two of you?” She asks, looking at Steve. Steve nods and she jumps him, taking him in a big hug. “I’m so happy it worked out for you guys!”
”Me, too Bobbie,” Steve says, rocking her back and forth with a huge smile on his face.
You feel an arm wrap around your waist and pull you in, and you look up to see Eddie holding you tightly against his side.
”When are you due?” The girl named Nancy asks as she approaches you.
”January third, per our last appointment,” you tell her.
”Oh my gosh, you’re still early then,” she says, looking you up and down. “You still have a little bump to show at least.” She gestures towards your stomach and you place your hand over it reflexively.
”I just hit thirteen weeks. Still have a lot of time to go.”
”It’s going to fly by,” she says with a wave of her hand, “Jonathan felt like he was pregnant one minute, then the next thing you know our son was born.”
”I hope it doesn’t go by too fast,” you say, thinking about what was meant to happen once the babies were born. It saddened you to think about parting ways with Eddie and Steve…
But you couldn’t think about that right now. This party was meant to celebrate Eddie and Steve and you couldn’t bring the mood down with your sulking. So you put on a brave face and continued on.
Everyone had lots of questions for you. It was hard to have to lie about some of the aspects of how you came to be pregnant, but you knew it was for the better to keep everyone in the dark. Steve kept to himself, but Eddie wasn’t doing his part of keeping his hands off of you in front of his friends. It was like he was stuck to you like glue; a hand on your shoulder or an arm around your waist. It was comforting to have him by your side, but some of the looks his friends gave made you feel like he was being too much.
“Eddie,” you say, pulling him to the side, “You can’t be so touchy with me.”
”Why not?” He pouts, grabbing for your hand. You pull it away, taking a step between the two of you.
”Because they’re not supposed to know what we’ve done. Maybe go spend some time with Steve for a bit.” Eddie’s shoulders drop and he nods, walking away to stand next to Steve. Steve turns to him and gives him a kiss, making Eddie smile, which had you feeling better for putting your foot down.
You feel a small tap on your shoulder that has you jumping a bit. But once you turn around, you find Vickie standing behind you looking small.
”Sorry,” she says and you wave her off.
”You’re fine, I think these hormones have me a little jumpy.”
”I, uh, I understand that,” Vickie says with a chuckle. It takes you a moment to register what exactly she was saying, but as soon as you do, it instantly hits you. You can sense it about her as soon as you take her in. You must have been so distracted by the other guests that you didn’t notice her until just now.
”Oh my god, you’re pregnant?” You whisper-yell to her, and her eyes go wide. She brings a finger to her lips signifying you to keep quiet, her eyes going immediately to Robin. But then she gives you a small nod, a wide grin spreading across her face.
”I haven’t told her yet. I want it to be a surprise.”
”Vickie, she’s going to be so thrilled!”
”I know she will,” Vickie says sheepishly, eyes on the floor. “She’s been talking non stop about babies and all that since she found out you guys were trying. I just didn’t think it would happen so fast…”
You could sense the nervousness in her. It was the same nervousness you had when you first found out about being pregnant, so you felt for her.
”Did you just find out?”
Vickie nods, “Yeah, on Thursday. It’s been hard to keep it a secret, but I know I have to tell her somehow. She’s going to be so excited that our kids are so close in age.”
That made you think about Steve and how close he and Robin are. It would be nice if Steve could have someone to bond over being parents with. It made your heart swell at the thought.
”I won’t say anything to Steve or Eddie so they don’t spoil the surprise for you,” you say.
”Thanks, I appreciate it. It’s nice to say it out loud to someone though.” She smiles, her hands coming to her stomach.
”Hey, babe, come here and listen to what Nancy and Jonathan’s son did,” Robin calls for Vickie. Her hand drops to her side quickly and she gives her a nod.
”Nice talking to you,” she says before walking over to join her wife.
After a while the party started to die down, much to your appreciation because you were starting to get tired from all of the attention. As guests started to leave, you noticed that Eddie had migrated back to your side, but you just let it happen as he wasn’t being as handsy with you. Steve eventually joined the two of you as the last couple of people left. You gave Vickie a knowing nod as her and Robin headed out the door, and she returned it with a smile.
