#Babies live & drink milk in Pouch

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[ladyanaconda]

Besteel and Redimus Headcanons

I figured I'd make some headcanons of the two brothers' relationship and a bit of their family. My favorite part of making backstories for characters we know so little about is coming up with something that matches who they are in the present day and what could have led them to become like that.

They come from a litter of five, with Besteel coming out of the womb first and Redimus last. Sadly, their other three siblings didn't make it past infancy.

Even as babies, they had to compete for space inside their mother's pouch and her milk. Needless to say, Besteel always managed to drink more, which led to his faster growth.

Their father Vamphyr favored Besteel as the bigger, more aggressive cub and paid little heed to the 'runt', much to the distaste of his wife Thalyss. Besteel and Redimus often witness their parents' arguments, which became worse over time. Then one day, Thalyss left and took Redimus with her when the brothers were twelve.

The brothers have a love-hate relationship, stemming from the resentment they have for the favoritism the other got from the parent they craved the affection of. They have opposing views and sometimes antagonize each other (in a good-natured way), but at the end of the day, they're very protective of each other.

Besteel did not attend Thalyss's funeral because he resented her for leaving him behind. Likewise, Redimus doesn't bother to visit Vamphyr, knowing he likely wouldn't be well-received anyway.

Redimus settled down in Solas, where he got a job as an animal caretaker in the museum, only hunting occasionally for extra cash. On the other hand, Besteel and Cassiora traveled around, making a decent living by hunting. Following Cassiora's death and Besteel's retirement, he and Fay moved in with Redimus.

While he doesn't show it, Redimus has severe insecurity issues rooted in Vamphyr's disinterest and frequent comparisons to his more 'successful' brother. On that fateful night, Besteel pressing those buttons is what drove Redimus, already in a drunken state, to the edge.

Despite his father's favoritism, Besteel isn't actually that fond of him because of all the pressure Vamphyr's high expectations have put on him since he was young. In fact, this resentment increased when Vamphyr showed little sympathy for Cassiora's death and instead criticized him for giving up hunting afterward.

The two brothers are more than happy to embarrass each other with stories of when they were cubs.

The one thing the brothers have in common is their fondness of a Dorcean chocolate-like treat.

[fireintheflames]

Some General Low Energy Cooking Ideas Pt 1

As we head towards fall here in Michigan, I'm gonna start losing my summer energy, so I thought I'd put together a list of relatively low energy meals/snacks now so when the big annual winter depression hits I don't have to think about it and I eat less delivery! I've also labeled which ones don't need a fridge, because my fridge is like a weird cursed location where if it goes in, it doesn't come out. This is a multi-part series, since I will probably run out of space!

Pt 1: No Cooking/No Dishes/Minimal Clean-up These meals require the bare minimum of effort. No heating, no dishes, most only have a wrapper as trash. Downside is a lot of these can be expensive for what you get. Breakfast: -High Cost:Cliff/Granola/Protein Bars. I keep a box around at all times for breakfast, I really like the caffeinated ones because I hate making coffee in the morning! A nice, easy treat! Can be expensive, but you pay for convenience I guess. (No fridge required) -Gummi vitamins! No calories, but a little treat to start the day! I do a multivitamin, vitamin D, and fiber chews. (No fridge required) -No prep fruits, like grapes. I keep a bowl full of whatever was on sale (apples, plums, ect.) on my counter to eat, and always have bananas (more on those later). (No fridge if you buy small amounts and eat it consistently, fridge is necessary for bulk storage of most fresh fruits) -Pre-cut fruits, like the kind fruit trays have. Same concept, more refrigeration, more likely to contain watermelon (I suck at hydrating, watermelon is my friend) (Fridge absolutely required, these will get nasty fast if left out). -Dried fruits, especially craisins/raisins. Just bare fist those straight out of the container. (No fridge required) Can be combined with the below: -Cereal out of the bag! Works best with cereal with big chunks and no powders, think like Kix or captain crunch. Avoid cinnamon toast crunch and similar beasts, your hands get coated and sticky. (No fridge required) -Small yogurt drinks, like yakult or kafir. Single serve milk or juice cartons can also fill this niche, but I've only got one fridge and I am more likely to drink the yogurt. (Please keep yogurt and milk in the fridge. Juice boxes are usually shelf stable, but always check!) -Trail mix. Kars is the best, pick your flavor. Or you can make your own in advance and live off that! (No fridge required) -UCC canned coffee. This stuff is the bomb if you can find it. It's like the only non-sweet coffee drink out there. (No fridge required, but definitely best when cold. Can in theory be heated in a mug, but that's cooking adjacent for me) -High Cost: Soylent drink/meal replacement shakes/drinks. An absolute last resort, usually expensive and bad tasting, but damn if they don't replace a meal. This is specifically referring to the pre-made ones, not the powder. The coffee mocha Soylent is tolerable, otherwise pick your poison between weirdly powdery chocolate milks. (Don't get the ones that need refrigeration unless you like them. I don't, this is my desperation food and does not deserve a place in my fridge).

Lunch/Dinner: -Snack pack tuna kits. My go to for lunch, usually comes with crackers, a tuna salad can, the big ones have cookies and fruit! Run usually between $1.00 and $3.00, depending on size and brand! I like the Rosemary and Garlic ones from bumblebee. You can also make your own with tuna pouches/cans and crackers, but that does require a spoon. (No fridge required) -Lunchables. Pizza lunchables. Get the kind with the juice box when they are on sale, off brand works just as well! (Should be kept in a fridge, but probably fine for a day or two if you forget) -Baby carrots/snap peas/tiny tomatos. Get some veggies in ya! Best when fresh picked, but this is winter in MI, so more likely bought from meijer.(Fridge recommended if you don't want them to dry out, or if you don't eat the whole bag at once. Fresh picked during summer should be eaten straight off the plant, as nature intended (or rinsed for safety)) -Cheese sticks and meat, I usually go with pepperoni or beef jerky, but in theory any pre-cooked non-heated meat works. (Fridge highly recommended) -Pita bread and pre-made tabbouleh. This shit is the bomb. No need for a plate, that's what the pita's for! (Refrigerate the tabbouleh, if any survives. I will eat a container of tabbouleh in one go. It's so good! You can sub hummus, I just don't like the texture) -Chips and salsa. I just dip straight into the jar, but I understand that is both bad form and not always feasible. Tostitos scoops work best for this maneuver. Can also be done with cheese dips and pretzels, queso in jars, and any other sort of pre-made dip. (Some dips require a fridge, some don't. Chips and pretzels do not). -High cost: Shrimp cocktail platter. Remember to thaw, then eat. Best when paired with veggies. (Freezer/Fridge Required)

Deserts/Snacks (obviously there are whole aisles dedicated to this at most American grocery stores. I'm just gonna list my favorites that have some form of built in portions. You will note that I like crunchy textures.): -Strawberry wafer cookies. Even the low sugar ones are good! Nice and crunchy. Pirouettes and similar also fall in this category(No fridge required) -Fig newtons! Apple newtons! Most neutigrain bars! Date bars Give me some fruit filling!(No fridge required) -Cherry poptarts, frosted. Pretty much any "breakfast pastry" works better as a desert for me. Many granola bars fall in this category as well (looking at you, peanut butter chewy dippers). If it's marketed to kids, it's a dessert for me! (No fridge required, but General Mills Chewy Dipeprs are best cold.) -Fruit snacks, especially the fruit veggie snacks. Individual packs are good for me, because these things are the bomb!(No fridge required) -Any of the Kalbee baked snacks. Pea pods, shrimp chips, weird crab flavored things my beloved. They stab you when you eat them, thus preventing me from eating them all!(No fridge required) -Salt and vinegar chips. They prevent you from eating too many by being physically painful. Kettle chipped increases both the damage and delight.(No fridge required) -High Cost:Ice cream novelties~ Popsicles! Orangesicles! Klondike bars! I really like Coconut Outshine bars, they are expensive but so good!! (Freezer required)

[ddejavvu]

ok this is a little different bc it’s cat! Or pup! Hybrids steddie and baby!reader but maybe u live with ur grandparents, and they ended up taking care of u at the same time they took in hybrid steddie!!!!! and at first they were a little wary of u and ur little bald head, like, they couldn’t even play with u how they do with grammie and pops! what can you do other than the occasional whine/cry in the middle of the night and for food?????

and then one day you’re sat in ur little rocking chair or smthn, drinking ur milk infront of the tv, and cat!steve lingers around the sofa behind u, almost sussing you out bc ur so calm and sleepy watching ur toons and having ur bottle, and he takes a sneaky sniff at ur head (like he’s seen Grammy do) and he’s just like “ohhhh baby?? this is a baby! my baby?” and that’s when he rubs his chin on ur head - scenting this chubby little thing. and eddie just looks at him like “what. are you doing?” but then it eventually turns into eddie sneaking into ur room in the mornings and sitting outside ur crib until u stir awake and stand up in ur little sleeping pouch, all smiley and sleep ridden, sweaty and ur little strands of hair poking out everywhere just waiting to be fed and have ur breakfast!! Grammy has to teach em how to pick u up and hold u properly but in essence, Steve and Eddie get so taken with u and it’s adorable cus they don’t mind u gripping their hair or ears, and when u start getting a little hyper (too hyper for Grammy and pops to properly play for long) they’ll HAPPILY indulge ur baby giggles and teach u how to roll over

this sounds a bit weird reading it through but I couldn’t help but think abt it ever since seeing this and it’s just so cute :,)

just a note bc of your little paragraph at the end: i don't just write romantic/sexual stuff! i'm totally open and happy to write platonic stuff, including kid fics like this, i really really love reading that kind of thing for my faves so you're always welcome to request it and it won't be weird :')

platonic kid fic (reader is like a younger sister) under cut just in case it's not your thing!!

AW YES your grandparents are always soooo gentle with you and it seems sooo boring to them, dog hybrid!eddie needs to run around and get his energy out and cat hybrid!steve is very worried about accidentally scratching you with his long nails. they just sort of steer clear from you, but one day steve's feeling extra sleepy and you look strangely quiet/cozy, so he creeps up on u and gets a read on you. diagnosis: baby. he's not used to babies, he's never been around them before, but it's some instinct in him to be soft and sweet and nice to you that takes over without him even knowing, and when you turn to look up at him with your shiny baby eyes and coo softly at him, he's gone. you reach for him and he lets you, you happily watch the rest of your cartoons while steve presses his cheek against your head, keeping you warm and cozy while you drift off. dog hybrid!eddie watches you two from the corner of the room, kinda confused, until one of your chubby little baby hands reaches out for him, and he sneaks over hesitantly. you've seen your grandparents pet his ears before and maybe you're not the most gentle of creatures when you start tugging on them but it's not incredibly painful for eddie, and your little baby giggles knock eddie out just like steve. they're basically just there to entertain you now, anytime you want to pet them or yank on their tails or bite their hands (which they think is a little funny, considering they're the ones with chew toys) they're at your service, and they sneak out of their beds at night or early in the mornings to sleep in your room, both piled up in the rocking chair by your crib to make sure you don't need anything in your sleep. if you do, if you need a bottle or you get lonely, one of them scoops you up and soothes you back to sleep, and you always babble sweetly at them in thanks as you doze off on their shoulders. they essentially become your big brothers, and you grow up the most well-protected, spoiled, happiest kid on the planet :'))

[thefreakymunson]

I see your Eddie Munson x Goth! Reader and I raise you Eddie Munson x Witch! Goth! Reader. Please, I have so many ideas for this- they could meet because the need certain herbs for a spell and Eddie is the only one who sell it. Or or or them giving Eddie a dice set that they put a luck charm on - or every time one of Eddie's dice sets rolls badly, he brings them the dice asking them to cleanse it because there must be something wrong! Too much negativity! (I'm a witch and I just think it'd be so cute to have Eddie come up to their witch partner all sad like 'can you do that cleansing thing to them again? they won't stop rolling nat 1s, and I'm convinced Jason's stupid negative energy affected them' )

I know absolutely nothing about witch craft and didn't want to offend, so I played it safe and kept this short!! If you want more, let me know and I'd be glad to write! <3

“Babe,” You heard the groan as soon as the front door opened, “Where are you? Somethings wrong!”

Immediately, you sprung up from your chair and rushed into the living room to see Eddie sulking through the house with a ill look on his face.

“What do you mean something’s wrong? Are you alright?” You frowned, gripping him by the shoulders and spinning him around, checking him over.

“I’m fine,” he huffed, “But my dice aren’t.”

“Your...dice? Like your actual dice?” You glared up at him.

“Yes!” He said, his eyes wide, “All day long they rolled the lowest numbers imaginable. That’s what took so long. I didn’t even get halfway through the campaign like usual!”

“Edward Munson, you scared the shit out of me.” You breathed a sigh of relief, “I thought something was wrong with you!”

“There is! Hello!” He shouted dramatically, pulling the pouch from his jeans, “If my dice are faulty then that means I’m faulty and I can’t pull off the ending of the Vecna campaign.”

“Eddie-”

“I wrote this campaign for three months,” Eddie said, “I can’t let it flop. I think they’re sick or they’ve caught on some bad energies or just – I dunno. Probably affected by Jason or whatever that pricks name was that slapped them out of my hands the other day.”

