i love dad!steve!!! can we get steve right after reader has given birth? đЎ
before and after series - iâve been meaning to write this scene but couldnât figure out a way i wanted to play it! i hope this suffices :)
âSheâs so smallâŚâ you whisper into the sterile air of the delivery room. The nurses have all gone nowâ some off their shifts, others gone to check on other healing mothers.
Steve drags the tip of his finger across her nose. Over her cheekbones, the top of her downy head. Tracing her features as if to commit them to memory.
âSheâs soâŚsoft,â he says with something like astonishment coating his voice, âLike, I donât think iâve ever felt something so soft before. There has to be another word for it.â
âPerfect?â You supply for him.
âYeah,â he grins at you, âthat, too. Kinda slimy when she came out though, huh?â
You stifle a laugh and gently swat his shoulder with a soft thwack. A pause: âYeah. I guess she was.â
Steve snorts with youâ thinking about all the goo your baby was covered in before the midwife cleaned her off for you. Her head slightly cone-shaped.
The two of you are quiet for a long while, staring at her with a sense of wonder unique to both of you. Steve breaks the silence first: âIâm so proud of you.â
Maybe itâs the earnest shape his eyes take on when he says it, or the way he tucks a strand of hair behind your ear with the same reverence that heâs been admiring your daughter withâ maybe bothâ that makes your eyes well quickly with unshed tears.
Steve frowns, that stubborn crinkle forming between his eyebrows, âDonât cry, babyââ
âNoâ happy tears,â you reassure him quickly, âtheyâre happy tears.â
âI mean it,â he reaffirms, âI know you wanted to strangle me there for a minuteââ
You roll your eyes, âI did not want to strangle youââ
âYouâre right actuallyâ I think your exact words were âYou asshole, you did this to meâ. That ring any bells? No?â
A hearty laugh escapes you, jostling the baby, âIâm so sorryââ
âIâm just teasinâ,â Steve smiles, grabbing your hand, âI know you didnât mean it.â
âIt just hurt. A lot. Like seriouslyâ my vagina will never be the same.â You groan, already dreading the months of recovery ahead of you.
As if reading your mind, Steve assures you: âIâll be there every step. You know that, right?â
âI know,â you nod against his hand where it rests against your sweaty cheek, âyou donât think iâm gross and unsexy now, do you?â
âYou kiddinâ me? You shit yourself on our third dateââ
âOh my godââ
âFrom that bad Chinese foodââ
âPlease stop talkingââ
âAnd I still wanted to keep seeing you. Because I love you. Loved youâ even then I did.â He laments, the ghost of a laugh in his voice at recalling the memory.
Your cheeks burn from the embarrassment of such a recollectionâ especially right now. âI hate you,â you laugh.
âI love you,â he kisses your forehead tenderly.
Your daughter stirs where she lays on your chest, her mouth clicking.
âYou want her for a bit?â You ask Steve.
He nods, eyes wide despite having already held her. You can see the nervousness still etched on his face. He takes her from you slowlyâ almost ridiculously so.
She settles against his bare chest immediately; tiny hands grasping at his skin. Both of his hands engulf almost her entire body.
âSee? She already loves you. Youâre gonna be a great dad, Steve.â
His posture softens the longer he holds her. Your eyelids grow heavy as you watch them.
âSleep, honey,â he tells you, âIâve got her for a while.â

















