Spencer knows Ellie is teasing, that the baby won't be staying this quiet for long, especially not once they get him home and into an entirely new environment, but he's not as worried as he could be. That will likely change the second the doctor tells them they're free to go and even at just that thought, Spencer has to do a mental review of whether the car seat they've got set up in the back of the car hasn't reached its expiration date--of course it hasn't, they'd only bought it a couple months ago--or that the nursery really is completed, which it has been for weeks now. They keep putting extra touches on it, but it's done, it's ready for Dane whenever he can go home, and Spencer lets the image of putting their baby in his crib for the first time soothe him.
This is only the beginning. Their baby is barely an hour old, but he's the most beautiful thing Spencer has ever seen, save for the man standing right next to him. It'd been life-altering enough to realize that he'd never have to go another day--at least, not voluntarily--without waking up to his husband; but now, they'll be sleeping with Dane right next to them in the bassinet attached to the bed, and Spencer has been building himself up mentally to prepare for being woken in the night by the baby's crying, but he's made a promise to himself not to let any of it get to him.
That they have a baby now to wake them up at all is the best gift they'll ever be given, and they owe so much to Erin for allowing them to have this, for choosing them to carry a baby for when Spencer is sure there are so many other deserving couples like them who are still looking for the right surrogate. In spite of all the things that have gone wrong over the past year, the more important things have gone right. He's standing here with a husband who loves him and and their child, this perfect little boy that they've been waiting for, and everything just feels settled. Everything feels right.
"If Huxley doesn't try to cuddle right up to him, I'll be shocked," Spencer says, grinning at his husband before lowering his head to rest it on Joel's shoulder. Already, he can feel his eyelids getting heavy, and he knows he has little right to be so tired when all they've been doing is waiting all these hours while Erin had done all the hard work, but he's feeling the adrenaline of new fatherhood slowly draining. His heart is still pounding with this brand new love that's flooding the room he's been making for his child, but Spencer is barely even aware of it as his eyes flutter for just a couple seconds before he's called out on it.
"You just had the actual most perfect baby boy in this universe, and you're about to fall asleep?"
It's Charlotte, of course it is, and Spencer's eyes fly open as he lifts his head from Joel to give his sister-in-law a sheepishly surprised look. Brian is cooing over the baby, though Spencer can see the slight smirk on his face, and Ellie only gives him a warm, knowing look that Spencer thoroughly appreciates because if nothing else, it makes him feel like he's not the only parent who's been ready to collapse after meeting his newborn.
"I'm not falling asleep," Spencer says, lifting his chin up in defiance. "I left my glasses at home, and I'm resting my eyes. That's all."
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This is only the beginning. Their baby is barely an hour old, but he's the most beautiful thing Spencer has ever seen, save for the man standing right next to him. It'd been life-altering enough to realize that he'd never have to go another day--at least, not voluntarily--without waking up to his husband; but now, they'll be sleeping with Dane right next to them in the bassinet attached to the bed, and Spencer has been building himself up mentally to prepare for being woken in the night by the baby's crying, but he's made a promise to himself not to let any of it get to him.
That they have a baby now to wake them up at all is the best gift they'll ever be given, and they owe so much to Erin for allowing them to have this, for choosing them to carry a baby for when Spencer is sure there are so many other deserving couples like them who are still looking for the right surrogate. In spite of all the things that have gone wrong over the past year, the more important things have gone right. He's standing here with a husband who loves him and and their child, this perfect little boy that they've been waiting for, and everything just feels settled. Everything feels right.
"If Huxley doesn't try to cuddle right up to him, I'll be shocked," Spencer says, grinning at his husband before lowering his head to rest it on Joel's shoulder. Already, he can feel his eyelids getting heavy, and he knows he has little right to be so tired when all they've been doing is waiting all these hours while Erin had done all the hard work, but he's feeling the adrenaline of new fatherhood slowly draining. His heart is still pounding with this brand new love that's flooding the room he's been making for his child, but Spencer is barely even aware of it as his eyes flutter for just a couple seconds before he's called out on it.
"You just had the actual most perfect baby boy in this universe, and you're about to fall asleep?"
It's Charlotte, of course it is, and Spencer's eyes fly open as he lifts his head from Joel to give his sister-in-law a sheepishly surprised look. Brian is cooing over the baby, though Spencer can see the slight smirk on his face, and Ellie only gives him a warm, knowing look that Spencer thoroughly appreciates because if nothing else, it makes him feel like he's not the only parent who's been ready to collapse after meeting his newborn.
"I'm not falling asleep," Spencer says, lifting his chin up in defiance. "I left my glasses at home, and I'm resting my eyes. That's all."