“Someone slapped them out of your hands? Who?” You frowned – that was cause for a curse.

“It was either Jason or Patrick I think,” he said as he pulled the milk carton out of the refrigerator and took a drink from it. He wiped his mouth on the back of his hand and gave you a sad look as he frowned, “Can you clean them again?...like cleanse them with your stuff like you did last time?”

“Baby-”

“Pleaseeeeeee,” he whined, “And then I’ll stop asking you.”

No, he wouldn’t.

“Okay. Okay.” You said with a soft sigh, “Fine. I’ll clean them but keep them safe, yes?”

He grinned at you with a sly look on his face as he nodded, “I like it when you get all instructive, my lady.”

[teenyweenynightghost]

Haii!! I absolutely adore your writing and was wondering if you would be up to write something comforting with Ethan where reader is having the period from hell? Thank you ❤

Oh ho ho this should be fun

Y/n was sleeping over at Ethan’s for the first time. She had feelings for him for god knows how long, and the night he asked her out was probably the happiest she had ever been.

Their date had been unbelievable. Y/n felt as if time stopped and she was the only person on Earth along with Ethan, as cheesy as that may sound

When it started raining, they both hurried to his car and drove quickly to his place.

“God, I didn’t think the night would end like this.” Y/n chuckled, draining her hair in Ethan’s bathtub, while he was brushing his teeth next to her.

“You can sleep in one of my shirts.” Ethan mumbled, almost choking on the tooth paste

“What?”

“I said” he spit out all the paste and rinsed his mouth “you can sleep in one of my shirts.”

Y/n’s heart skipped a bit and she blushed a bit at his suggestion, before nodding sheepishly and putting her hair in a bun.

Ethan chuckled and muttered a few words Y/n didn’t quite catch, before leaving the room.

In a few moments, he came back with a large t-shirt. It was burgundy and had a logo in the middle. Ethan gave it to Y/n and left her alone to change

That night she had fallen asleep in his warm embrace, listening to the rain drops hit the windows

She felt as if it was a dream come true, and the only thought on her mind was Ethan

Luckily for her, Ethan felt the exact same way

He held her close all night, nuzzling his face into the crook of her neck, and dreamed of her

Ethan woke up to a slap. He opened his eyes grumpily and looked for the source of pain, only to see Y/n turned away from him, in that position all girls sleep in; the one where they have a leg up and they’re on their stomach

That’s when he saw that Y/n had started her period

There was a large, red stain seeping through her underwear and another few spots on the bedding

Damn, he shouldn’t have put on white ones

Stretching a bit and getting out of bed, he started to think about what he could do.

He didn’t know how much Y/n trusted him or how she would react to this, so the two smartest choices that he had were to either wake her up and tell her what happened, or prepare everything for when se would wake up

Eventually, he decided going for the latter.

Heading to the living room and grabbing his keys , he got in the car and drove to the nearest pharmacy around.

The man was walking down the unbearably white aisles of the pharmacy, looking for some ibuprofen and tampons

He really didn’t know what type Y/n used, and he wasn’t about to be like that dude on TikTok who asked his girlfriend what size pussy she was, so he took 4 types

Maybe different colors would mean something…or maybe scent?

He made a mental reminder to ask Y/n if they had any flavors

After searching forever, he ended up having a kilogram of pads, three types of sheet masks and a new lotion, but no pain medication

They must have been hidden

Eventually giving up, he went to the cashier and placed all the products on the register

“Tough times with the lady?” The woman asked, sending him an all-too knowing smirk

“I hope not. Speaking of which, do you happen to have any pain medication?”

Ethan left the store smirking, having received a 20% discount for being “so cute”, and he also got a small chapstick as a gift

His next stop was the grocery shop

He already knew what he needed, so the trip would be easy; Twix, KitKat, Puffy Cheetos, Aloe Drink, and A LOT of Chocolate milk

It didn’t take long for him to find everything, so he wondered around the shop for a little longer, picking up a few more things

Y/n was startled awake by some people screaming outside

She jumped out of bed and hurried to the window, only to see that they were a group of friends who were just pranking one another

She groaned and pressed a hand to her stomach, feeling a painful hotness around the area

Looking back at the bed, her heart stopped in her chest as she saw that there was a trail of blood behind her

Oh gods, her period came in the worst moment possible. Did Ethan see? Did he run away out of disgust?

She paced around the room nervously, thinking of what to do, yet ignoring the sound of running water coming from the bathroom

She shrieked when she heard a knock on the door and tried to hide the bloodied sheets as well as she could.

“Cara mia, are you awake?” Ethan’s soft voice was muffled by the door, which only made Y/n feel worse.

“No?”

She heard Ethan chuckle before seeing him enter the room. He seemed to have a reassuring look on his face, but Y/n could tell there was some pity in there too.

“Wanna come with me?” He asked her softly, taking her silky hand in his and leading her to the bathroom before she could answer

Y/n watched as he opened the door to the bathroom and led her inside. The shower was running and there were some clothes on the counter

“Get in the shower. I’ll take care of everything else.” He said, looking at Y/n so softly that her heart exploded and she burst into a fit of tears

His armed were around her in a second, comforting her as best as he could, but he truly did not know the reason why she was crying

“Baby, is everything all right? Why are you crying?” He asked her, worry written all over his face.

“Im sorry…I’m just” she sniffled a bit, shedding a few more tears, “no one ever took care of me when I was on my period and you’re being so fucking sweet and I ruined your sheets and everything is wrong and my stomach hurts and FUCK why did It have to come now we could have-“

“Woah, woah, woah, take a deep breath, dolcezza. Like that, just relax.” He interrupted her ramblings, wiping the tears off her face.

“It’s okay. Don’t worry about the sheets. I’ll clean them later. We can just stay in bed all day and relax. How does that sound?”

Y/n nodded slightly against his shoulder, pulling herself away and wiping her face.

“Okay.” Her voice was still raspy, and she looked at the shower. At that moment, washing her entire body felt like an unbelievably long and exhausting process. She slumped her shoulders at the thought of it and puffed.

“Let me wash you. It’ll go by quicker.”

Y/n nodded and started taking her clothes off, too exhausted to care about Ethan’s red face. Even though he had offered, he couldn’t help but think about other circumstances in which he would get in a shower with Y/n.

Regardless, it was not the time for such things.

Once she was inside, he grabbed the shampoo and squirted some in his hand, thinking of a way to lather it on Y/n without getting wet.

“Now how are you gonna do that without ending up in the shower too, Mr Edgar?” Y/n teased, letting her head fall back as the warm water glided down her body.

While trying to find a solution, Ethan’s gaze fell on the floor, which was now filled with blood.

“Y/n are you alright?” His tone instantly changed, now being extremely worried about how much blood came out of her.

“Yeah. Why?” She followed his gaze to the ground, seeing what he was staring at. She let out a low laugh before grabbing the bottle from Ethan.

“It’s creepy, I know. You don’t have to wash me.”

“No. I said I would help and I want to. Do you mind if I join in?” He asked sheepishly, concerned about crossing any boundaries with the girl.

“Whatever floats your boat.”

The man nodded, getting out and taking his clothes off. He placed them neatly next to Y/n’s, then got back in the shower.

Y/n was facing the wall, so Ethan pressed a soft kiss to her neck from behind her.

“I bought some goodies too.”

Y/n just hummed in response, leaning against Ethan. His hands instinctively went to her shoulders and started massaging them, earning a few whimpers from Y/n

“I can give you a massage later…”

“Absolutely.”

They both chuckled a bit, before Ethan got to actually cleaning Y/n. He softly lathered the soap all over her body, letting the water wash away the bubbles.

“Okay…I’m gonna leave you alone now, considering that I don’t know how to put on a tampon.”

“Alright.” Y/n responded, blushing slightly from all the contact. She heard Ethan take a towel and dry himself off, before getting dressed and leaving.

Ethan was in the kitchen, his phone in front of him as he sat prompted against the counter

Now close your eyes, and with a deep breath, release all the pent up frustration inside of you

“Um, Ethan? You said you had food?”

The brunette jumped up and hurried to close his phone, blushing furiously as he turned towards Y/n.

“Yes, right it’s over th-“

“Were you meditating?”

“Maybe.”

“You were.” (The bitch was so horny he had to reset his mind)

“You said you wanted food.” He finally managed to switch the topic, as Y/n’s eyes lit up.

“Gimmie.” She stretched out her arms and closed her hands repetitively, beckoning for Ethan to give her the snacks.

“Alright, alright. I’ll grab a few more things and come. Just go in the bathroom and get in bed.”

Y/n pouted, but eventually followed Ethan’s instructions. She was surprised to see that he had changed the sheets and lit up a few candles. She smiled to herself before cuddling up under the blankets.

Soon enough, Ethan entered the room with some snacks and drinks, a hot pouch and some medication.

“Here is some ibuprofen, if you have cramps, and a hot pouch.”

Y/n could have moaned in pleasure when she placed the hot object on her stomach, relieving a lot of the pain.

She gulped down the pills, cuddling into Ethan, who had an arm wrapped around her and another one massaging her butt.

He nuzzled into her neck, smiling a bit and breathing in her chocolatey scent.

“Squishy.” He joked, squeezing her butt, which made Y/n erupt in a mess of giggles.

She leaned over and grabbed a cereal bar, unwrapping it smoothly before shoving it down her throat.

“Thank you so much Ethan. I really don’t know how to tell you…no one has ever done this for me before.” She whispered, twirling a strand of his hair around her finger.

“I’ll always be here when you need me. Now you just need to sleep.”

“Okay…”

A/n: so i know this isn’t particularly a head canon, but the only way I can write is if my brain thinks im writing something short with bullet points, even though it would be a normal piece If I were to remove them😂

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[whattolearntoday]

November 6th is...

Bison Day -  The official National Mammal of the United States, the iconic North American Bison, has played a cultural, economic and environmental role in the history of the country. Central to the livelihood of Native Americans, they are also a healthy food source and vital to religious ceremonies.  The bison is the largest land mammal in North America, with males weighing up to 2,000 pounds and standing up to 6 feet tall. While cows may be smaller at 1,000 pounds and up to 5 feet tall, they’re still mighty powerful.

International Day For Preventing The Exploitation Of The Environment In War And Armed Conflict - The day seeks to make people aware of the consequences that war and conflict have on the environment. Loss of life and the destruction of property are obvious consequences of war and armed conflict. There is another consequence as well. This is the negative effect that war and conflict has on the environment. 

Nachos Day - First created sometime around 1943, the popular and loved nachos are of Mexican origin.  History tells us that Ignacio “Nacho” Anaya created the original nachos in 1943. According to his son, Nacho was the maître d’ at the El Moderno Restaurant in Piedras Negras. One evening after the kitchen staff had left, a group of U.S. Army wives stationed at Fort Duncan in Eagle Pass came into the restaurant. After a long day of shopping, they were hungry and asked for a snack. Anaya prepared some tostadas cut into triangles. After topping them with shredded cheese and sliced jalapenos, he heated the dish in the oven. They were such a hit with the Army wives that they named the snack “Nacho’s Special” before he could make another batch.Word of the new creation quickly traveled. People from all over tried them, loved them, and over time, the name changed. Eventually, Nacho’s special became special nachos.

Play Outside Day - A  reminder to stretch our legs and expend some energy in the great outdoors.

Saxophone Day - Commemorates the birth of the woodwind’s inventor, Adolphe Sax, on November 6th. The saxophone is one of the main instruments in jazz music. Born on November 6, 1814, Adolphe Sax invented many musical instruments including the saxophone. Sax constructed saxophones in several sizes in the early 1840s. On June 28, 1846, he received a 15-year patent for the instrument. The patent encompassed 14 different versions of the fundamental design, split into two categories of seven instruments each and ranging from sopranino to contrabass.

World Numbat Day - A numbat is a small termite-eating marsupial that lives in Australia. It has a black and white striped back along with a bushy tail. A few other names for the numbat include the banded anteater, noombat, and walpurti. Its long, sticky tongue helps it capture underground termites. While numbats are considered marsupials, they don’t really have a pouch to carry their young. Instead, they have skinfolds that cover their babies while they drink milk from their mother.

[happys-crazy-queen22]

Not The Right Nipple

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Hope you all enjoy

Happy reading dollies

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"So I left you four breast milk bottles in the fridge and there's pouches in the freezer if you need extra but I shouldnt be gone that long". You explained to Angel as you got ready for a girls day out. Since having the baby two months ago you hadn't been out of the house and you were going stir crazy.

"Do you really have to go? I mean, you've never left Danny with me more than an hour and that's just to take a shower. I'm not sure that I'll survive". Angel rubbed the back of his head nervously, looking down at his sleeping son in the cradle.

"Angel, you'll be fine. I promise. If you need me, I'm just a phone call away. I love you. Now don't lose my child or burn down the house". You gave him a quick kiss and headed out the door.

Angel sighed. "Just you and me kid".

"Waaaaaawaaaaaaa". Danny screamed to the top of his lungs. His little face beet red.

"Come on. Come on". Angel growled at his phone as he tried to call you. Danny wasn't eating and he didn't need a diaper change so Angel didnt know what to do.

"Angel"? Ez called out as he, Coco and Taza entered the house.

