#well. it's better than a dadstache

[maykrisms]

❮ ...We're discussing.. something about a mullet? ❯

[glamrockmonarch]

Brian wouldn't be amused by the way I start my sentences...but oh well!

So I was browsing as one does first thing in the morning...and I saw this beauty of a post. Which was so short and precise, straight to the point...everything I am not. Naturally, I thought to myself "thats so cute!" And then I got hit by another post by someone else (I cannot find it, my app reloaded AHHH! TUMBLR MOBILE APP HELL!) where I saw some soft pictures of Joe with children...So...

I present to you:

Baby Fever: an AU

Aka a side project for this fine blog to forever be too much for me.

It's a series where I will just let out some steam from my soft soft heart in the form of writing about Daddy!Ben, Daddy!Gwil, Daddy!Rami, Daddy!Joe, and why the fuck not: Mama!Lucy. All in the same AU for my personal enjoyment!

And we're starting with Joe. Enjoy!

Second Time Around

Summary: You and Joe have a complex relationship, friends to lovers? Ah, yes? Now married for four years with a two year old boy to call your own, things lately have been busy for Joe, and you have put a hold on baby no. 2...Or have you?

"Joe?" You somehow manage to open the door while carrying the bag full of groceries.

The day has been menacing with rain since early in the morning and you knew you had very little time to get around your chores before it started pouring. You also had a busy night ahead of you, with the baseball on tonight, you know your husband will definitely want to cuddle with you and watch the game. Hence the beer and frozen pizza still in your car.

"Yes?" You heard two voices, different in their entirety coming from the hall.

Looking up, you felt a little helpless; struggling to keep the bag in your hands as you tried to make your way into the open kitchen space. Peaceful as ever Joe came into view in one of his sweatpants and a shirt, your beautiful little boy perched up on his hip giggling at Joe's beard that he kept playfully rubbing against his son's soft cheek and nose.

"Dada!" He wiggled in his arms.

"Obviously the one that goes to the gym and allegedly carried 70 pounds on Monday!" You huffed on your way past them.

You were just so drained from all energy you really needed Joe's help.

Joe gave baby Joey a look and rushed to say hello to you, as he had been busy that morning and didn't get to spend much time with you other than breakfast and that short moment when you kissed his lips before her drove Joe to daycare so you could get a head start on everything.

"Here, I'll get those," Joe said as he handed you Joe and let you take a breath.

You enjoyed those little moments when everything fit in so well. Joe was your best friend before you started going out romantically. You knew he had his history with other women, and he was a few years older than you...but you came to see him as something else. Joe seemed to realise you were all he ever needed and wanted at about the same time; it was a matter of weeks before you were official, after years of friendship but anyway: you moved quite fast! And it never felt like it was happening that fast at all, nor that you needed to catch to something. It was your own pace and it worked perfectly for you.

Now you ask Joey about his day and smile at him as he goes on and on about what he did at the day care today and what fun he had with Dada after he picked him up.

"Oh, you got invited to a party?" You opened your eyes wide.

Joey giggled and nodded while Joe came in through the door, kicking it closed behind him as he handled every remaining bag. Kudos to him: he didn't drop a thing.

Joe gave his son a smile and turned to you, acting as if he had been smelling around.

"I think we have a visit from Stinky, babe."

Joe pinched his nose once he put everything down on the counter.

You giggled and looked at Joey, who did need a shower but still acted as he was wondering who Joe could be talking about.

"I'll get started," you nodded up at the ceiling and Joe got it, starting to put the groceries in place. "Don't be late, captain!"

You took your son upstairs and ran the bath for him, making sure you had all his toys. After you tied your hair up and you got Joey undressed to put in the bath which he enjoyed very much.

"Mammy, do the thing with the shampoo!" He jumped around in the tub.

It was as if that was Joe's cue, he walked in then and made his way to the two of you.

"Alright, little man...that's Daddy's gig!"

You took a step back and let Joe do his thing, fooling around with Joey during bath time, not that you didn't join in...

And in fact it was a fun part of your day, laughing with your two favourite men in the world as Joey giggled with the towel wrapped around his little body.

