#btw this is very ROUGH DRAFT. there will be more focusbon the wedding in the final version

[geddy-leesbian]

Sneak peek at a rough draft of the Winterserra wedding + a little bit of the "honeymoon" for Father's Day (mostly happy but one bittersweet scene) :3

The first few days after Rosa's birth are slow and quiet. All Luis really does is sleep and gaze at Rosa with misty eyes, still absolutely baffled that a screw up like him made something so flawless.

While Ethan doesn't get any one on one time with her, due to her preferring Luis and him being obsessed and wanting her laying on his chest whenever he's awake, Ethan still keeps all the lofty promises he made about how Luis wouldn't have to lift a finger because he'd go all out taking care of them. Luis gets at least three meals a day brought to him in bed and a steady supply of any and all snacks he asks for. Ethan helps Luis get up and to the bathroom. Luis insists on being the one to bottle feed her whenever he's awake, but Ethan is the one to go downstairs to get the formula bottles ready.

Ethan also takes a lot of pictures, somewhat because of Luis. Every time Ethan wanted to take a picture of Luis while he was pregnant, he let him, but also playfully rolled his eyes and poked fun at how silly it was that Americans always wanted to take pictures of everything all the time, not just special occasions. But now that Rosa is here, he gets it. He wants every tiny little moment with her preserved forever. Every yawn, hiccup, all her adorable little mushroom pajama sets and princess dresses, Luis wants it all documented forever. Ethan is all too happy to indulge, snapping dozens of pictures of her everyday.

Once Luis is recovered enough to be up on his feet again by himself, activity in the household picks back up. Ethan takes up wedding planning and logistics of them relocating to Valdelobos for a few months. Luis is just too occupied with other things to contribute much. He was itching to get back down into the lab and back at work finding a cure for Ethan, and Rosa too. So far he's found no evidence she's infected, but since he was dosing himself with the mold growth suppressant during pregnancy and giving her the suppressant directly since birth, he's concerned that she is still infected and the suppressant has just done a good job keeping it at an undetectable level. Curing her is still as important as curing Ethan, because he doesn't want her to spend the rest of her life dependent on the injections.

And on top of that, Luis ends up being the primary caregiver. While she does start to warm up to Ethan more, she definitely still has a favorite and has days where she's fussy and only wants Luis, crying until Ethan hands her to Luis. When he's downstairs working, she's either strapped to his chest or in a little bassinet right by his chair. (Ethan still gets plenty of time with her, taking her for a little bit when he brings Luis lunch, doing some of her feedings, sometimes reading to her at bedtime.)

The “wedding planning” isn't exactly hard. It's just a small backyard ceremony, they're not even going to make any of it legal/official for a long while yet. The existence of Rosa María Winters will remain a closely guarded secret until both her and her father are completely cured of the mold, and no longer valuable targets to unsavory scientists. So it's truly a tiny wedding, the only guests being Claire, Sherry, Chris, Rebecca, and, of course, Rosa as the guest of honor, strapped to Luis's chest in her carrier with a pink rose headband. It's the first time Sherry and Chris meet her in person, so Luis and Ethan were excited about showing her off, especially now that she was getting even cuter, features she inherited from Luis beginning to show. Her hair was still dark like his, and her complexion was starting to get tanner too. Her facial features weren't as obvious yet, but the fact she definitely got his coloring is enough to make him happy.

What came after the wedding was harder to figure out– the logistics of moving to Valdelobos with a tiny baby. (Who can't be taken on a normal plane because she doesn't legally exist.) But Ethan figured it out. Chris has a private plane ready for them after the wedding, and Ethan had packed all the essentials they needed to take with them, mostly sentimental things. Once in Spain they buy a truck to load everything into before shopping for everything they'd need that Ethan didn't feel was worth bringing on a plane.

“Just tell me when you start getting tired at all,” Ethan says while they walk from the truck to the village square. Luis has Rosa in her carrier and a small backpack with her light necessities, the standard diaper bag supplies, plus some extra clothing and her favorite toy. Ethan has a heavier weight on his back, Rosa's folded up pack and play. He'll have to go back and make multiple trips to get everything from the truck, but wants to focus on getting Luis and Rosa settled first. “I know you think you're fully recovered, and you have come a long way, but you're still not 100%, I don't want you pushing yourself too hard.”

“I'm fine!” Luis insists. “But I do think it's hot when you pick me up and carry me around like I weigh nothing, so I won't object if you decide to carry me part of the way…”

Ethan grins and doesn't wait, immediately scooping Luis up bridal style, Rosa still safe on his chest. The movement does wake her up and startles her into crying, but settles back down with some soft comforting words from Luis. Once they reach the renovated house, she's hungry and fussy so Luis gets comfortable on the couch and gives her a ready bottle from an insulated lunch box with an ice pack, while Ethan goes back to the truck to get more of their stuff. The rest of the day is just spent getting settled in.