"For fuck sake, what the hell did you do"? Ez snapped when he saw his little nephew.

"Nothing. I tried to feed him but he wouldnt take the bottle. He's clean, I know because I changed his diaper every fifteen minutes". Angel stressed.

"I see now why you need to get diapers every time we go out". Coco chuckled.

"Shut the fuck up". Angel hissed, he was already irritated and he didn't need Coco on his case.

"Let me see the bottle". Taza grabbed the bottle and tested on his wrist. "It's warm enough". He handed it to Ez to see if he could get him to eat.

"Wondered why he wont take it"? Ez questioned when Danny wouldnt take the bottle for him neither.

"He's breastfed, right"? Coco asked.

"Yeah"? Angel, Ez and Taza eyed Coco confused.

"Then that's what he wants. He doesnt want a bottle, he wants the warm breast on his cheek and the face that goes with that breast". Coco smirked.

"I'll kill you, Coco. Don't talk about my wife's body". Angel pointed his gun at Coco.

"Alright, settle down. Put the gun away". Taza stepped in between the two.

"Have you called Y/N"? Ez asked rocking Danny. He was still screaming.

"Yeah, no answer".

"We'll figure something out, dont stress, daddy". Taza patted Angel's back.

Angel took the guys to the living room and tried to stay calm and feed Danny. While Coco had a idea of his own, he went to the kitchen got a pair of scissors and went back to the living room.

"Give me the bottle". Coco held out his hand.

"What are you doing. I dont trust you around my kid with scissors". Angel hesitantly gave Coco the bottle. Coco scoffed.

"What the hell are you doing"? Angel asked as he saw Coco cut a hole in his shirt right where the nipple was at.

"I'm going to feed your kid, so he'll stop his screaming. Or would you like this to continue on until Y/N got here"?

"Now, hand me the baby". Coco held out his arms. Ez looked at Angel then Angel nodded.

"See if Danny boy thinks that the breast are where is should be, he'll drink and all your problems will be solved". Coco explained. He put the bottle nipple into Danny's mouth and he began to suckle.

"See. Not all my ideas are stupid".

"Okay, give me my kid. You're not breast feeding him. It's weird".

"Fine. Cut a hole in your shirt".

Angel did just that and they quickly switched off. Danny seemed happy as he ate. Angel's stress level went down and Danny's screaming stopped completely, he was even cooing.

"Thanks, man". Angel nodded to Coco.

"Dont say I didn't get you anything".

"You didn't. You didnt even show up for the baby shower".

"I was busy".

"Doing"? Angel asked as be rocked Danny back, still feeding him.

"Doing what Danny's doing right now but on a smoking hot red head". Coco smirked.

"Aaaah, that's disgusting. Dont be talking like that around my child, you nasty pervert". Angel scoffed in disgust.

"Do you want me to tell Danny that you were in his position a year ago"? Coco teased.

"Get out of my house, Cruz". Angel bluntly told Coco.

"Fine. I have a red head to see anyways". Coco rolled his eyes and headed out of the house.

"You cool here, brother"? Ez asked.

"Yeah I'm good. Thanks. See you guys later".

Ez and Taza left. Angel relaxed on the couch, cradling his sleeping son. A moments peace.

After a good squeeze and snuggle session, he laid Danny in his bassinet.

Angel was thrilled when he heard you pull up. He was still sitting on the couch when you walked in.

"Hey, my loves". You tip toed up to the couch. Leaning on the back of the couch.

"How was your day"? Angel asked with a whisper.

"It was wonderful. Thank you. How was your day? I seen you called but then texted you were fine".

"Oh, I missed place the wipes and forgot where we put the others but I found them. No problem". Angel lied.

"Okay, I'm going to go change. I need to snuggle with my boys". You giggled and kissed his cheek.

Angel saw the bassinet moving and got up to check on Danny.

"Angel"? You called out from the other room.

"Yeah"?

"Why does your shirt have a hole at the nipple"? You asked looking at it oddly as you went to put it on.

"Um, about that". Angel chuckled to himself as he picked up his son.

[tanyawritesstories]

Frozen Chances | The Mandalorian x Reader

So here is the much asked for sequel to Frozen Miracles that I promised. I hope y'all think it's as good at the first part. Enjoy 😊

Word count: 4.2k

Warnings: violence, fluff, feelings, yearning, use of the Force, Din is coincidentally great with children

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Nexlar was finally in sight. After a rough and bumpy five hour journey, the moon was finally within their reach. Din was tired, he hadn’t slept in about thirty hours. He had planned to after the kids were asleep, then Mandi decided to rearrange the interior of the ship with the first display of her powers. Din was still stunned and confused about the entire situation. He knew it wasn’t normal for children to have these abilities. His son was technically fifty years old and evidently knew how to use his powers to a certain extent. But Mandi was a newborn, only a few days old and she was exhibiting barely controlled displays of the same power.

Din had stayed in the cockpit ever since the small ordeal. Y/N hadn’t spoken anymore, just sat on the floor forcing herself to stay awake and hold her baby. She was terrified. She hadn’t let go of Mandi since, just cradled her in her arms, crying softly from time to time. Din was a bounty hunter, he’d been all over the galaxy and seen all sorts of strange things. Chances are this woman had never, or at least barely, left Tatooine. She was from a small corner of the galaxy where the unusual things were stormtroopers and blaster fire that lasted longer than a few minutes. Undoubtedly, the powers her foundling was displaying were concerning rather than confusing.

He brought the Crest into the planet’s atmosphere. A good part of the planet was forested, but he managed to pick out a city and put down the Crest on the edge of the forest. He climbed down into the hull, finding Y/N still hadn't moved from the floor at the end of his bunk. She had been awake as long as he had, if not longer. She was still looking at her daughter, trying to keep her eyes open she was so fatigued. Din could just barely see the dark bags under her eyes, every time her eyes started closing she would open them and blink a few times, trying to ward off her exhaustion.

He heard a small clang and looked over to see the child had somehow gotten into his ammunition stash, and was seconds away from sticking a charge for his pulse rifle into his mouth. “No, no, no,” he said kneeling down and snatching the bullet away. “That’s not food, you can’t eat that.” He returned it to the container and locked it back up, sighing and picking up his little green gremlin. He turned back around and saw she had finally looked up at him.

I’m sorry. I should have been watching him. She signed.

“It’s alright,” he said, “we’re on Nexlar but it’s getting late and you shouldn’t go walking around in the city at this hour. Why don’t you get some sleep, I’ll watch her.” Her shoulders sagged and she looked on the verge of tears again.

I don’t know what’s wrong with her, I have never seen anything like that.

Din kneeled in front of her and set the child by her feet. “I have. My little one has the same abilities. I don’t know how it’s possible, but he can move things with his mind. I think your foundling has the same powers,” he informed. He saw her relax a little, looking at his child who was trying to climb onto her lap.

So it’s not a bad thing then? Or anything that will hurt her?

“No, it’s nothing bad. She just can do things that other infants can’t,” he told her. "You can hold her then, but you need to get some sleep." She looked sad again but reluctantly held Mandi out to him. Din took the baby into his arms and cradled her against his chest. He held the little girl close and made sure she was comfortable in his arms, looking up he saw Y/N watching with a smile as he interacted with her baby. He nodded to his bed and she removed his child before slowly climbing onto his bed. Din picked his son off the floor and stood up.

“We’ll switch, you can always get him to sleep,” Din said. He placed his little one at the foot of the bed and he made his way to lay next to her head. She smiled and wrapped an arm around him protectively, ghosting a kiss to his cheek. Din exhaled slowly as he watched her turn off the lights. He would hate to see her go in the morning, she was so good with the kids, an excellent mechanic and he knew she could pilot a ship with her eyes closed. He would love to have someone with her skills aboard. The more he thought about it, the more she reminded him of Kuiil. A caring individual who was as skilled as she was kind. Someone who had experienced hardships in the past but had overcome them and chosen not to let that affect the peace they seeked. Only Kuiil was in a different state of peace now.

Din didn't want to be sad right now, he wanted to cherish this little girl as much as he could before he would never see her again. He retrieved one of the bottles of milk Y/N had pumped before they left the ice planet. She'd stashed it underneath a panel in the wall, knowing it would stay cold there. He climbed into the cockpit and took his seat, nudging Mandi’s lips with the soft tip of the bottle so she would open her mouth. He smiled under his helmet as she latched onto the bottle and began drinking.

Is this what it feels like to be the father of a normal child?

Mandi wasn’t normal, not anymore, but she was human and looking at her you would never know she had unnatural powers. Even though she was so young one could see that Mandi had her mother’s nose, lips, and face shape. However, her eyes and hair were a dark brown, evidently traits from her father; Din wondered what the man had looked like. He looked out the viewports at the surrounding forest. The strange, alien trees glowed in the darkness and the city had quieted down, it was peaceful and steady here. Din hoped Y/N and Mandi would be able to live here and be happy for a long time.

~~~~

Din had allowed himself to drift off to sleep once Mandi had finished her dinner. He shifted a bit in his chair and noticed the weight was gone from his lap and arms. He jolted awake and looked around, getting his bearings before rushing down into the hull. He opened his quarters and saw nothing, he turned around and calmed at the sight. Y/N was sitting on the floor again, breastfeeding Mandi while making sure his child didn’t spill the broth she had made for him. He sighed in relief and walked over, kneeling in front of her. Y/N had a blanket over the front of her to cover herself as she fed her child, wincing every now and then.

“Is she still biting you?” He asked. The woman nodded with a strained smile.

I’ll get used to it.

Din nodded. “Do you need anything before you go?” He asked. She shook her head and gave him a sad smile. Maybe she didn’t want to go either? He wished he had the guts to ask her to stay, he wanted her to stay. He reminded himself that his life was not suited for a woman and her child, the best thing he could do for her was let her go. He helped her pack up her few things and made sure she had everything she might need that he could give her. He opened the side ramp, facing the city.

“These are for you,” he said, handing her a pouch off his belt. She took and opened it, her eyes widening at the contents. It was the credits she gave him before they left Tatooine, his payment.

No, I can’t take this, these are yours.

“You’ll need them, nothing is cheap these days,” he said. She still looked apprehensive. “You can’t start over if you’ve got nothing to start with.”

She finally gave in and took the credits from him. Din reached over and brushed his glove-covered knuckles over Mandi’s cheek. “I know you’ll take good care of her,” he said. She nodded and smiled, looking over to see his little one standing on the end of his bed. She walked over to him and pecked a kiss on the top of his head.

I’ll miss you. She signed to him. She came back next to Din, smiling softly.

I’ll miss you too. Thank you for everything you’ve done. If you ever need anything, please come to me. I'd love to help.

He nodded in acknowledgement, not knowing what to say or even if he could say it. "Thank you, I hope you find what you're looking for here," was all he managed to say. She nodded back and adjusted Mandi in her wrap before walking down the ramp and into the city.

~~~~

The rest of the flight to Trask was more boring than he thought it would be. He didn't realize they hadn't fixed the landing gear as well as he thought, causing the Crest to plunge into the ocean at the last minute. At least the patches in the hull held up.

Din met the contacts at the marina. A lovely and welcoming couple that appeared to be a frog-like species. They couldn't speak basic, but they led him and his child into a nearby inn. His mind was taken away from how lonely he now felt, the feeling replaced with progress. He finally felt like he was getting somewhere.

The day passed, quick and chaotic. He found the Mandalorians he was looking for, but it nearly cost the child's life as well as his own. He was barely able to sleep the first night on Trask. He was starting to wonder if there were any of his kind left; anyone he knew or grew up with. Were they all gone? Was Bo-Katan right about his people? Were they actually a cult, or was she wrong and her opinion was tainted. He didn’t know what to believe.

When it came the next day, Din wished he had Y/N now more than anything. This mission was too dangerous to bring the child with, and so he left him in the care of the kind frog couple. They were nice and appeared to have new little ones of their own. Din was almost wishing he had left the kid with Y/N on Nexlar until he was certain he’d found a Jedi.

The mission went about as smoothly as things go around Din, which of course meant that there were several hiccups and issues. In the end he got the location of a Jedi, but was still frustrated with the so-called Mandalorians we had worked with. After picking the child back up, Din headed back to the Crest. The Mon Calamari he had paid handsomely to repair his beloved vessel had not done nearly the job he should have for the amount Din had paid him.

Frustrated, tired, and overwhelmed, Din knew the Crest would need more repairs, he would need sleep and food and so would the child. He took off and debated where to program the nav computer. He thought for a moment before punching in the coordinates to Nexlar. He would have a proposition to make.

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Luckily, the landing gear had been fixed and he was able to put his ship down in the same place as before. He was forced to carry the child in his shoulder bag after the crib had been destroyed by the sea creature. He made his way into town after securing the Crest. Din had no way of knowing where she had settled and so resorted to asking around. It didn’t take him long. A few of the merchants in the town square said she visited regularly, but only one was willing to tell him where she lived after he explained he was a friend who was there to check up on her. It was getting later in the day and Din purchased a few things for dinner and made his way to her home. Her home turned out to be two small connected rooms built behind an apothecary. He had thought with the amount of credits she had that she would have been able to afford better lodging.