It was safe to say that Joey was out as soon as you got him dressed in his pjs, this was maybe one of those moments that were simply yours regardless of Joe being home or not: your baby will always prefer being safely wrapped in your arms as he doses off to sleep. And that's exactly what he did while Joe read a bedtime story to him, which your little one didn't pay much attention to.

Finally, you sat with Joe downstairs in the living room wearing your comfy sweats and a tank top, sighing and laying your head on his shoulder you got around to watching the game. Joe wrapped his arm around you and held you, he could tell there had been something on your mind for the past couple of days but he knew better than to push you onto talking: you would talk to him when you were ready and that was more than okay.

"Joe?" You finally let out.

"Yes, YN?"

Joe played it cool because he didn't want to sound too eager to listen but he was curious and he was starting to get concerned.

"I'm pregnant."

The game was still on when you blurted the words out, regardless, Joe straightened up and turned to you. You sat up right as well, turning to him.

"You...what?"

Joe seemed to go pale, he knew you didn't want to have a baby at the moment, he was working more and he would be away from home for a while that year. You talked about it and agreed you would wait till next year...and yet: here you were sitting next to him looking some kind if way.

Joe examined your expression for a second and he knew what he was seeing. You were not scared, you couldn't be! You've done this before. And you were not mad either, a baby would never be a reason to make you mad... You were worried. You had every right to be, because you knew the struggles of pregnancy and you knew how hard and how easy some things had been even with Joe by your side so knowing now that you would be doing most of the journey without him and with Joey to care for was placing questions and worries in your mind.

"The doctor told me on Wednesday." You explained, "7 weeks."

Joe opened his mouth in astonishment, he didn't expect this news at all, it had only been a few weeks since you switched from the injections to the pill. He expected something else like you wanting to tag along for the five month shoot he was going on in July. He covered his mouth with his hand and then reached out to hold you, his arms wrapped tight and secure around your sensitive frame.

"Babe, that's wonderful!"

Joe kissed the top of your head to sooth you, he was already starting to feel his heart swell with love for your little baby.

"Yeah..." You mumbled on his shoulder and held on to him for what he felt was the longest he held you ever. "But I'm worried you'll miss most of this." You pulled away and put your hand on your still very normal not-pregnant-looking belly.

Joe gave you a side smile and brought his hand on top of yours, his thumb caressing your knuckles.

"YN, I'll find a way. Promise."

You looked into each other's eyes and although you didn't want to, you let out some tears. Which Joe quickly wiped away, kissing your cheeks he grabbed you and held you closer to him so you were almost completely laying on top of him with your head on his chest.

"You looked so pretty in those maternity panties...can't wait till they come back out!"

Strangely enough, Joe really did enjoy touching and holding you when you were pregnant the first time. He would always hold your hand at least, but mostly he loved to spoon you and run his hands all over your baby bumb all the way till the end of your pregnancy. He wasn't going to lie, he also quite enjoyed having sex with you during that time, it seemed something less kinky and more intimate than usual.

"Joe..." he made you giggle, which was his goal.

"Wait, does this mean I get to grow a dadstache?"

"Joe-no." You put your hand on his chest.

"Joe, ah-yes!"

Baby Fever Masterlist《《

[imperatortez]

do 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27, 33, 34, 35 for Austrev and Emiliee

O, okie.

1:The only thing I know to summarize Austrev in truth would be to say; For the Republic. But he serves the ideal of Democracy, and is majorily a light side character, however he is willing to make dark side decisions if its for the better of the Republic, or following orders.Emiliee, on the other hand. Is a self-serving narcissist, I’d say she’s Empire-friendly, but mostly just a dark side criminal. She has a soft spot for flirting though.

4:Austrev is from Makeb, bet you didnt know that.

And Emiliee was born on Alderaan, but raised on Dromund Kaas you know, because of Vaatil.

7:Austrev is more loyal to the ideal fo the Republic, he cant stand Supreme Chancellor Saresh, and if given a better way to serve than to listen to her orders, he would.Emiliee, no. Not at all, she’s a rogue, a scoundrel and a bad person. And she cant stand the Republic.