As Steve closed the door behind them, he turned and leaned back against it, letting out a loud sigh. “Man, I’m beat,” he says, tilting his head to look at you and Eddie.
”Imagine how I feel,” you say with a laugh.
”Here, you probably need to sit down for a bit,” Eddie says, ushering you back into the living room.
”I still need to make dinner, though,” you protest, but Eddie is having none of it, sitting you down on the couch.
”We are capable of cooking, sweetheart. Just leave it to us.”
You didn’t argue, letting the two of them enter the kitchen and start on dinner. You let out a yawn, eyes starting to drop as you got comfortable on the couch. The sounds of the kitchen started to slowly quiet down as you felt yourself drifting off.
Rain droplets hit lightly against your window as you looked out at the gloomy early summer sky. It had been like this all week, the crummy weather matching the way you were feeling as of late. It was like you had a perpetual cold, and there was nothing you could do to fix it.
Being pregnant meant you were limited on medications you could take safely, so there was no relief in that department. You would kill to take a hot bath, but that’s apparently not safe either. All you could do was rest. Well, rest and eat soup.
Which is the reason for your venturing out of the house today. With all your nausea it was hard to keep anything down. So when you had one bowl of home made soup that you found in a recipe book in Steve’s kitchen and it became all you could think about.
”It’s my Nona’s recipe,” he told you while you scarfed down the bowl like you were a woman starved. “She used to make it for me whenever I would get sick as a kid. When she died she left that book for my mom, but she never touched it.”
Well, thank you Nona, because you don’t know what you would do without that recipe. Even now as you sit in the back seat of the Beamer, your mouth waters at the thought of eating more soup.
But Steve was driving extra cautiously today. He’d been driving like this since you found out you were pregnant, but the roads being wet was making him drive like an old lady today. Which wasn’t helping you get soup any faster.
”Steve, can you put a little weight on the peddle?”
He lets out a laugh at your request, “Sorry, hun, no can do.”
”We’re almost there, just hang tight,” Eddie says from the passenger seat. You let out a heavy sigh, crossing your arms the rest of the way to the store.
The moment Steve throws the car in park you’re jumping out of the back seat and bee lining it straight into the store. Steve and Eddie called for you to wait for them, but you were a pregnant girl on a mission and they were just going to have to keep up.
Wasting no time, you grabbed a cart and headed to the produce section. You pulled your list of ingredients you needed out of your purse and looked over it. The first thing on the list was yellow onion, so you pushed the cart over to the oh so smelly section that held them. Holding your nose with one hand, you picked up onions with the other and checked them for any imperfections.
“That looks like a good one.”
The proximity of the unfamiliar voice caught you off guard, instantly making you uneasy when you realized a stranger was standing right next to you. The tall man loomed over you with a gaze that made you feel like a prey animal being hunted. You took a step back from him and he chuckled lowly.
”Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you,” he said, grabbing an onion from the bin and examining it.
”I’ll just get out of your way,” you say, grabbing your cart to walk away.
”You’re not in my way,” the man says, taking a step towards you, making you feel uneasy. Alarm bells go off in your head and the only thing you can think about is getting as far away from this man as you can.
”I-I just—“
The man takes a whiff of the air above you, exhaling with a satisfied hum before looking down at you. A Cheshire grin spreads across his face and you can feel the air about the two of you shift. You begin to back away, not taking your eyes off of the man as you grab for your cart, hoping to put it between the two of you.
But the man catches on and grabs the metal of the cart holding it in place. Then, he slides it out of your grasp, taking a large step towards you. Your breathing begins to pick up as panic starts to set in. Your hands go to your stomach instinctually, wanting to keep your babies safe from the impending danger.
That’s when it hits you: this man is an alpha. He can smell your pregnancy hormones and they’re triggering something in him.
Just as the man is about to be in your personal space, you feel a hand land on your shoulder, making you jump. The man in front of you stops his movements, eyes shifting to a look of terror. “What the hell is going on here?” You hear Steve growl as he moves in front of you. Eddie’s hand on your shoulder pulls you back, putting you behind him so that he and Steve are in between you and the man.
“N-nothing, man,” the man stutters, stepping backwards. “Just saying hi is all.”
“Well, if that’s all you have to say, then I suggest you move on,” Steve barks, baring his teeth.