The second he knocked, he heard a baby start crying. The door opened and revealed a tired looking Y/N. Without warning, she hugged him, pressing her face into his cold chest plate. Din was a bit taken aback but put his free arm around her briefly. "I, uh, brought dinner," he said nervously. She looked up at him and smiled, grabbing his arm and half dragging him inside. The moment she closed the door she began signing at a blinding pace.

I don't know what to do, I've tried so many different things and I'm out of ideas. She's not sick, she's not lacking any necessary vitamins, but she won't sleep and she barely eats.

The woman stopped and sighed, looking moments away from tears. She dug her hands into her hair and tried to calm herself down. Din set the food down on her table, now also concerned about the baby. "What's happened since I left?"

Nothing, nothing major. But she hasn't slept for more than a few hours since we got here. I don't know what to do anymore.

Din took his child out of his carry bag and set him on the floor after checking to make sure there was nothing he could get into. "Can I try?" He shyly asked. She motioned for him to go ahead as she collected the things he brought and took them to a counter. Din walked into the adjoining room, the bedroom, finding Mandi wrapped in a blanket, squirming and crying. His heart broke for the little one and he rushed to her side, scooping her up in his arms.

"Shh, shh. There, there, little one. It's ok now," he spoke softly. He rocked her in his arms and she slowly stopped crying and opened her eyes. Din removed a glove and ever so gently brushed away the tears on her little cheeks. "What's wrong, littl'un? You've got your buir worried sick," he said. Mandi just looked at him curiously, as if nothing had ever been wrong. One of her little arms reached up towards his face and Din intercepted her hand with a finger. She wrapped her entire hand around his one digit and he let her pull his finger into her mouth and watched her begin sucking on it. "Let's see if you'll eat something, hmm," he said.

Din walked back into the other room to get her a bottle. He found his child sitting in the middle of the table surrounded by a small number of hand-sewn toys that Y/N had given him to keep him occupied while she made dinner. "Does she have a bottle somewhere?" He asked. The woman pointed at the small cooling storage unit a few feet away and he opened it, grabbing a bottle out. He sat at the table, cradling Mandi comfortably with one arm. He used the same technique he had used with her before, gently rubbing and nudging the bottle against her lips until she opened her mouth. As soon as she had the bottle in her mouth she began drinking greedily. “Whoa, slow down there,” he murmured.

Unbeknownst to him, Y/N had been watching him interact with Mandi and scribbled something on a piece of flimsi. She set it on the table next to him and smiled when he looked up at her, patting his green son’s head before returning to finish their supper. Din glanced at the note she left for him. ‘It’s like she thinks you’re her father.’ Was written in neat but quick handwriting, he looked up and saw her putting things on a few separate plates with her back to him. He thought for a second and remembered the time Mandi saw him without his helmet not long after she was born and how he talked to her. He wasn’t 100% sure how babies worked but it could have been that Mandi saw him, the second person she had ever seen, and her little brain assumed he was her father. Plus, if her mother didn’t speak, his voice was the only one she knew. It would explain why she always calmed down when he talked to her. Y/N set two plates on the table, one in front of her and the other in front of the kid.

I made one for you, it’s keeping warm so you can eat it later when you’re comfortable.

Din nodded and thanked her, continuing to feed the little girl until she had her fill. Din returned her to her mother and then made sure his own kiddo wasn’t eating too fast. He watched her rock her baby and she signed a ‘thank you’ to him.

Are you able to stay here for the night? She asked with her hands. Din didn’t see any reason why he couldn’t, plus it would give him some time to think of a way to ask her if she would like to work for him.

"That would be nice."

~~~~

Din had found yet another thing that Y/N was skilled in: cooking. After they chatted for a while, she had put Mandi to sleep and dragged a mattress into the main room for him. In the safety of the darkness, well past midnight, Din was able to remove his helmet and eat the meal she'd left warm for him. It was the best food he'd had in months. In the morning, she let him have the refresher to himself for a while after she made breakfast.

He entered the main room to find her settling Mandi into a wrap across her chest. "Thank you for breakfast, and dinner last night," he said, "the food was amazing." She smiled and nodded towards him.

Would you like to come to the market with me? I could use the help.

"Sure," he agreed. He gathered his little womp rat into his bag and walked with her to the market in the center of town. He offered to carry her groceries and acted as a translator between her and the merchants. He noticed that she was buying very little and the amount of credits she had was low. “What happened to your credits? Housing on Nexlar that expensive?” She shook her head sadly.

I wasn’t here more than an hour and some thief swiped almost half my credits. That’s why I couldn’t afford better lodging.

Din sighed, making a note to pay for whatever she bought next. “Uh, listen I had been wanting to ask you a question..” he started. She nodded for him to continue. “Would you like to become part of my crew? It’s just me and the kid right now and I could use someone with your vast array of skills.” She looked at the ground as she walked, contemplating. “I can pay you,” he added.

I don’t know, I left Tatooine to escape the ruckus and adventure. But maker knows I could use the credits. She signed.

He let her think more as they walked until she suddenly stopped dead in her tracks. Din looked over at her and saw her staring in front of her where a line of New Republic credits were floating in the air in front of her. They both followed the line with their eyes back to its owner, an oblivious man standing at a meat cart. The pair looked around and saw that people’s credits were levitating in the air from their purses and pouches and steadily floating towards them. Din once again, on reflex, looked down at the kid in the bag near his hip, but it didn’t appear to be him. It was easy to tell when his kid used his powers, he usually used his hands and showed extreme concentration on his face, right now he looked unaffected and curious.

They both looked down at Mandi, strung safely across her mother’s chest with her little arms in the air and a small furrow in her brow. It wasn’t possible that she heard what her mother had said about needing credits, was it? The spectacle was drawing the attention of others, most stood dumbfounded as their currency floated through the air towards a woman and a Mandalorian with two children. Y/N held a concerned look on her face as she placed her hands on Mandi and held her impossibly closer to her body.

“Hey!”

Both Y/N and Din looked over to see a man staring at them angrily. “You the one doing this?” He shouted at the woman. Y/N looked between him and Mandi, shaking her head quickly. The man scoffed and pulled his blaster out of its holster. “Drop the credits,” he threatened. Y/N started signing quickly and Din spoke. “She doesn’t know how, it’s not her,” he said. The man stepped a few feet closer and several more men closed in around them, all with drawn blasters. They were outnumbered, Din knew how these things went and he slowly took her hand in his. “Alright then,” the ringleader said, “guess we’ll just have to kill her to get her to stop.” He raised his blaster and Din gripped Y/N’s hand tight.

“Run!”

He pulled her with him as they took off down an alley, blaster bolts firing behind them. “We have to get to the Crest, if we go to your house they’ll just find you,” Din said as he led her through close quartered buildings. They could hear the thugs chasing them, still firing their blasters. They came around a corner and skidded to a stop by a thug who had cut them off. Din drew his blaster and fired, killing him in seconds. Y/N grabbed Din’s wrist and pulled him in another direction.

They weaved through alleyways, trying to avoid the main roads while running back to the Crest. Din would fire behind them if they got close. He had no idea how many people were chasing them but he’d killed at least three. Din’s HUD picked up the Crest’s distance. They broke away from the town and headed towards the trees. The ship was in sight, Din pressed a few buttons on his vambrace and the engines started up. His head was tilted forwards and a ringing sound followed, he stopped, turned, and shot the pursuer that shot at his head. Y/N kept running towards the Crest, who’s ramp had just lowered.

Din suddenly felt something wrap around his neck. He dropped his blaster and grabbed at the cord but it was activated and electricity flowed through his body, dropping him to the ground on his back. Y/N looked back and saw what was happening. One of the thugs had an electric whip around Mando’s neck and he was squirming on the ground. She ran back and grabbed his blaster off the ground and fired at their aggressor. The man dropped dead, the whip turning off. Bullseye. She dropped the blaster and grabbed his vibroblade from his boot, cutting the cord, unwrapping it from his neck.

Din got to his feet and holstered his blaster and his blade before running into the Crest with his new companion. Din closed the ramp and Y/N climbed the ladder into the cockpit. More thugs came running towards the ship and Y/N pressed a button to activate the shields. Din joined her in the cockpit just as she pulled a lever back and lifted the steering handles, taking the Crest into the air. The thugs fired at the ship but their bullets harmlessly bounced off the shields. She guided his ship out of the atmosphere and into empty space. Finally safe, she slumped into the seat and sighed. “Welcome aboard,” he said, smiling behind his helmet. She chuckled and checked on Mandi, who was alright, as was Din’s little one. He reached over and punched their next destination into the nav computer. “Ever been to Navarro?”

~~~~

One of the few thugs that survived and had witnessed everything, made his way into a nearby cantina. He walked to the back and nodded to the Rodian guarding a secret door. The Rodian moved aside, letting the man enter the room. He walked to a terminal in the middle of the dark room and turned it on. He only had to wait for a few minutes until the glowing blue hologram of an Imperial officer showed up. “Anything to report?” The officer asked.

“Yes, I have a message for Moff Gideon,” the man growled.

“Tell him there’s another child.”

[mydonkeyfeet]

I made a plushy myrad from Enderal for my friend @iamaweretoad ! It’s kind of an inky blue-gray, almost black, but maybe like a baby black that hasn’t fully developed its full melanistic color yet. There was no existing pattern so I adapted a pattern for a dragon. I don’t even play Enderal so I had to ask @doublebadger a ton of questions (including nonessential ones like:

are myrads herbivores or carnivores? (apparently they might eat hay?)

do they have any predators? because that’s why our earthly goats and deer have those horizontal eye pupils, to scan the horizon for threats. Still unknown. 

Are THEY predators? Because it seems like multiple eyes would be a predator kind of thing (like spiders)

how do they reproduce? live births, or eggs like birds? 

do they produce milk like goats? can people drink the milk and make cheese like with goats? (do people eat myrad meat too? Or make textiles with their hair/fur?) 

Now that I’m thinking of it again, wouldn’t it be cute if they carried their babies around like marsupials? I’ve never seen pics with any teats, so maybe they’re hidden inside a pouch like opossums.

can you call males and females billy and nanny (and offspring kids) like with goats? A billy myrad?

I didn’t think to ask, but now I wonder what sound they make? I bet it’s not a baaah but that would be cute. I assume they make noise in the game sometime.

I never quite figured out if they have bird feet or cloven hooves, but I decided not to worry about it and just gave him cute generic paws.

Do they ever sit up on their haunches, upright like a bird? Or do they always lean forward on all fours with their wings like a bat? Do they walk like bats?

I think if they’re predators, they’d have to be like bats and birds who catch things on the fly - so, they’d probably eat birds and bats. 

Are the babies born with horns and tusks? I’m thinking probably not if it’s a livebirth, because ouch, but maybe it would be possible with eggs. 

Ok I think that’s all the questions I have at the moment, apart from maybe HOW MANY different animals did the creators throw into the blender to make the Myrad? So many! Goat, bat, bird, dragon?

Oh edit to add, I just don’t know how the tail works, never figured that out, so I just did the pattern’ s generic dragon tail but longer.

I’m not planning on making any more ever, because making plushies is not where my best skillset lies. But if you want to attempt making one, I can point you towards the pattern that I adapted.

[ceratonia-siliqua]

The Good Boy (winterspidershield)

So remember how I said @send-me-your-hcs and I can’t be left alone without making nasty shit? Well here is said nasty. 

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Summary:

 After months of living with his captors, Peter's grown mostly used to the humiliating way of life that's been forced upon him, including the baby bottles. 

But tonight, he can't help but notice that his bottle tastes...different.

Warnings (SPOILERS): Forced Daddy Kink, Forced Infantilism, Under/aged (Peter is 16), Non-Graphic Diaper Change, Non-Consensual Come Feeding, Affectionate Captors, Mentions of Abuse, Post Kidnapping, and most importantly DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT.

 The padded walls of the crib loomed over Peter. Left over from the days he’d taken to throwing himself against bars until he was covered in bruises. He hadn’t done it in what must have been months. It made him sick to think that it had been that long. He used to know the exact number of days, had scratched them into the plaster in the playroom behind the toy box. He’d counted 74 days before Steve had found it while moving the chest after Bucky decided to reorganize the playroom. Steve had spanked his ass until it was hot and red for ruining the wall. It was filled and painted the next day. Bucky had carried him on his hip and set him on soft pillows to offset the sting, but it couldn’t alleviate the claw marks scratched across his pride. He had so little of it left these days. 

The men that held him captive were moving around downstairs, he could hear the faint notes of their voices. They left him unrestrained, he was painfully aware of that fact, but he knew better. He’d tried climbing over the walls before, it didn’t end well. They had placed a cover over it to ensure he stayed in, even restrained. It had felt like sleeping in a coffin. Dadd- Bucky. Bucky had caved after the first three nights of his panicked screaming, but Steve kept it on for the week. Had upped the sedatives they gave him in exchange for taking the cover off. That, though, was months ago. 

He heard Bucky coming up the stairs, knew it was him by the way his bare feet slapped lightly on the wood. Steve always wore slippers around the house before bed and had thundering footsteps, like a man on a mission, even in the privacy of his own domain. The door opened slowly. The soft tone Bucky used exclusively for him drifted into the room, Peter ignored the relief he felt hearing it. The softer of the pair, he was always gentle, had never laid a hand on Peter, though he let Steve do it plenty for the both of them. 