8:Austrev has some form of admiration for the Empire, considering their highly advanced and very well trained military, but he’s not big on the slavery part, or the sith part, or the empire part.Emiliee prefers the Empire, mostly because of internal favours she can pull, but also because it’s still the nation she belongs too. 

9:Austrev admires Jedi, he wouldnt want to be one, dear god no. THat whole detatchment thing, and the whole no emotions, not his style.Emiliee is a fan of the sith, as long as they dont interfere with her work. However she wishes that she was born as one, it’d certainly help put a fight up againts her maniac sister.

14:Austrev likes Elara. No question about it.Emiliee enjoys Guss’ company the most, Bowdaar and the others are good to have with her, but Guss makes her laugh.

15:Tanno Vik.

Corso Riggs.

17:Austrev has family on Makeb, his father is an architect, and his mother works for a large company, No siblings though.Ooooh, boy, Emiliee sure has family alright.Her father, Vaatil is a Dark Council member, her mother is well. Not with us anymore, her stepmother works closely with her father, her half-brother Hawke and her dont talk a lot, Emiliee and her sister is an entire book of stuff, long story short, they dont like each other.

And Emiliee has a very extended family, the Arevalo name is influental and very, very large. Family on Alderaan, family in the Republic, cousins. Very big, very extended.

18:For Austrev, it’d probably be his wife, Elara Dorne. BUt if he had to pick someone else, he’d probably pick his Demolitions Expert, Kufni. They have a similar sense of duty.

Friends is a quite strange concept to Emiliee, but she is fond of her right-hand man, Talanis, but she’d probably say Guss if you asked her one-on-one, dont tell Guss though, it goes to his head.

19:Honeslty Austrev doesnt exactly have any single rivals, he considers the Empire his rival. 

Her sister, definately her sister. She competes on the daily with hutts, crime lords and other criminals of all sorts, but no one will ever get to her in the way Nathalie does.

21:Yep, Austrev would like a child someday. He’d like to think of himself as a good dad, plus he already has the ‘Dadstache™’

No, dear god no. Well- no, Actual-no, eeeeeeh? Emiliee honestly isnt sure, if anyone asked she would probably say no. But if she found the right person, im sure she’d be able to somewhat settle down.

25:Austrev not so much, he is very open and plain about everything. If something comes up he will talk about it. Secrets hold one back, he thinks.

Oh god, dear god does she. Emiliee is a criminal, a land owner, a crime lord, a pirate, a smuggler, and an information broker. You learn a lot in that kind of business-es? PLus there was that one time where she walked into her sisters bedroom to find her with her cou-

26:Austrev doesnt exactly have many vices. He is very loyal, which sometimes leads to bad situations, especially when it comes to doing his service to the Republic. He has done some things he regrets, and would never speak of again unless absolutely neccesary.

Oh god, dear god. Did you not listen to the last point? She’s a nymphomaniac for one, she smokes, she drinks, and she gets a good kick out of seeing certain people suffer.

27:Austrev regrets many things, especially things done on duty, but he keeps his private person and his on duty self seperate as much as possible.

Emiliee regrets a few things, one of them is dropping out of the Imperial Academy. She’s smart and competent enough to be a moff, or an admiral or general. If only she hadnt dropped out.

33:Quite a bit of them for Austrev, he’d go great with T7. Probably Guss too!

Emiliee wants to be reuinted with Guss ok, dont blame her. She’d also go well with Tanno, if he was recruitable. Gault guaranteed, Vette too.

34:Dedication to what he deems right. Austrev’s biggest flaw is that he will go to extreme lengths to ensure his duty is done.

I cite from 26 and 25 for Emiliee.

35:Austrev despises Valkorion, after what he did to Ziost? after how he didnt do jack to help the Sith Empire? Things could be so much better between the Republic and Empire, if Valkorion had only worked more on the Empire.

Emiliee flirted with Valkorion, She likes power, and is willing to go to great lengths for it, especially with little old Emperor in her head.