“Alright, alright,” the man says, raising his hands in defeat. You watch from behind Eddie as the man backs away slowly before fully turning and taking off in the store. Immediate relief washes over you, your head resting against Eddie’s back as you exhale the breath you were holding.
”What the fuck was that?” Steve suddenly spits, eyes wide and locked in on you.
”W-what?” You squeak out, unsure of what he’s talking about.
”Steve—“ Eddie starts, but Steve cuts him off.
”No, Eddie! Why did you take off and leave us in the parking lot like that?” Steve’s tone was one that you’ve never seen him use before. Tears begin to well in your eyes as you realize his anger is directed towards you.
”I-I’m sorry, I just—“
”That,” he says, motioning towards the direction the man ran towards, “is exactly why you need to stay close to us! You’re more vulnerable than ever like this! There’s no reason you should be alone when you have the two of us!”
”Steve, that’s enough,” Eddie says, voice stern as he steps up to Steve. “Maybe you should go wait in the car.”
Steve looks at Eddie like he’s crazy, “You think I’m gonna leave her alone after that? Fuck off, Eddie.”
”I think he’s right,” you say, voice wobbly as you desperately hold back the tears from falling. “You should go.”
Steve instantly deflates at your words, his whole demeanor changing in an instant. “No, wait, I’m sorry—“
”Go,” Eddie says, looking at Steve pointedly.
Steve looks between you and Eddie before dropping his head. “Fine,” he huffs, storming off, leaving you and Eddie behind.
After a silent beat, you take the onion in your hand and throw it into the cart with a bang. Eddie whips around and looks at you with wild eyes, taken aback by your actions. “Hey, it’s okay—“ He starts, but you grab your cart and begin pushing it away from the scene of the crime.
Eddie doesn’t say anything else, just follows closely behind you as you make your way through the grocery store. You grumble to yourself, something something about Steve being a jerk, still sniffling as your tears keep threatening to reappear in your eyes if you think too hard about it.
“Eddie,” you say, as you stop in the canned goods aisle, “Would Steve prefer blueberry or cherry pie?”
Eddie blinks at you, then playfully puts a hand on his chin as if deep in thought. “Ah, that’s a hard call. I could be selfish and say blueberry, but I have a slight feeling that cherry might be your better choice here.”
You look over at him and chew on your cheek as you think. “Fine,” you say after a moment. “Grab me both cans.”
“Score!” Eddie says with a jump for joy. He grabs both cans of pie filling excitedly and sets them in the cart for you.
The two of you get the rest of the stuff on your list, plus a few extra things to make for later tonight. Eddie walks beside you to the car, popping open the trunk as you approach. The front door swings open then, and Steve wordlessly gets out, walking in front of you to load the groceries into the trunk. You don’t say anything as you get into the back seat of the car, letting the boys put the cart back once the trunk is filled.
It takes a moment for the two men to get back into the car, and you try not to let your curiosity get you as you wait silently for them to join you. You’re sure they’re talking about you, as they probably should. Maybe it was reckless of you to run off without them, but Steve didn’t have to yell at you.
It’s not like you were doing anything other than existing as a pregnant person in a grocery store. That guy should have kept himself under control around you. It’s the freaking 20th century, we’re not in barbaric times where alphas have free reign to do what they want anymore!
The doors pull open and the two boys get into the car without a word. You can smell the pungent pheromones on Steve, clearly displaying his displeasure with the whole situation. You wondered if you’d even get an apology from him.
The car ride home was quiet besides the low hum of the radio. And when the car pulled into the driveway, Steve slammed the gear into park and jumped out of the car with a quickness, not looking back as he made his way into the house.
”You can go inside, I’ll get the groceries,” Eddie says calmly from the front seat. A sweet smell comes off of him, most likely to keep you calm while Steve is acting like this.
“Are you sure?” You ask, not wanting to make him carry everything in alone.
”I’m a strong boy, I got it,” he says with a grin, flexing his tattooed arm at you. You roll your eyes at him before getting out of the car.
Once in the house, you rush up the stairs and head immediately for the bathroom, shutting the door behind you. You turn on the water and begin to shed your clothes, letting them fall to the floor. Your hands cradle your bare stomach, the growing bump more prominent out in the open like this.