“Daddy has your bottle for you, sweet boy,” Bucky’s head appeared over the top of the crib, his long strands of hair pulled back into a low ponytail. “We need to change you before your bottle, baby. Up we go.” Bucky had set the bottle down on the table by the crib where the baby monitor sat. Hefted Peter up under his arm pits like it was nothing. All of Peter’s 5’3 height and 100 pounds (though he suspected by the gentle little pouch he was developing on his tummy that he was more than that now. Weird to think it took being kidnapped to finally leave the underweight bracket). To be sixteen and lifted like it was nothing was humiliating, but at this point it was just another ticked box. Bucky dwarfed him. Well over six feet and all muscle, he was terrifying. Which made his husband utterly petrifying. 

Bucky cradled him in the crook of his arm, cooed and kissed at his cheeks, his forehead, his nose. Laid him down on the changing table like he was made of glass. Suddenly Peter felt it. Started to tremble but couldn’t stop it. Teared up as he saw Bucky notice. 

Peter’s stomach dropped as Bucky took his day pants off. Folded them and set them off to the side to be washed later. It revealed the pull-up he was wearing underneath. He sobbed, saw shit leaking around his legs. Bucky rubbed his belly, slow soothing circles. 

“Shh… you’re okay Petey, it happens. Let it all out. Daddy will clean you up when you’re all done.” 

Everything else he could stick in a box, could power through and tell himself it meant nothing about him if it was done to survive this. This, though, this was always too much. Usually he could feel it coming, could make it to the plastic training toilet they had for him in the bathroom. They must have given him a laxative during lunch. The bastards. 

Bucky stripped the pull-up off. Tore it around the side seams so as not to get it on Peter’s legs. He cried, long and hard as Bucky grabbed his ankles and set them both over one shoulder so Peter’s butt dangled off the changing table. Trembled as Bucky pulled wipes from the warmer to clean him up. The only time Bucky ever touched his dick was when he needed to clean it and this was one of those times. The whole time his captor whispered to him, tried to soothe him. Fuck him because, god dammit, it worked. With large, gasping breaths he settled. By the time he was taped up in a diaper, he was exhausted. It was naptime anyway, but this always laid him out. 

“You did so well, baby. So good for Daddy.” 

Peter hiccupped in response, didn’t want to play the game right now. Was glad Steve hadn’t been in the room when it happened. 

“Pete alright in there, Buck?” Speak of the devil and he shall appear. 

Peter couldn’t see Bucky’s face but he could tell he was giving Steve an almost sad smile by the tilt in his shoulders. “Yeah, his bowels finally cleared out. He won’t need an enema in the morning.” Peter counted the small blessing in that. The only thing he hated more than shitting himself was an enema. 

“Ah, that’s good. I was worried the poor baby was hard as a rock and we were going to need a laxative with it.” Steve stepped further into the room. Peter never looked him in the eyes, was scared it would be like challenging a wolf, only Steve was far, far worse. He’d been nice to Peter lately, but he knew how quickly that could change. He resisted the urge to flinch when he felt that callous hand settle on his belly. He knew Da--fuck, Bucky, had convinced himself he loved Peter, showed it to some degree when he held Peter, kept him out of trouble when he could easily get into it with Steve. Steve, on the other hand… He could never read him. 

“I think he’s ready for bed. I’m glad we didn’t need the laxative tonight, I always worried about over doing it.” Bucky moved back towards the crib. Laid him down and put the thick quilt over him. Peter blocked out what Bucky was saying. Pretended that Bucky was lying, even though he was well aware that as cruel as the pair could be, they wouldn’t play coy talking about it like this. Sure, they lied to him, but not between each other, even when it was in front of him. 

He was left in only a diaper and a T-shirt. He was too weak to pull at the diaper straps; the last dose of sedatives would wear off soon, but the husbands were strict when it came to his bottle schedule. Papa was the one to guide the bottle into his mouth, didn’t let go as Peter lifted his hands enough to settle on his chest and prop the bottle up.

He closed his eyes and took the nipple between his lips. The nipple was designed so he could bite at it without breaking it, something Peter appreciated on the days he just wanted to take a chunk out of one of the men standing over him, watching. This moment, though - this was calm. He would never admit it, but the slow drag of milk was calming, the pace was his to control, he could be as fast or as slow as he wished. Tonight, he was more in the arena of the latter.

The bottles were normal by now, something that was always without fail to happen. One would think he would die without it with the religious dedication they had to getting it to him. He had grown accustomed to the taste overtime. Peter knew Bucky made it himself out of dry milk powder and powdered vitamins and minerals, there was always a little variation because of it, but tonight, something was… wrong. There was a bitter note, a hint of something salty. It made his nose crinkle and he pulled away with a pop! 

Steve attempted to press it back to his mouth but he shook his head. “Noo, tastes funny.”

“Your Daddy just needed to add something special, honey, it’s good for you. You need to drink it.” 

Peter made the very mistake he knew to avoid, he looked into Steve’s eyes. Intense blue depths met his. There wasn’t the normal threat behind them, but the way he was looking at him… It was scary. He knew that the pair got their kicks out of this, they had to at least somewhat, but Steve looked like he was enjoying this. Steve’s eyes pinned him to the bed as Daddy came into view and gently nudged Steve’s hand, and the bottle, against Peter’s mouth. 

“You’re okay sweetheart. You’ll get used to it. You need the boost.”

He took the nipple back into his mouth, unable to look away from Steve until the suckling slowed everything down once again, and his eyes slipped close.

—

Bucky smiled down at his little boy; smiled wider when Steve wrapped an arm around the small of his back and pulled him into his side. He sighed happily and tipped his head to rest it on his husband’s shoulder, watching as Peter obediently drank from his bottle.

Their baby was a sight to behold. Everything Bucky had ever wanted. Peter had come a long way since they first brought him home, and Bucky couldn’t be more overjoyed about it. Steve still had his doubts, but Bucky knew they wouldn’t last – especially in moments like this, when Peter’s reservation about the strange taste of his naptime bottle wasn’t enough to make him disobey.

He was learning so fast.

They had the smartest little boy in the whole world.

The sedatives they’d added to keep Peter well-behaved were already taking effect – Bucky must have added a little too much in an attempt to offset the new ingredient. The bottle was only a quarter empty, and already, Peter’s hands were losing strength; his lips could hardly retain any suction at all as sleep overcame him.

But this bottle was special.

He needed to drink it all.

“Baby,” Bucky said, leaning down and patting the boy’s tummy to rouse him. “It’s not quite naptime yet. You’re not done with your bottle.”

“You need to drink it all up,” Steve added – not unkindly, but leaving zero room for argument, like always. “Come on – eyes open, Peter. You’re not even halfway done yet.”

Peter let out a soft, grumbling complaint as he tried to blink his eyes open. The sound melted Bucky’s heart, the sight even more so. Peter lifted one hand to sleepily rub at his eyes, the other clumsily trying to keep the bottle upright. The heavy bottle slipped and slid out of his small, tired hand, rolling across his chest, but Steve caught it before it got any farther.

“I think our baby needs some help, Buck,” Steve said. Bucky smiled, ignoring the way Peter’s body had gone completely still. He took the bottle from Steve and watched as his larger, stronger husband sat their boy upright, then lifted him out of the crib and into his arms.

“Come on, Petey,” Steve said. “Let’s get the rest of Daddy’s milk into you.”

Steve carried Peter over to the plush loveseat by the bookshelf and sat, cradling Peter against his chest, his small body resting in the crook of Steve’s arm, like an infant. Peter had his hands balled up in front of him and he was shyly avoiding Steve’s gaze, but other than that, there was no sign of discomfort from their angelic little boy.

Bucky sat beside Steve and handed him the bottle. Steve took a moment to adjust Peter comfortably in his lap, supporting the boy’s neck and head with his left arm as he lifted the bottle with his right. Peter whimpered as the nipple of the bottle pressed against his lips, but Steve shushed him.

“No sleeping till you’ve had your bottle, baby. You know the rules.”

Peter’s large, tired eyes nervously flicked to Bucky. The man smiled at him and set the boy’s legs firmly in his lap so he could rub them in gentle, soothing circles.

“Listen to your papa, baby,” he softly urged. “He’s just trying to take care of you. Be a good boy now.”

A look akin to guilt washed over Peter’s face. He sucked in a shaky breath and took the nipple gently between his lips, clenching his eyes shut as he began to suckle. Steve smiled and lavished him with praise immediately, telling him how good he was, how happy he made them.

Slightly more awake now, Peter drank his milk a little faster than he had before. The bottle made quiet squelching noises as Peter suckled from it, his face crumpled in a look of disgust from the unfamiliar taste.

“I know baby. You’ll get used to it soon,” Steve promised, repeating Bucky’s words from earlier. They didn’t seem to appease the boy much, so Bucky ran his hand up the boy’s bare thighs, over his padded pull-up and underneath the hem of his shirt so he could soothingly pat his tummy.

“You’re being so good, Peter. Our perfect baby boy.” He rested his head on Steve’s shoulder once more, smiling when Peter blearily blinked up at him. “So good for us. Look at you, you’re halfway there already. See? It’s not so bad, is it? Daddy made it special, just for you.”

He reached down where Peter still had his hands curled into tight little fists against his chest. Gently, he coaxed the boy’s left hand towards him, slipping a finger into the tight curl of his fist to slowly pry it open. It didn’t completely work – Peter just grabbed his finger instead, squeezing it like a little baby python – but that was okay. As long as their baby was relying on them for comfort, it counted as a victory.

“We love you so much,” he whispered down to him, the adorable bundle of joy in his husband’s arms. “You have no idea how long we waited for you, Peter. You’re the baby boy of our dreams.”

“And you’re such a good boy for us. Especially for your daddy. Couldn’t help but turn out to be a little Daddy’s Boy, could you Pete?” Steve said, teasing him gently. “There’s no one else I’d ever share him with.”

Bucky smiled. Peter probably thought Steve only meant Bucky, but little did the boy know, Steve absolutely meant it both ways. He might not show it as much or as obviously as Bucky did, but Steve was just as taken with their wonderful little boy as he was. Peter was perfect. He was worth the wait.

The three sat together and basked in each other’s company as Peter slowly drank, forcing himself with everything he had to stay awake. When the bottle was mostly empty – and Peter was too sleepy from the sedatives to suck the last little bit out – Steve sat him up and uncapped the bottle, tilting the boy’s head up and gently placing the rim against his bottom lip. Peter tried his best to drink the milk as it was slowly poured into his mouth, but a few drops splashed and spilled down his chin.

“Messy boy,” Steve chided, though he clearly wasn’t genuinely upset. He handed Bucky the empty bottle and used his thumb to wipe away the spilled milk, scooping it up the boy’s chin, gathering it on the pad of his thumb before he gently pushed it into Peter’s mouth. Peter gave another whimper, but obediently sucked his papa’s thumb clean, groaning at the taste.

Bucky watched the smirk spread across Steve’s face. They both knew why the milk was the most bitter at the bottom. It was the same reason it was the thickest and the most viscous. Poor Peter seemed clueless as to why, but that was for the best. Their baby boy didn’t need to know the details. He just needed to be good and do as he was told.

“You were such a good boy, sweetheart,” he said, carding his fingers through Peter’s soft curls. “So good for us, drinking all your naptime milk without a fuss. You wanna sleep now?”

Peter nodded, letting go of Bucky’s finger to rub his tired eyes.

“Use your words, Peter,” Steve reminded him. His tone wasn’t overly harsh, but Peter still stopped dead. The boy swallowed thickly and quietly said, “Naptime please, Daddy,” which earned him a kiss from Steve, right on the bridge of his nose, and another from Bucky, who leaned down to plant it on his little tummy.

“Our perfect boy.”

Steve effortlessly carried their little tyke back to his crib. Bucky tucked Peter in just as he had before, smothering the boy’s sweet little face in soft kisses as Steve prepared to raise the crib’s side railing.

“Love you, baby,” Bucky said, kissing Peter gently, before standing to let Steve do the same. They closed the crib, wished the boy a good sleep, and turned the light off as they left the room.

Bucky hardly made it four steps down the hallway before Steve was spinning him around, pinning him to the wall. He laughed into the desperate kiss Steve pressed against his mouth and let his lips fall open for the other man, arms wrapping tightly around his neck.

“God, Bucky – ”

“I know,” Bucky said, quieter, so their baby wouldn’t hear. “Me too, Stevie. Fuck.”

Steve bracketed him against the wall and rutted between Bucky’s legs. Bucky held him, soothing him as he trailed one hand down his husband’s firm chest, down, down, down until he gently grasped Steve’s bulge tightening the front of his pants.

“You know, the more consistent we are with his bottles, the faster he’ll get used to them,” Bucky said, whispering it into the shell of Steve’s ear. “How about tonight, at bedtime, we give him Papa’s milk instead?” He squeezed the mound of Steve’s cock, making him moan loud, deep and guttural. If Peter was still awake, he certainly heard it. “Feels like you have a lot saved up for him, Stevie.”

Steve pulled back far enough to crash their lips together. It was hungry – starving, really. Animalistic. Bucky whined as Steve thrusted their hard cocks together, sending jolts of electricity shooting up his spine.

