17th February, 2026
"I need help" Jennie announced, as she stepped into his apartment, the quietness replaced by the sudden screams of an infant
"Jennie?" Taehyung asked as he walked into the living room "What are you both doing here?
"Do you have a child with someone else?" She snapped so hard he physically recoiled "Gosh, I'm sorry. He's teething and miserable. All he does is cry. I can't make the pain stop. He doesn't want me"
"Jennie" Taehyung said, interrupting her rant as he stared at the unusually disheveled mess that was the mother of his child "When was the last time you both slept?"
"I think I may have got like an hour or so last night? He was up all night screaming"
Taehyung reached for Ryung who practically threw himself into his father's arms the minute they were outstretched. As he shifted the 8th month old baby to hold him more comfortably, he watched Jennie's fists clenched and her teeth found their way to her bottom lip, a sign that she was holding back her tears
"Come here" Taehyung said before he pulled her into a hug "You should shower and take a nap. We're okay" He kissed her forehead before he turned her in the direction of his bathroom "Go. I'm his father. I got him"
He waited until she was out of his eyesight before he turned his head towards his son, who had calmed down and snuggled into his chest, his head on Taehyung's shoulders, his thumb in his mouth
"You've got to be nicer to your mom, baby. How else are we going to get her to love me back?"
Taehyung continued to rock him until he was asleep against his shoulder, clearly exhausted from the amount of crying he had done earlier. By the time the baby's shallow breaths turned into light snores. Jennie had finished her shower
"Still making yourself at home in my closet I see" Taehyung acknowledged, noticing how Jennie had walked back into the room in his hoodie and his loose pants
"Just as comfy as I remembered them" She said with a laugh, as she recalled the outfit she had worn often towards the last months of her pregnancy "He's so your son sometimes. Stubborn and determined to make my life a living hell"
He laughed quietly, not wanting to wake the baby "You know I'm sorry about that, right?"
Jennie smiled softly "You only told me about a hundred times when I was pregnant"
She recalled it, that time when on the nights she had come over to fuck him or just sleep beside him, he had mumbled his apologies onto her forehead or against her stomach
"I still can't sleep alone, mind if we can sleep here tonight?" She asked, taking in the sight of the two men she loved curled up together
"Always, Jen. Lead the way" Taehyung motioned her to head to the bedroom, as he carried Ryung carefully, not trying to wake the sleeping baby
"I've missed this bed" She said, getting comfortable
Taehyung stifled a laugh, as he carefully laid down beside her, shifting Ryung so that the child was laying on his stomach against Taehyung's chest. He noticed Jennie's hesitant look about the baby sleeping on his stomach
Taehyung outstretched his arm to welcome Jennie to snuggle up with them both "Don't act like you don't like to cuddle, get over here. I'm staying up for a few. I'll move him to his crib when I'm ready for bed"
A bit hesitant, Jennie eventually rested her head against the crook of Taehyung's shoulder. Once her breaths evened out, he stared at the image of the woman he loved in his arms with his last surname and his child against his chest
He pressed a kiss to the top of his son's head, and ran his fingers through Jennie's wet hair, wishing that every night looked like this
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14th August, 2027
Around midnight, the sound of something was coming, cause Taehyung to woke up, who had never been a heavy sleeper
He got up, and went to the living room, only to find Jennie, wearing his jumper instead of her tank top from earlier in the morning
"Jen?" He asked, turning on the lights in the living room "I already told you Ryung was fine here for the night, you don't need to take him home"
When she turned towards him, he noticed her bloodshot eyes "I know, I'm sorry it's late. I just really needed to see him"
Taehyung motioned towards the hallway and the unlikely pairing made their way to their son's room, quietly opening the door to reveal their tiny toddler sleeping angelically. Sweaty brown curls were matted to his forehead, while he had one thumb tucked in his mouth and a stuffed dragon clutched to his chest
Jennie stifled a laugh at the sight of her son's unruly curls sticking each way, not daring to wake him up "He needs a haircut desperately"
She whispered to the man next to her, neither of them taking their eyes from the child. Taehyung closed the door silently to let their son sleeping peacefully
"How are the Jisoo Unnie and Jin Hyung?" Taehyung questioned, finally getting the nerve to ask the question he had been wondering since she arrived
Tears welled up in Jennie's eyes, "They lost their first baby" She shrugged, attempting to keep composure "Not like we haven't all lost enough in our lifetimes" Her words were filled with defeat. Taehyung didn't think twice before he pulled Jennie into a hug "It's just not fair" She spoke when she finally lost the battle with her tears "They deserve so much good after everything they've been through to conceived a child. We have Ryung who is just so good and pure and innocent and deserves so much from us as parents and we can barely stand to be in the same room for five minutes"
"Hey, we got this co-parenting thing down pretty well" He said, kissing her forehead as she cried
"I don't want to just co-parent with you Tae, I want to be with you" She choked out as she admitted the feelings she'd been holding back since the day she gave birth, if not longer "It kills me to see you with all of those girls"
Taehyung pulled back from the hug, moving his hands from her waist "Are you being serious right now?"
"Yes" She hiccuped through her tears "I know all the girls you go home with every weekend and I know I'm not what you want and it kills me inside"
"Jennie, love" Taehyung started "I've been in love with you since the day Ryung was born. Probably longer. I thought you didn't want me. I tried to ask you to marry me but-"
She stopped crying and cut him off "I didn't want to marry you because it's what you do when you get accidentally knocked up. I wanted to date you. See if we could be more. Are you lying to me? You love me? But all those girls?"
"Weren't you. I tried my hardest to forgot you or to get over with you. But I can't Jennie. I fell more in love with you the older Ryung gets. You're an incredible mother and I just want to be there for you both every day. So let me, please"
"But what if this doesn't work. What if we harm him more in the long run by trying this?"
"Then we break up, he's too young to remember much right now anyway. But we don't let personal decisions affect him. He comes first to me, Jen"
"He also comes to me first as well"
"So sleep here. He'll be so excited to see you in the morning. I'll make you both pancakes. We can figure this out one day at a time. I love you"
"I love you too" She said smiling and reaching for his hand "Let's go to sleep"
Ryung woke up overjoyed to see his parents together the next morning. As promised Taehyung made pancakes, with Jennie sitting up on the countertop
The family of three laughed and enjoyed their time together, they all hoped that this would be the start of every morning