With a sigh, you move the shower curtain and step into the water, letting the warmth cascade over you. It was instantly relieving, especially when you turned to let the stream hit your lower back, something that had been bothering you lately with the extra weight you were carrying in the front of you.
After a few moments of just clearing your head there was a knock at the bathroom door. “Come in,” you say, assuming it was Eddie coming in to check on you. “Did you get everything put away okay?” You wait for an answer, but one doesn’t come. “Hello?” Nothing.
Curiosity getting the better of you, you pull the curtain slightly to take a peek at what Eddie could be doing. What you didn’t expect was to see Steve with his back turned to you, hands gripping the edges of the sink.
”Steve?” You say quietly, and his head perks up.
“Hey,” he murmurs, turning to face you with his head hung low. There’s an awkward moment of silence between you before you let out a sigh, pulling the curtain back and gesturing inside.
”Get in,” you say, and Steve’s eyes go wide. But he doesn’t take long to think about it before he’s pulling his shirt over his head and shucking his pants and boxers to the ground. He almost trips as he kicks his socks off, making you laugh.
He reaches a hand inside to feel the water before stepping in behind you. Even with the decent amount of space the tub provided, your stomach was still somehow pressing against Steve’s due to the forced proximity. His hands go to touch you, but stop before contact is made, visibly retracting.
”You can touch, Steve,” you say, grabbing his hands and placing them on your stomach. His mouth quirks into a sideways smile, his hands gently caressing you.
”I…” he starts, eyes still on your stomach as he speaks. “I want to apologize. For snapping at you in the store. I wasn’t mad at you, I was mad at the situation and—“
”You’re scared, I get it.” Steve looks up at you before nodding.
“I’ve never felt more scared in my life than I have these last few months.”
”Yeah, I can tell,” you say with a snort, and Steve lets out an airy chuckle at your teasing. “Look, Steve, I should apologize, too. I know keeping the beans safe should be my top priority—“ Steve takes your chin in his hand and lifts your head to look at him, the look in his eyes serious.
”The top priority is keeping you safe,” Steve stresses, “I need you to understand that.”
”But, the babies—“
”We can make more babies.”
”You could find another person to have a baby with, too,” you say, only upsetting yourself at the thought of Steve and Eddie going through this with anyone else but you. Steve doesn’t say anything, his eyes closing like he’s deep in thought. You wondered if Steve had even considered that to be an option. Was he considering it? Was that why he was being so quiet?
His hand on your chin slid around your cheek until it reached the back of your head, keeping you in place as Steve’s lips crashed into yours.
You were caught off guard by his actions, not sure how to react. The kiss felt so right, like you could melt into him until the two of you became one. But the rational part of your brain was screaming that you needed to stop.
”Shit,” Steve hisses, his forehead resting against yours, eyes screwed shut.
”What’s wrong?” You ask, and Steve just huffs out a laugh.
”My body apparently doesn’t know how to read a room.”
This prompts you to look between you, moving your stomach to the side to see Steve’s rapidly growing erection.
“Steve,” you whisper-yell at him, and he covers his face with his hand.
”I know, I’m sorry! It’s just, we haven’t—you know—done anything since—“ he gestures to your stomach, “and you’re all wet and pregnant and kissing you—“
”Okay, okay I get it. Recipe for disaster,” you giggle, and Steve nods.
It was true, the three of you hadn’t done anything sexual since you found out you were pregnant. There was a mix of reasons why; things you’d read about sex not being safe in the first trimester, the general safety for the babies. All reasons both Steve and Eddie understood and didn’t question even for a second.
But the issues lied with the fact that Eddie and Steve also hadn’t done anything with each other in these last few months either. You’re not entirely sure why, but you chalked it up to the fact that they never get alone time, the both of them too busy being up your ass to tend to each other. So for Steve to be getting excited over a little kissing after going months without any sexual attention was nothing to be surprised about.
What you hadn’t told them, however, was that sex in the second trimester and beyond was totally considered safe.
Your reasoning for not telling them this?
Because of the distancing you were doing from them. Because of the boundaries you were trying to establish between them and you. Because of the way you felt yourself falling harder every day with them, because you were starting to wonder how you were going to recover when this was all over.
“Sorry, just give it a second,” Steve says, covering himself with his hand.