“Tonight, I think Peter should get both his papa’s and his daddy’s milk,” Steve said, panting from their brutal kiss. “Don’t you, Buck?”

Bucky grinned and pulled his husband closer. “The sooner we start, the more milk he’ll get.” He kissed Steve square on the lips and dropped his arms from around the man’s neck. “Lead the way.”

[jaketeachesdeath]

I think this is just really damn cute.

But Echidn.as are cute in general. Once again they live in Australia (and Tasmania) and burrow underground.

There are 4 species and theyre the only species within thier genus. They have well equipt tongues to catch insects quickly and have strong forearms for digging.

They actually lay eggs! Theyre are one of two mammals that do so. Once born the solitary young live in a pouch and drink thier mothers milk until theyre ready to leave. Though realistically the mother will evict them cause who wants to carry around a spikey baby all day.

It seems they cant deal with extremes of temperature as they cant deal with heat since they cant sweat and they hibernate over the winter.

Despite thier small size theyre also impressively strong. One scientist claimed this spiney oddbod move thier fridge! They also have specially adapted back claws which allow them to clean thier spines.

04/05/20

[alternate-pokemon-next-gen]

Alternate Next Gen (Main Cast): Kody Harrison

Kody is the son of a Nurse Joy, however his mother didn’t want to follow in the family tradition and instead became a cook where she met and married her husband who was a frequent costumer. When Kody was born he wanted to become a doctor like all of his other relatives but he wanted to use natural medicines such as herbs and berries, he got a lot of backlash from his relatives both for being a boy and for not wanting to do things traditional. Wanting the best for her son, she had sent him to the Kanto region to live with Brock Harrison so he could learn how to be a doctor and learn about different herbs and all of their healing properties. Kody had agreed, thinking he would be happier with Brock. Kody fits in well with his new family and he learns a lot from Brock and other Nurse Joy’s who were a lot nicer than his family. Kody is a kind and gentle boy, he always wants what’s best for any Pokemon in need, he always takes his studies seriously and is quick to do what he can with whatever Pokemon is given to him to help heal. Kody does enjoy reading about different kinds of medicine and how poisons can be used to heal people and Pokemon and he always looked up what he could about that subject, which is one reason he was glad that he was given a Croagunk as his starter Pokemon when he was young. Kody had a lot of low self-esteem when he was younger do to how often he would get dirty looks from older Nurse Joy’s and how some members of his extended family didn’t like him or his mom, after being taken in by Brock he felt a lot happier and felt as if he could take on anything and everything thrown at him, while he does miss his mom, he’s happy that Olivia sees him as her child and that Brock treats him like a son. He gets along with Golda and often helps her when she needs to create new pieces of jewelry. Kody also working on getting a degree in Pokemon Psychology and he’s learning how to use aromatherapy to treat tired Pokemon, so far he’s great at creating scents for different Pokemon for any occasion and he has an idea on what to do for Pokemon Psychology and he has taken various classes on the subject. 

He was given his mother’s Key Stone before he was adopted by Brock, it was fitted into the left side of his glasses.

His Pokemon:

Croagunk- Croagunk was the first Pokemon that Kody had gotten when he was little and Croagunk was happy to help Kody with creating medicine out of the poison he would make. Croagunk is a helpful Pokemon that will do what he can to ease the pain of someone who needs help, be it people or Pokemon. Croagunk also is very protective of his trainer and will always use Poison Jab on someone if he hears them insult Kody for being a male nurse, he also takes pride in doing so, especially if he poisons them with Poison Jab and he laughs to himself after jabbing them in their back or side. Like most Croagunk, Kody’s Croagunk doesn’t like to battle unless it’s defend himself or to protect Kody. Croagunk has very good hearing and is able to sense if someone who isn’t supposed to be around is nearby and he takes care of it without anyone even knowing that he’s gone. Kody’s Croagunk gets along with Brock’s Croagunk, often having a father, son bond with him despite the fact they aren’t related to each other which makes both Kody and Brock happy.

Caught in a Pokeball.

Ability is Anticipation.

Moves are Poison Jab, Venoshock, Revenge, Focus Punch, Lash Out, Cross Chop, Gunk Shot, Ice Punch, Brick Break and Sludge Wave.

Shiny Audino- Before Kody had left to live with Brock, his mother had given him a shiny Audino as a parting gift from her and an Audinite so he could mega evolve his Audino. Audino is a kind and gentle Pokemon, she always helps Kody with healing Pokemon as well as gathering herbs and berries for his homemade medicines. Audino always believes in Kody and doesn’t think less of him because of his gender, she loves being with him and helping him like any other Audino would help with their Nurse Joy partner. Audino is very careful with what she’s doing and has knowledge on Pokemon massaging, she always massages Pokemon who have stiff muscles or are injured in a way that require a massage. She shows Kody how to massage Pokemon and tells him where all Pokemon has a specific place to be massaged like how a Zubat will need to have their wings massaged. Audino has a close bond with Kody which is how she’s able to mega evolve, she mostly mega evolves to protect sick Pokemon and to protect Kody from harm.

Caught in a Heal Ball.

Ability is Healer, ability is the same when Mega Evolved.

Held Item is Audinite.

Moves are Disarming Voice, Life Dew, Helping Hand, Heal Pulse, Draining Kiss, Psychic, Hyper Voice, Hyper Beam, Dazzling Gleam and Wish.

Happiny- Kody was given Happiny when she was an egg and she hatched into a healthy Pokemon that Kody now takes care of. Happiny is a cheerful Pokemon like most baby Pokemon, she also knows how to help Kody with what he needs, mostly by using the egg shaped stone in her pouch to crush berries and herbs to make his homemade medicine and to mash berries newly hatched baby Pokemon. Happiny knows that what Kody does is serious business and is happy to help in anyway that she can. She admires all of the Chansey and Blissey she sees in the doctor’s office and often tries to follow their lead or watch what they’re doing to learn from them, which is what she does by following Brock’s Blissey and paying attention when she teaches her about things such as what kind of berries do what to a Pokemon and what herbs help heal a person or Pokemon. Happiny loves being with Kody, either by being held by him or by just being in the same room as him, she’s always at her happiest when she’s with Kody or Kody’s Pokemon and is even happier to help Kody with his job at helping other Pokemon.

Caught in a Friend Ball.

Ability is Serene Grace.

Moves are Pound, Sweet Kiss, Disarming Voice, Icy Wind, Helping Hand, Round, Hyper Voice, Metronome, Psychic and Water Pulse.

Comfey- Comfey was given to Kody while he was studying about aromatherapy, a Nurse Joy thought that Comfey would be helpful with him learning how to create scents for Pokemon as the flowers Comfey collect create soothing fragrances that effects those around them. Comfey is a bit of an airhead, but she’s still kind to let Kody use the flowers she gathers for aromatherapy and she’s always happy to see Pokemon enjoy the scents she provides to help them relax after a tough day, same for humans who enjoy happen to be nearby. Comfey is allowed to give flower leis to visitors of the doctor’s office as well as calm restless visitors by giving them a burst of a relaxing scent to help them relax. Comfey loves helping Kody with creating scents for the aromatherapy sessions he has with Pokemon who need it and Comfey is always happy to those who enjoy the scents she helps create.

Caught in a Heal Ball.

Ability is Triage.

Moves are Draining Kiss, Magical Leaf, Floral Healing, Aromatherapy, Sweet Scent, Petal Dance, Grassy Terrain, Dazzling Gleam, Pollen Puff and Nature Power.

Miltank- Miltank was caught by Kody after he helped her feel better when she was feeling sick, she was amazed at how Kody managed to use berries and herbs from the area to help her feel better and wanted to join his team so she could help him by using her milk to make others feel better, Kody saw no harm in that so he let her join his team. Miltank is a very sweet Pokemon who will happily let anyone drink her milk after she’s been milked, but she won’t give her milk to anyone who makes fun of her trainer and how he prefers to heal Pokemon, thinking that they don’t deserve it since she knows first hand that they work. Miltank will also give Kody her milk for him to drink when he’s having a bad day and needs a pick me up, she always reserves her milk for him and his family. Miltank also takes time to help Pokemon who need healing often by giving them her milk. Miltank is very thankful for Kody helping her when she was sick and she always trains herself for anything to make sure her trainer is safe, often acting like a second mother to Kody, always reminding him to eat well and to drink her milk so he’s always healthy.

Caught in a Heal Ball.

Ability is Scrappy.

Moves are Defense Curl, Rollout, Heal Bell, Play Rough, Body Slam, Gyro Ball, Retaliate, Attract, Giga Impact and Mega Punch.

[elisaphoenix13]

(FT) Detection

Peter crawls through the window FRIDAY opened for him and he drops down to the ground as his nanotech suit recedes back into its housing bracelet. The family floor was surprisingly quiet, and a quick look around confirmed that everyone was either out, in their own rooms, or on their own floors. Which was a rare occurrence. Someone was always doing something or other in the penthouse.

He decides to make himself a couple of sandwiches and raids the fridge to pull out the fixings and put them on the counter, and as he finishes making the first sandwich, the elevator door open and Tony steps off. Peter grumbles when his father walks over and snags the sandwich, and then opens the cabinet to grab a glass to get himself some water.

"You're welcome."

"Thanks for the sandwich Underoos." Tony says after taking a bite and Peter scrunches his nose.

"Okay, first of all, gross. You tell us not to talk with our mouths full so you should practice what you preach. Two, I'm twenty. Don't call me Underoos."

Tony raises an eyebrow at him. "Granted, I shouldn't be talking with my mouth full, but you also have a one year old that has puked on you multiple times so this shouldn't bother you...and I'll call you whatever I want. I'm your dad."

Peter ignores him and finishes making both sandwiches before biting into one. "Where is everybody?"

"He asks with a mouthful of food." Tony snarks and Peter grins. "Your brother is still in class, Diana is at school, and Mom took Cassie, Valerie, and Emma to the store."

"Please don't say they went to-"

"Target." Tony confirms and the younger groans. "They left shortly after you did for patrol."

"That doesn't mean anything. They can be there all day."

"At the most they'll be there until the Diana is out, which is…" Tony looks at his phone. "Five minutes ago."

Not even a moment later, a portal opens in the kitchen and Stephen steps through with the girls directly behind him. He and Cassie set some bags on the counter as Peter polishes off his first sandwich, and Diana retreats to the living room to do her homework. Valerie on the other hand, remains next to Stephen's leg, quietly holding the teddy bear that the sorcerer bought for Peter when he was turned into a baby for the third time. It was big, but it was also small enough that Valerie could still easily walk around with it. At least when she wasn't glued to someone's leg. Emma was more outgoing than her three year old aunt.

That was a weird thought. Peter's youngest sister and his daughter were close in age.

The arachnid shakes the thought away and looks through the bags, and huffs when Cassie slaps his hand away and holds Emma out to him.

"Hold her and finish your lunch."

"Did you buy the whole store?" He half seriously wonders as he takes Emma from Cassie and holds her in one arm so he can eat with his free hand.

"Of course not. We just restocked on some things we were low on." She responds and moves a few things into a different bag.

"Shirts?"

"They're for Quill." Stephen answers.

"Why?" Peter holds his sandwich out of Emma's reach after taking a bite.

Cassie rolls her eyes. "Because he keeps losing shirts!"

"I'm pretty sure that's Scott's fault."

"I try not to think about it."

Peter sniggers and finishes his second sandwich just as his daughter requests juice, and after getting her to compromise for milk, he pours some in a sippy cup for her. There was a second request for juice after Emma was happily drinking her milk, but it came from Valerie so Peter grabs a juice pouch from the fridge and hands it to his father. Stephen and Cassie were still busy sorting what they had bought at the store, so Tony had to help Valerie with her juice.

"Go watch tv for a little bit, topolina." Tony mutters softly as he brushes Valerie's hair back with his hand.

The little girl nods and mumbles a quiet 'thank you' before wandering off to the living room. Peter follows her so he can put Emma in the playpen, and the baby lays down as she drinks her milk and turns her attention to the tv. The fact that she was willingly laying down meant that she was likely to take a nap and thankfully not tired enough to fight it. Peter was glad for that. He already spent a few hours apprehending criminals and didn't want to fight his daughter to take a nap.

"Hey tiger, think fast." Cassie tosses a bag of Doritos at him and he opens it with a grin after he catches it. "Don't eat the whole thing at once."

"Maybe you shouldn't give me the entire bag then." He holds the bag out towards her. "Want some?"

"Urgh. No." Cassie blanches and pushes aside the bags that are for her parents. "Juice sounds good though."

Peter tilts his head. "You sick babe? You love Doritos almost as much as I do."

Cassie waves her hand flippantly in his direction. "A little. I should be fine tomorrow since I caught it early."

Stephen's hand was on her forehead before Cassie even finishes her sentence and the sorcerer frowns. "You don't have a fever. What are your symptoms?"

Tony watches the exchange curiously as Cassie lists off her symptoms to the doctor. "Mama Bear's sixth sense didn't work?"

