Oneshots

Co-Parenting (Herophine)

"He is perfect." He says and I see a tear rolling down his cheek.

"Skin to skin in the first moments of his life is good." A nurse comes with my little nugget and she puts him on my chest. He immediately stops crying. Oh, I'm a mother. This little baby is mine and I already love him with all my soul.

"Hi baby..." I say and I gently rub his little head. "I'm your mommy and I love you so much." I kiss his head and I look at Hero who has tears in his eyes. "Look at him, Hero. This is our baby boy."

"He's perfect."

"He really is."

One hour later, I am already in my room with Hero and we wait the nurse to bring us the baby.

"There he is." Hero says as the nurse comes inside with our baby boy.

"He has good lungs, he cried while I cleaned him." The baby is still crying, but not too loud. "He needed his mommy." She puts the baby in my arms and he calms down. Wow, I'm speechless. He just needs me to not cry. "Uhm, we need his name, so we can write it on his papers."

"Lucas Langford-Tiffin."

"Lucas George Langford-Tiffin." I say and Hero looks at me with a smile on his face.

"Good. I will be back in a few minutes and I will show you how to breastfeed. And if he cries, just walk with him around, but I don't think he will cry. I will be back soon." She leaves.

"Thank you." He looks at me with a little smile on his face.

"I know how much you father wanted to meet him, but he couldn't..." I take his hand. "And I thought giving your father's name, will make you happy."

"It really does, Josephine."

Hero's father was a good man, I met him, when we gave the news to his family. He was so happy when he knew that Hero was having a baby and when we revealed the gender, he was excited. But meanwhile, he was diagnosed with cancer in last stage and he died a few weeks ago. Hero was so strong and I was there for him, I was there to comfort him. Naming our son after his father, makes him happy.

Present time

Lucas is six months old now and he is the sweetest baby I've ever seen. I love him with my whole life and he is everything to me. He is our whole life, mine and his father's.

We were lucky to have a good boy as him. He was so nice since I brought him home, he didn't cry so much, just when he was really hungry and when he needed a new diaper. Thank God I didn't have problems with his tummy.

He is definitely a mommy's boy, maybe because he stays with me more, but he loves his father. Hero comes to visit us everyday and Lucas is happy to stay with his father. This co-parenting thing works well for us.

Hero is a good father for Lucas, he likes to play with him, to feed him, to go out with him. He excited every time he stays with Lucas. He has a girlfriend, which I don't like because she's not for him, but if he likes her, I'm not going to tell him what to do.

Today, Hero is coming to stay with Lucas for a few hours, while I will have something to do in town. It's 11am and Lucas has his first nap for today. He is sleeping for two hours already, so I should go and check him. I enter in his nursery and I find my baby boy looking at his toys above his head. He is such a good boy.

"Hi baby." I smile and he looks at me. As he sees me, he starts to move his arms and legs, babbling God knows what. I laugh and I go to take him in my eyes. "Did you sleep well, baby? Yes, you did." I kiss his little face. "Let's go and give you some apple puree. I know you like it."