Luis is so paranoid about Rosa getting snatched in the night that he boards up the bedroom window. But after that he has no problem falling asleep. He is safe here. No one looking for Ethan Winters is going to start looking in a ghost town in Spain. And even if they did… Ethan came well armed and, after how attentive to all of Luis's emotions and needs, Luis has no doubts that Ethan would kill anyone that tried to fuck with their little family. Rosa sleeps well too, in her bassinet by the bed, right next to Luis.

“How are your arms doing from all the carrying you did yesterday?” Luis asks while they have breakfast the next morning. “I want to show you the cabin I grew up in, but a rowboat stored near here is the best way to get to it. The foot paths to it obviously haven't been maintained, and have become too overgrown to use easily, but you can get there quick taking a boat across the lake. But I understand if you need time to recover, you did all of the work yesterday, after all.”

“We can go soon. Don't forget I have magic mold,” Ethan smiles while he talks. He never would have smiled so casually about it before, but becoming a father has helped him embrace his infection. “But I'm guessing it'll be a long outing? I'll have to pack everything Rosa might need before we go, and some food for us too. I bet she'll love it. There was one night you fell asleep early and I was watching TV with her. I put on some nature documentary because I didn't want to rot her brain, I think she liked when it was showing the ocean. She seemed like she was watching it.”

“We got a little nature lover? She will love it here. Not a whole lot to do except stare at nature,” Luis sighs. “I really wouldn't want to stay here for so long, if it weren't for the safety aspect. I spent my whole childhood desperately wanting to get the fuck out of here, then the first time I came back I also spent the whole time wanting out, albeit for different reasons, so willingly coming back feels so strange.”

“We won't be here forever, just until we have some better safety plans. We'll figure it out. And it's not going to be as boring, now that you have someone that's never been here. Giving me a tour of everything might make the same old, same old feel a bit more exciting to you. I want to see everything.”

“Everything?”

“Everything,” Ethan confirms. “It's interesting, learning more about you.”

“I was planning to visit where I buried Leon today. I was going to alone, but– Do you..?”

“If you want to go alone, that's okay. But I was serious when I said everything. If you want me to come with you, I will. I'm not going to get jealous. He was important to you, so he's important to me.”

“I would like that. We go there before the boat, it's only a few minutes away from here.”

It's close enough that he doesn't bother getting Rosa into the carrier, opting to just carry her in his arms after getting her into one of her warmest outfits. They walk in silence. There's no tombstone, just a regular flat rock Luis had found and moved after burying Leon, and later carved his initials into. Luis hands Rosa to Ethan when they get to the clearing, then kneels down by the rock.

“Hey, Leon,” Luis looks up at Ethan, expecting to see a judgemental look for talking out loud to a dead man, but he only sees a small, supportive smile. It gives him the encouragement to really pour his heart out. “I really did it. I moved on, kept my promise to you. I'm married now. That fun guy I was telling you about last time. He's not you, but I love him with all my heart, and he does remind me of you. He's as forgiving as you. I thought I was going to get dumped for hiding the pregnancy for so long and generally being a shitty boyfriend, but he forgave me as fast as you did… By the way, the baby is okay. Better than okay. You should see her, she's perfect,” Taking that as a cue, Ethan gets closer and passes Rosa to Luis. Pleased to be back with her favorite person, she starts smiling and Luis can almost pretend it's because she knows he's talking about her. “Perfect. I don't deserve her, honestly. I love her so much, I love being a father. I still feel like I'm a shitty person, but the guilt doesn't cripple me like it used to. There was nothing right about you trading your life for mine, but trading your life for mine and Rosa María's? That's more fair.”

Luis continues to ramble to Leon. A little bit about the wedding and Ethan, but mostly about Rosa. When he's finally done he turns his head back expecting to see Ethan, and instead realizes he's gone, it's just him and Rosa. After a couple minutes of Luis doing his best to not have a panic attack, Ethan returns with a fistful of wildflowers he sets on the stone, before taking Rosa with one arm and letting Luis use the other to pull himself back up to a standing position.

“Thank you for coming with me,” Luis whispers to Ethan, pecking him on the cheek and taking Rosa back. He holds her out and raises her up above his head before shifting to an overly excited tone. “Ready to go for a fun boat ride, maybe see some fishies in the lake?!”

She smiles, waves her tiny arms around a bit, and starts making some of her happy little baby cooing noises that never fail to make Luis's heart explode.