Peter shrugs as he pops a couple of chips into his mouth, and his chewing slows to a stop when his spider senses pick up an odd sound. The sound wasn't odd per say...but the circumstances were. He looks around the kitchen and counts four people (including himself), and then takes the three girls in the living room into account. Seven people...and he waited a few moments to see if anybody would come off the elevator (or in the rare chance the stairwell), but no one did. His spider senses weren't detecting any danger either.

So why could he hear eight heartbeats?

He puts the bag of chips into the counter and closes his eyes as he tunes into that eighth heartbeat. Maybe it was Tibbs or Athena? No. Their heartbeats were faster and the wolf was probably still with another team member and unaware that Stephen was home. Tibbs was probably wandering throughout the tower...so where the hell…?

Peter's eyes snap open and he stares at Cassie. He knew exactly where that heartbeat was coming from and it had him freezing. His breaths started coming a little faster as he tried to process what he discovered, and it was obvious enough to alert his parents and Cassie. Tony quickly leads him to one of the chairs at the table before he collapses, and helps him get his breathing under control before asking about his sudden panic attack.

"Bambino, what's wrong?"

Then the danger sense went off just before Quill threw the door to the stairway open and storms toward Peter with his galaxy eyes glowing. The arachnid jumps out of his seat and up to the ceiling on reflex, and the celestial wills some of his light into his hand just before Tony stands between them with his hands held out.

"What the hell is going on?!" The billionaire demands and Quill growls.

"He couldn't wait until after they tied the knot-"

"I literally just found out and we're engaged!" Peter argues and Tony and Cassie look between them in confusion.

"What's going on?" She asks.

Stephen sighs heavily. "I think I know." He looks at Peter. "You can hear it?" Peter nods and the sorcerer turns to Quill. "And I'm assuming you can see it?" Another nod and Stephen looks at Cassie. "What did you say was your main symptom?"

"Umm...I've been nauseous and-" Her eyes widen in realization before she turns to look at Quill with a glare. "Papa! If you're making up for not being able to beat up Peter for the first time, then knock it off! I already have a baby! A second one isn't much of a difference!"

Tony stares at Cassie just as Emma starts to cry from being so rudely awakened, and Cassie orders Quill to calm down and go take care of her. The god dismisses his light and his galaxy eyes with a heavy sigh before he disappears into the living room, and Peter cautiously hangs down from the ceiling by his fingertips. Once he makes sure that Quill isn't going to come back for him, he releases his grip on the ceiling and lands on his feet next to Tony who folds his arms.

"You couldn't say something?"

"I didn't have the chance." Peter mutters.

The elevator doors open and Scott rushes off and looks around wildly until he finds Quill in the living room and he sputters.

"What the hell was that all about?! You ran off in the middle of a conversation with no warning!"

"Talk to your future son-in-law!" Quill growls out and Peter groans when Scott looks at him.

"Please don't break my ribs again."

The thief looks at him with utter confusion and Peter watches as comprehension eventually creeps into his eyes. Scott inhales deeply and then marches into the living room where he promptly smacks the back of Quill's head in annoyance.

"You got bent out of shape because Cassie is pregnant again?"

"Ow, babe--"

"Don't 'babe' me! The first time is one thing but this is the second and they're engaged. Papa Bear needs to simmer down!" Scott leaves the living room and joins the others in the kitchen, where they had been stifling their laughter. "Do you have any juice?"

Stephen smiles and points to the fridge, and the thief helps himself as Peter and Cassie go into the living room to check on Quill and Emma. After the verbal lashing he got from Scott, he made himself comfortable on the couch and laid Emma on his chest, and Valerie was currently crawling onto the couch. She wiggles into Quill's side just before he throws a blanket over them, and he closes his eyes with the intent to take a nap with the girls. The other reason was because he had yet to master the purring noise he made when he slept while he was awake, and his snoring always soothed the girls.

"You're not gonna take a nap with Quill?" Peter asks Diana as she puts her homework folder into her backpack.

"I'm too old for naps."

Cassie snorts. "You'll regret those words when you get older."

"Daddy said that too." Dia looks up at Cassie. "Can we make brownies?"

"If Mom says it's okay then absolutely. Papa is taking care of Emma so I'm all yours right now." Cassie says with a smile and Peter gawks when they head out of the living room.

"What am I? Chopped liver?!" He exclaims and Cassie laughs.

The elevator opens again and Harley steps onto the floor tossing his keys up and down, and he stops and looks around when he notices the still fading tension in the air.

"Did I miss something?" He asks.

"Not really." Peter sighs and greets his brother with their handshake. "Didn't you have a test today?"

"Nailed it." Harley claims with a grin. "I still feel like I just missed something."

"Quill tried to kill me."

Harley frowns. "Why?"

Peter jumps when Quill's purring finally starts, and he watches as Valerie and Emma relax against him. It would only take a few more minutes for them to fall asleep, and as long as Quill slept, they would too.

"Cassie and I are having another baby."

"Dude...keep it in your pants." Harley chuckles when Peter shoves him. "Does Scott know?"

"I already smacked Quill for being overdramatic." The thief calls from the kitchen, and Harley and Peter walk in and watch Cassie and Diana grab stuff to make brownies as Stephen puts away Peter's sandwich mess.

"Thanks Mom." Peter mumbles a little sheepishly.

He was was normally good about putting things back when he was finished, but after the whole discovering an extra heartbeat and then being threatened by a god, he was a little frazzled. He and Harley decided to do their college assignments at the table while Cassie and Diana made brownies, and Scott retreated to the living room to watch tv quietly. Quill continued to snore for the next hour until Peter asked Scott to wake him up so Emma wouldn't sleep too long, and it didn't take very long for the younger girls to wake up from their naps after that. Peter and Cassie didn't have to tend to their daughter immediately since Scott and Quill were happy to play with her and Valerie, and that was another load of help. It made it so Peter could finish a good amount of his homework and Cassie could finish helping Diana make brownies. Tony and Stephen were content to curl up on one of the other couches where they either read or answered emails for SI. At least until Athena finally made it back up to the family floor and noticed Stephen was home. She didn't waste any time running over to him, jumping on the couch, and then laying down with her head in his lap.

"Brownies are ready if you want them warm!" Cassie calls to the ones in the living room, and then carries a couple over to the table for Peter and Harley.

"Thanks babe." Peter tears off a piece of brownie and throws it into his mouth, but just before he starts back on his homework, he freezes.

"What's wrong?" Harley asks.

Peter covers his mouth and shoves past Cassie once he gets up, and she and Harley watch as he races up the stairs to his room. Harley furrows his brows as he takes a bite of the brownie curiously and he looks at his future sister-in-law.

"Cass, there's peppermint in the brownies."

"What?!"

She tries a piece of Peter's abandoned brownie and curses as she rushes over to the counter and looks at one of the ingredients she and Diana used. Sure enough, what they thought was vanilla extract was actually peppermint extract, and she throws it in the garbage.

"Why is that even up here?!"

"It must have been grabbed by accident. He's going to be sick for the rest of the day." Harley says.

"I can't believe I poisoned my fiance." Cassie groans and smacks her forehead.

"Just say the word and I'll make them disappear." Quill says when he walks into the kitchen.

"Papa, you are not eating the entire pan of brownies." Cassie smacks his hands.

"I won't! I'll put one aside for your dad."

"Ugh."

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heir to the horde ch 5 Heirs Come Home

Hordak had been pacing in the lab, his thoughts racing through all the possibilities. At first he had been working on some of the projects he and Entrapta had started, but after several hours had passed, his mind had been too preoccupied to focus on the projects. So he wandered through the castle distractedly. He had no worries of the staff seeing him, most of them already knew he was alive after some unwelcome intrusions into their lab and bedroom. He frowned, remembering some of those moments, as one of said servants walked by him with a smile. 

“Good afternoon, my lord,” she greeted in passing, but paused when noticing he seemed lost in thought. “Is everything alright, Sir? The lady didn't build another robot double did she?” 

Hordak stopped as his train of thought was interrupted. He looked to the servant looking her up and down before sighing. “No, she has not made another robot double.” Hordak knew this servant, she was the first to discover he lived. Her reaction to it had been quite enjoyable, seeing the terror she showed. But since the years passing she had grown accustomed to him, just as she and the other servants grew accustomed to knocking. Hordak thought for a moment on whether to ask her, before deciding it best to at least check. “Have you heard any news on Entrapta?” Hordak watched as the servant thought for a moment before shaking her head. 

“I’m sorry my lord, but no. From what I do know something exciting occured at the meeting, which is why she was delayed,” the servant said before Hordak dismissed her. He returned to the lab. It wasn't much information, but for some reason exciting and Entrapta calmed him a little. At worst the portal sent a princess to the other side of the world, or even another dimension. The idea of that made him smile sinisterly. “With any luck it was Adora or Angela,”  he muttered to himself. As he thought to himself, the proximity alert went off in the lab to warn him and Entrapta that they had guests. Hordak checked the monitor amd saw Entrapta, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief, before he noticed Catra and Scorpia with her. He scowled at the sight of Catra. Her actions had left him with a special disdain for this feline. But now was not the time to skin a cat. Hordak looked for the helmet to the armor he wore most of the time, so if they had visitors he could pretend to be just another one of Entraptas machines. Once he found it, he quickly dawned it as he heard talking outside the lab, and went to stand motionless in the corner of the room as the door opened with Entrapta stepping through. Entrapta looked both excited and exhausted for some reason. 

Then he heard Catra yelp and say, “He bit me again!” Catra entered the lab holding a baby. The sight of the baby caused him to stagger in shock at the sight of his son, causing Catra to look in his direction, surprised. “You sure it’s safe to have the twins in your lab with that thing around? It doesn’t look like you’ve gotten all the kinks out of it,” Catra said, still trying to free her hand from the baby with little success. 

Entrapta snorted, chuckling a bit. “Ohh there's nothing to fear from him he just needs his joints oiled. And stop struggling with Sindri, you know it only makes him bite harder. That’s how Glimmer fainted, remember?” Entrapta smiled towards Hordak, as Scorpia walked in holding the other baby. At the sight of a second one, Hordak truly felt like he was about to keel over. “Besides, with them in my lab I can build them a crib that can notify me when they're hungry. And probably some other inventions, like maybe a nanny for when I’m out...” Entrapta trailed off, noticing the stare she got from Catra.

“You are not leaving the twins with a robot Entrapta. If you need someone to watch them, some of us volunteered to help with them.” Catra looked down at Sindri, who was still feeding on her hand while looking at her with innocent eyes. “Well, either way someone will come to check up on you and see if you need anything,” Catra said as she watched Sindri stop feeding. She moved her hand away, shaking it a little to wake it up “For someone so small you’ve got one hell of a grip.” Catra smiled a little before walking over to Entrapta to hand her Sindri. “See ya later, ok?” Entrapta nodded taking the baby as Scorpia approached next, handing her Ahirman.

“Don't worry little guy, we’ll see ya later,” Scorpia said with a smile as she left with Catra. Entrapta watched the monitor for it to be truly safe, before giving a smile and nod in Hordak’s direction.

“It’s clear,” Entrapta said as hordak removed his helmet and quickly moved over to her to see the twins. “Their names are Ahirman,” she said, nodding to the one she held in her left arm, ”and Sindri,” she nodded to the one on her right.” As she said the names, Entrapta saw Hordaks confused look.

“You named them after two of the four kings?” Hordak asked, a bit intrigued. He had told her that the legend of the four kings when she asked if the Horde had any legends, but to think she’d name their sons after the forsaken and exiled, the two most hated of the four. Hordak smiled at Entrapta. “Well that just means that they are going to have very large goals set for them then.” He watched Entrapta smile widely before she handed him Ahriman. Hordak paused, looking down at Ahriman, who looked back at him before reaching out for Hordak. Hordak took his son, holding him in one arm. Noticing their features matched, Hordak gave his son a soft smirk, before noticing Entrapta looked like she was holding back her question. “Go on ask away. I know the wait has probably be driving you madder than it has me.”  

Entrapta let out an excited squeal, before pulling out a recording device. “Ok first, Ahriman and Sindri have both bitten and drank blood from a few princesses. So far myself, Catra, Perfuma, Glimmer and Angela, after which they seemed to not bite others. What is the reason behind that?” Entrapta asked, looking to see Hordak smiling. “I know they’re feeding but they refuse to feed from pouches like you did. They do still drink milk, luckily without biting but is there a reason why they only bite certain people?” Hordak nodded, looking to Ahriman, who yawned while he held him.

“While I may be a clone of Horde Prime, there is still plenty of available data about our species. When we’re infants we feed from the mother as well as those who the mother has entrusted her children to. Mainly the first four besides the mother that held them. Their scent is how they know if they can feed from them.” As hordak explained, he also thought about the princesses and cat Entrapta listed off.

“So if that’s the case that means that Ahriman was held by myself, Angela, Glimmer, Catra after Glimmer fainted then Perfuma, and for Sindri roughly the same order. I even held on to Sindri  and waited for her to wake up just to see if he would bite her like Ahriman did.” Hordak gave her a raised brow. “He most certainly did bite her, causing her to faint a second time,” Entrapta said with a smile. “It was sooo fascinating to witness her reaction,” she said gleefully. 

At this moment, Ahriman started to make a fuss and fidget in Hordak’s arms, causing Hordak to wonder if he did something wrong. “Why is he acting this way? Am I holding him improperly?” 