”It’s okay, nothing I’ve never seen before,” you shrug, trying to be nonchalant. You look up at Steve and his eyes meet yours for a moment, before darting away.
”Steve,” you say after a moment, knowing you’re going to kick yourself for what you’re about to do. “If you want, I could…” Your hand hovers over his before taking it and gently moving it away from his still hard cock.
”N-no, you don’t have to—oh my god.” Steve’s head tilts back when you take him in your hand and begin stroking him, using the water from the shower to make your hand glide smoother over his length.
Steve falls forward a bit until his forehead hits your shoulder, hand bracing the wall behind you. He shutters breathily, body jerking as you work him up. His head turns until you feel his nose pressing into your neck. He starts kissing and nibbling at the skin there and you hate how much it’s affecting you.
”Steve,” you whimper his name, feeling your body getting hotter with each passing second.
Suddenly, he’s kissing up your neck until his lips meet yours, and you feel his hand slide up your arm. When he pulls away, he looks at you for a brief moment before you’re being spun around, saying his name with a gasp.
Now facing the wall with your back to Steve, you feel him pressing his hard cock between the fat of your ass, grinding himself against you. He wraps an arm around you, letting his hand cup your breast under the running water as he pulls you flush with his chest. He starts kissing your neck again, and the sensory overload makes you dizzy.
”Tell me to stop,” he says next to your ear. “Tell me it’s not safe, or that you don’t want it.”
”Steve,” you whine, mouth agape as he plays with your tender nipple between his big fingers.
“Say it, because once I start I won’t be able to stop.”
But you’re too far gone in the moment to tell him no, your mind and mouth begging for him with an exasperated please.
But that’s enough for Steve. His free hand slides between you as he grabs himself while maneuvering your body forward until he gets you right where he wants you. You gasp as you feel his head catch your entrance briefly before he starts to push himself inside of you.
The stretch is breathtaking, your sensitive walls feeling every bump and vein in his cock as he splits you open. Once he’s fully inside, his hand moves to grab you from the front, holding you carefully under your stomach.
After he’s got a good grip on you he begins to thrust into you gingerly. A little semblance of control shines through as you can tell he’s trying to restrain himself from how he usually likes to fuck you, which is much rougher and faster than this. And while you understand his reasoning, your mind can’t help but scream at needing more.
Turning back to look at him, you say his name to get his attention, his eyes flitting up to yours. “You don’t have to be so gentle,” you say, and Steve’s eyes go wide.
”But—“
”It’s fine, I promise,” you say, looking at him pointedly.
He takes a deep breath in before pulling out almost all the way. You both let out a moan in unison as he snaps his hips into you, hitting that spot inside of you perfectly. His pace begins to pick up compared to before, and every movement inside of you feels like a jolt of electricity pulsing through you.
”Shit, I’m not gonna last,” he says through his teeth. “Are you gonna cum?”
”I-I need a little more.”
Steve’s hand drops from your chest straight to your cunt. He feels around shakily until he finds your clit, rubbing it in tandem with his thrusts.
“Oh fuck,” you huff, the added stimulation taking your pleasure into over drive.
“Feel so good, baby,” he moans from behind you. “God, if you weren’t already pregnant I’d fuck another baby into you right now. Fu-fuck!”
Steve’s thrusts became sloppy and his movement on your clit became erratic, like he was desperate to get you to cum. All of that in combination with his words accumulated until it became too much, and you soon felt yourself tipping over the edge, that familiar feeling of pleasure washing over your whole body.
You’re sure Eddie could hear you down stairs with how loud you were moaning.
Not a second later Steve was following behind you, body stilling as his warm seed spilled inside of you. He held onto you tightly as you both rode the waves of your orgasms, only relenting once he had come back to reality.
”Are you okay?” Was the first thing he asks you, and you nod against his chest with a smile.
”I’m great. Don’t even remember what I was mad about anymore,” you say, teasing him. Steve huffs out a laugh, pressing a kiss to your cheek before peeling himself from you.
He cleans the two of you up, having to do it quickly as the water starts to get cold on the two of you. You’re both shivering by the time you exit the shower, quickly grabbing towels from the linen closet to try and warm up with.
