#styx loves their baby so much and they haven't even gotten the chance to hold hank yet

[crossxroads]

[Styx and (Unnamed)]

You originally joined this project because you had nothing left to really hope for. Yeah, sure, you liked calculating trajectories and the smell of gunpowder, but that was just part of the job. Something you were good at. You've effectively burned all your bridges back home, your personality too grating and flaws too difficult for them to handle in that sleepy town.

You've always wanted a family, somewhere to belong. Sometimes you just have to make things yourself. You haven't wanted in so long. (You haven't weren't been wanted, either). It's freezing cold in the cloning lab, but that's okay, this is worth the flareups of pain in your knuckles. They're worth it. The glass of the chamber is warm, almost hot, and fogs beneath your hands. The little body in the tube floating peacefully. Sometimes you see the baby your baby wiggle their fingers or kick their feet. "Hello, Hank." You coo, staring at them with adoration hidden behind the polarized blue of your goggles. They—Hank merely continues to float, thumb pressed against the hidden line of their mouth. You really can't get over how small they are. "I can't wait to meet you." Your baby. Your child.

(Sorry for all the OG content, I've been cooling off before I continue my next set of asks)