Entrapta smiled and traded babies with him. “No. He just gets like that when he’s hungry.” She proceeded to feed Ahriman while Hordak cuddled Sindri. 

“Did you enjoy feeding on the feline? I would hope you don’t grow too attached to that one my son,” says Hordak, taking a moment to remember Catra’s past actions. “She is not to be trusted.” Hordak looks over to Entrapta, who had just finished feeding Ahriman, “I see he’s had his fill. How about you let me look after these two? You should go and rest, you look rather fatigued.” Entrapta handed over Ahriman and sighed.

“Yeah, maybe you’re right. It has been a rather long couple of days. Make sure to log anything worthwhile onto my recorder while I rest. I don’t want to miss any test worthy opportunities that may come up,” Entrapta said as she yawned and walked to the door that lead to their room. She got to the doorway and paused. “Do you think it’s possible that they will have magic like me?” Entrapta asked, turning back to Hordak. He looked like he was considering the possibility of it, before answering.

“I don’t know. I suppose only time will tell if these two will have an affinity for magic.” Entrapta smiled at the answer, seeming satisfied with the idea of figuring it out in time, before she walked through the doorway, heading into their room and leaving Hordak alone with his two sons. Hordak looked to his sons, seeing them look back at him. “I see great things in the future from the two of you. After all, you’re both my sons.”

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Fears

Yet another dad! Ben Hardy fic that is part of my Outnumbered series.

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Leaning her head to the side (Y/n) pulled her bottom lip between her teeth as she stared down at the newborn in her arms. She and Ben had dealt with this problem before, they had gone through trying to get their two other daughters to first start drinking milk when they were born. But with May it seemed different, it was difficult when it didn't need to be.

The newborn only had a few sips of milk before she began crying, pushing the bottle away not wanting or being able to have anymore.

(Y/n) didn't know what to do. The nurse had recommended little and often but that wasn't working because May wouldn't drink even a quarter of the bottle and all the little tricks (Y/n) knew from when Lily and Lola were babies weren't working for May.

"Can you try? She won't take it." (Y/n) sighed, looking over to Ben with a pleading expression as she gently rocked May in her arm, trying to calm her down as she was beginning to whine. Getting up from the chair he was sitting in Ben moved to sit on the side of the hospital bed next to (Y/n)'s legs, carefully easing May from her arms into his own. A sparkle lighting up in his eyes as he looked down at his youngest daughter who was only two days old. Reaching out Ben took the bottle from his wife's outstretched hand, tilting May in his arm so she was leaning upright before gently pressing the bottle to her lips. Trying to gently urge her to have a drink, knowing she hadn't had a full bottle since they'd started trying to feed her when she was born.

"Why're you being fussy, little girl?" It wasn't like there was anything else better that May would be able to have other than water which wouldn't be sufficient enough anyway. "Come on, baby."

Pulling the bottle away for a moment Ben dabbed it against his hand, wondering if it was blocked, frowning at seeing it wasn't meaning May really just didn't want it. Pressing it back to her lips Ben sighed when she finally started to drink it, her minuscule hand resting over his own. Brushing her hair behind her ear (Y/n) smiled at the sight in front of her, thankful that May seemed to be drinking a little at least.

Both parents were beginning to get concerned that their best efforts to get some kind of fluids into May's system weren't working especially since they knew what they were doing and what they were meant to do. They had gone through this before with Lily and Lola and both of them had been fussy at first but it didn't take this long to get them to start feeding. It made them both feel like they were doing something wrong or that there was something they were missing.

The moment of relief that the couple shared was rather short-lived.

Ben froze for a brief moment when May's light blue eyes suddenly pierced his own with a look of fright he hadn't seen before. Her lips twitching at the sides as her eyes crinkled at the corners and her head lurched forward. A cough escaping her lips causing some of the milk to splutter from her lips as Ben jerked his hand away pulling the bottle from her lips in case she choked. Fumbling to set the bottle down Ben carefully sat May upright on his knee, leaning to see what was wrong with her so suddenly. Swallowing harshly as she continued to cough, sounding like she was struggling for breath.

"Ben she's choking!"

"How can she choke its bloody milk?" He snapped back, not intending to be rude but the panic in his system seemed to take over everything else. She wasn't choking because it was milk, there was no way for it to get stuck in her throat like food would. Meaning the only other option was that it had gotten into her windpipe and down to her lungs instead. "She's breathed it in." He stated, not knowing what he was meant to do to help.

He rubbed his hand up and down her back, patting between her shoulder blades as her eyes snapped shut, choked cries mixing in with her gasps for air. A shudder running along the base of Ben's spine when little droplets of milk escaped her lips as her cheeks turned a darker shade of red.

Reaching over (Y/n) hit the emergency button as Ben tried rubbing his hand up and down her chest and stomach to see if that would make a difference. Seeing it only seemed to make things worse as May stopped coughing for a split second, her eyes widening as something seemed to happen, looking like she was going to be sick before she was back to coughing. This time breathing a lot worse as it was clear she could hardly breathe at all.

Ben tried to stop his heart escaping his chest at the fear pulsing through him with every beat of his heart. He hadn't done anything wrong, or at least he didn't think that he had. He'd held her up at an angle to make it easier for her to drink the milk, he cradled her head with his elbow and he made sure the bottle was at an angle so she could drink the milk. He couldn't have squeezed the bottle to cause more milk to pass through her lips because of the design of the bottle. She had been drinking it, she hadn't been asleep or just breathing instead of swallowing the milk. He couldn't fathom how she had just suddenly inhaled the drink.

"Are we alright in here?" The nurse they recognised to be Pam entered the room, a frown pulling at her lips at the panic-stricken expression on both parents. The newborn's sudden breathing difficulties catching her eye immediately.

"She can't breathe. She breathed in the milk." Ben rushed through the words as he held his girl out to Pam, watching her gently scoop May up and head over to the counter at the side of the room to set the newborn down to examine her. Getting up Ben took a few steps over, hovering at the side to try and see what was happening not feeling able to sit and wait without knowing what was happening. His heart rocketed when Pam pressed her beeper to signal she needed assistance before she rummaged around in a draw to grab an extractor tube. Trying to settle May and keep her steady so she could place the tube down her throat to remove the milk that was clearly sitting in her lungs. Ben pressed a hand to his mouth as he turned his head away, May's coughs and muffled cries making him want to be sick.

Daring to look back he watched the little amount of milk flow through the tube but what caught his eye was a slightly cloudy liquid that followed which must have also been filling up her lungs.

When a doctor and a nurse flooded into the room Ben moved back over to the bed to be out of the way. His hand reaching out to grab hold of (Y/n)'s, her fingers latching tightly around his hand as she tried to lean to see what was happening.

"No, no where are you taking her?!" Tears welled in (Y/n)'s eyes as she felt herself beginning to shake when the doctor whispered something to Pam before he and the nurse disappeared with May. Leaving the room in a hurry without saying anything to them. Swinging her legs over the side of the bed (Y/n) pushed the cover away, attempting to follow after them but she only managed two steps before Ben's arms wrapped around her middle. His body moving around so he was standing in front of her to act as a boulder when she tried to go. "Ben no they're taking her away-"

"They're looking after her, sweetheart. Come on sit down." Ben pleaded, his hand pressing to the back of her head when she pressed herself into his chest. Neither of them liked not knowing what was happening, they wanted to be with May but at the same time, Ben knew they couldn't follow after her right now. Moving over to the bed Ben gently eased her back down to the bed as he sat beside her holding her to his chest so she didn't try and leave as well. (Y/n) wasn't in the right state to go running around the hospital after their girl and it wouldn't do them any good. Something was obviously wrong and going after her would prove to be useless when they surely wouldn't be allowed into whatever room she was in.

"Where's he gone with her?" She pleaded, her eyes burning into the only nurse who was still in the room with them. Watching a sympathetic look come across Pam's features.

"They've taken her to be properly examined. We think she has a birth defect where the oesophagus doesn't connect to the stomach."

"S-she only breathed in the milk..." Ben whispered mainly to himself as he ran a hand through his hair, fisting his curls in his hand. May hadn't been drinking properly but she did manage little sips here and there over the past two days. How could her oesophagus not connect to her stomach, what happened to the little bits of milk that she did manage to take?

"There's a pouch at the end of the oesophagus where the milk collects, but just then it went into her windpipe by a small connection of the two pipes. There's a connection of the windpipe to the stomach, and some stomach acid went into her lungs which led to her choking."

"How do you fix that?" The tears continued to spill from (Y/n)'s eyes as she wondered how they didn't know this before now. "W-we... we kept trying to get her to drink the milk..." They had tried so many times to get May to drink, and all those times they were making it worse for her. They were forcing the milk into a small pouch or even into her lungs when they had only been trying to help her. None of the milk they had tried to give her had gone to her stomach, she had no nutrients going into her system because it went into her lungs instead.

Leaning down Ben pressed a kiss to (Y/n)'s shoulder, his hand feathering up and down her side as he tried to shush her quietly. They didn't know anything was wrong with May, they were only trying to help her they couldn't have known it would have made things worse like this.

"Oh honey you couldn't have known, the important thing now is that we do know. If this is the problem, then May will need an operation very soon which will cut out the pouch in her stomach and connect her oesophagus to the bottom part that is connected to the stomach."

Leaning her head against Ben's, (Y/n) gripped onto his hand as she couldn't stop the tears. May was going to need surgery for her to be alright, for her to be able to eat or drink anything.

"Oh God."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A subtle trembling set into Ben's hands as his index finger delicately traced over the vibrant rosy pink and snow white scars tainting his youngest daughter's skin. His touch like a feather gliding over her skin as he tried desperately not to cause her any harm by tracing the marks that shouldn't be hurting anymore.

There was a horizontal scar that sat snug in the minuscule gap between two of May's ribs on the right side of her chest. A scar that held the memory of the operation that took place when she was four days old to connect her oesophagus and her stomach to fix nature's mistake. Tracing his hand two inches further down her skin Ben's eyes locked onto the slightly curved scar that was seated above her stomach. That one holding the memory of how they had had to watch her being fed by a tube straight into her stomach.

Ben hadn't known what he was meant to do with himself after May's operation, he felt like he was rendered useless.

There hadn't been anything he could do except stand and watch over her like a guardian angel that didn't know what they were protecting her from. His hands and arms had been itching with the desire to reach into the incubator and pick her up. When Lily and Lola were born Ben never had restrictions on when he could hold his girls, he could cradle them in his arms or just lay down with them on his chest whenever he wanted. He wasn't used to being told he could only stare down at his girl instead of holding her and he hated the feeling of watching. He felt like he was the child for having such a craving to pick May up but knowing he wasn't allowed for her own sake.

One whole week Ben had been restricted to standing on the sidelines to watch May sleep in the incubator for the duration of the time. He watched the nurses place the IV drip into her vein, the oxygen tube under her nose and kept glancing over when they gave her pain medication to stop any discomfort from the stitches.

He cried when her fragile frame was settled into his arms again, feeling like it was the first time he held her.

They'd waited for another two weeks whilst the nurses fed May through the feeding tube in her stomach until they were told she could go home. Going through a little tutoring session with the nurses who showed them and told them how they were meant to feed May as if they had never given a baby a bottle before. Now they were home Ben felt such relief yet such panic at the same time it was making him confused.

The doctors and nurses had done all the checks before they came home, they assured them May was perfectly fine. She wasn't in any kind of pain and so didn't need any medication, she could eat/ drink properly now without any risks or complications and so they had stitched up where the feeding tube had been. Yet Ben was so afraid to hold her in case he somehow caused her any kind of pain, and he certainly didn't want to feed her in fear she was going to start choking again like the last time he had fed her. If something happened they didn't have the quick assistance of the nurses at home.

Holding onto the sides of the onesie Ben buttoned it up, a smile flickering onto his face at the baby blue eyes that were staring up at him brightly.

"Come here, baby." He whispered, picking her up so he could rest her in his left arm, sitting her on his lap as he leaned back against the headboard of the bed. His right hand reaching out to the table on the left to grab the bottle, trying his best to steady his trembling hand as nerves got the better of him.

It didn't seem to matter that deep down Ben knew there wasn't any danger of choking or getting ill this time because the paranoia that the situation would repeat like last time was overpowering. Ben knew what he was doing and yet he was still worried to the point of shaking. Pressing the bottle to her lips Ben felt the tension leaving his system after a moment when May didn't refuse like she had done before. Her eyes still piercing into his own with a calm look on her features as he felt her relax in his arm.

When her doe eyes started to shut Ben debated whether to pull the bottle away or not. His mind going into overdrive at the possibility that if she fell asleep she could choke like she did before, but the rational part of his mind told him that wasn't likely to happen. He had sat with Lola and Lily before like this when they closed their eyes and they had been perfectly fine. His worries were answered when May seemed to read his mind, her small hand resting over his finger to stop him from thinking of moving the bottle until she was finished.

"Well done, baby."

A smile pulled at Ben's lips as a feeling of relief mixed with pride swirled around in his chest at seeing she had finished the bottle, something neither parent had gotten her to do before. Setting the empty bottle back on the side table Ben shifted May to rest against his shoulder, patting her back as he closed his eyes. Keeping her resting to his chest as she started drooling on his shoulder.