Steve chases you down the hall to your now shared bedroom where the two of you redress in comfier clothes. Which, for you, meant a pair of Eddie’s sweats and Steve’s shirt that hugged you around the middle.
”Well, there you two are,” Eddie says from the couch as you and Steve enter the living room. “Did you two kiss and make up?”
There wasn’t a hint of venom in Eddie’s tone, but part of you felt bad for leaving him out of your sexual encounter. You know you shouldn’t, but you think maybe you can make it up to him later.
The early August heat was pushing you over the edge today. Nothing made you feel cool enough as the hot sun blazed down on your skin. Even the short walk from the car into the doctor’s office felt like torture. Steve held the door open for you and the cool air of the building was a welcome reprieve from the blistering warmth of the outside.
”Do you need a drink?” Eddie asks worriedly as he sees you panting.
“Please,” you say, taking the water bottle he brought and taking a drink from it. It was somehow still cold after the car ride and you could almost cry as the cool hit the back of your throat. Eddie’s hand landed between your shoulder blades and rubbed soothingly.
As Steve went to the counter to check you in, the two of you made your way to a few available seats. The leather of the waiting chairs was rough and stuck to the backs of your hot legs, and it felt like the chair would break under the pressure with how it creaked. You almost thought about standing back up until you felt the instant relief in your back with some of the weight shifting from your already large bump.
Eddie took your hand in his as you waited for Steve to join you in your seats. His leg bounced excitedly as he sat next to you, anxious about the news that would be coming from today's appointment. The three of you had been talking about it since you made the appointment a few weeks ago. What would the genders of the babies be? Steve said he wanted one of each, Eddie was happy with whatever. You just hoped they were healthy for their sake.
They’d also been talking about what raising two kids together would be like. What kind of things they would be into, like sports or music, or if they’d be outdoorsy or introverted. You told them that between them there was no way they’d have a shy child. They would have two little rulers of the house by the time they were walking and they seemed to agree with you on that.
It made you happy that they were so excited. Two kids is a lot, but if anyone could handle it, it’s them. They have such a great support system that you have no worries for them at all.
But something in your heart had started to change with all the talk about the babies. With how much you’d been growing, seeing yourself change before your own eyes. Something within you that you’d been having a hard time ignoring with each passing day.
With every pass of your hand over your stomach, with every look in the mirror.
The call of your last name pulled you from your thoughts. You hadn’t even noticed Steve had sat next to you, had taken your free hand in his, now pulling you up from your seat. The three of you followed the nurse back into a room where she told you to get comfortable on the exam table. You did your best, climbing up with some assistance from the boys and laying down flat on the barely padded surface. The tech came in not long after the nurse left, turning down the lights as she came in.
”Are we excited?” The familiar face asks, taking her seat in the rolling chair.
”Yes!”
”Very!” Eddie and Steve say in unison. You can see their hands clasped together from their seats, both of them on the edge as they lean into each other.
”What about you, hun? Are you ready to find out?”
You look at the tech and give her a small nod, “Yes, I’m excited.” It’s not a lie, but there’s a pit in your stomach that you can’t seem to shake.
”Well, let’s not waste any more time then! Go ahead and lift your shirt and I’ll get started.”
As you raise your shirt over your bump, the tech grabs the jelly from the counter and pulls out the wand from its holster, scooting closer to you. You wince a little at the feeling of the cold jelly hitting your skin, but get over it quickly as it cools you down as she spreads it.
You look at the screen as she starts to steady the wand, and you see two large looking shapes in the black and white. “There they are,” the tech says, slowly moving the wand across your stomach. “It looks like they’re in there head to toe, which is totally normal at this point. Just means that I’ll have to do a little back and forth to measure them both. Hopefully their legs are uncrossed for us today.”
”What happens if they’re crossed? Is that okay?” Eddie asks, worry in his voice.
”Oh, yeah, that’s pretty typical,” the tech says, reassuring him. “Not a lot of room in there so they bunch up to get comfortable. But if their legs are crossed we won't be able to get to see the genders.”
”Well, we don’t want that,” Steve says with a chuckle. You can feel the excitement coming off of him as his eyes are locked on the screen.
”Knowing our kids they’re gonna make it hard for us,” Eddie says, elbowing Steve.
The tech continues to move the wand all over your stomach, snapping pictures and pausing to tell you what she’s looking at. “There’s the head of baby A, you can see their spine really well. Baby B…” She moves the wand again, slowing down on the top most part of your stomach. “Baby B’s spine here, also looking very normal. There’s their little butt!” You laugh as the baby’s behind is centered on the screen, two little round cheeks on display.
”It looks like baby B’s legs are uncrossed so I’ll go ahead and check the gender if you’re ready. Last chance to change your minds,” the tech says, looking over her shoulder to Eddie and Steve. They give each other a look before nodding their heads, Eddie shifting in his seat excitedly.
You take in a deep breath as she moves the wand again, pushing it lightly into your stomach. You grip the hem of your shirt when she stops and takes a picture. You can’t make out what you’re looking at, so you wait for her to speak again.
”Alright, baby B is a…girl!”
Your head reels back. You barely register the sounds of Eddie and Steve’s exclaims as they celebrate the gender of the first baby.
A baby girl.
A baby girl that’s part you.
What if she looks like you? What if she has the same mannerisms as you? Likes and dislikes all the same foods as you. What if she likes to dance to the radio in the kitchen like you? What if she falls in love and has her heart broken just like you?
What if one day she’s an omega just like you? An omega with no one to show her how to make a proper nest. An omega without a support for her first heat. An omega without someone to show her how to find her safe space with others…
”Okay, are we ready for baby A?”
No, you were in fact not ready. You were still thinking in your head about your first baby, but you couldn’t get the words out as the wand glided across your skin to the opposite side of your stomach. You took a deep breath in as the tech wiggled the wand against your skin.
”Come on baby, uncross those legs!” She says as she presses into you.
”You’re not hurting them are you?” The words come out harsher than you intended, but you couldn’t help the feelings that were going on inside you.
”No, not at all,” she waves you off. “Just trying to get them to maybe kick a leg—” You felt a little push against your lower stomach that matched the wiggling coming from on the screen. “There we go,” the tech says, trying to focus the wand more. “Okay baby A is…another little girl!”
You felt like you were going to be sick. You didn’t know why, but the news instantly overwhelmed you. It was all too real too quickly. Your breathing started to pick up, tears welling up in your eyes as you tried to process the news.
”Shh, hey it’s okay.” Steve’s next to you in an instant, his hand in yours once again rubbing soothing circles into your skin. Then you feel hands on your cheeks wiping away the tears that were falling from your face. Eddie’s face comes into your cloudy vision, worry etched into his features.
”I’m sorry,” you choke out. “It’s just a lot.”
”I think I got all the pictures I need if you’re ready to be done,” the tech says, taking your other hand in hers. You give her a nod, feeling a little bad to end things so abruptly for Eddie and Steve, but you needed to breathe.
She wipes the jell off of your stomach and lets you pull your shirt back down, your hands wrapping protectively over your bump as you do. Wordlessly, you pull away from Steve and Eddie, getting up from the table and storming out of the room. You make a beeline for the outside, heat be damned, and just take the time to catch your breath.
What the hell is wrong with you, is all you can think to yourself. It has to be the pregnancy hormones. That’s the only explanation for the feelings you’re going through. It’s just another obstacle you’ll have to deal with for a few months you reason with yourself. Then you’ll be free to do what you want.
But what do you want?
Bile rises in your throat, making you vomit into the bushes next to you. Your breathing picks up again as the panic sets in. They were going to take your babies from you. You couldn’t let them. They were yours.
You look around you wildly, looking for a place to run. Just as you’re about to take off, you feel arms wrap around you and pick you up. You try to kick and scream, but their grip on you is too strong to get away.
Then you start crying.
Sobbing.
You feel yourself going into hysterics, even with the alpha pheromones wafting around you that are desperately trying to calm you. Then you’re being put in the back of a car where the pheromones become stronger. The arms around you hug you close, keeping you buried into the alpha at your side who is doing everything he can to try and bring you back into reality.
The car ride could have been minutes or hours, but it didn’t matter. You felt numb. You weren’t even sure if tears were coming out anymore. You just went through the motions as you were carried inside the house and placed into bed. You’re not even sure when you passed out, but you remember the smell of your two alphas surrounding you as you slip into the unconscious void.
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