Secretly afraid

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Sebastian is currently nine months pregnant with his and Claude's first child, for the past few hours, Sebastian has been in labor, but he kept it from Claude, not wanting to worry him, he felt that he needed to do this alone.

He laid down in a bed in a spare bedroom, his eyes closed, his hand laid gently across his abdomen and soft pants escaping his lips.

Claude had noticed that he hadn't seen Sebastian all day and was starting to feel concerned about him.

Throughout his pregnancy, Sebastian often wanted to be alone when he was feeling particularly moody and would lay down in a spare bedroom Claude had comically nicknamed his Raven's nest.

He figured that Sebastian was in one of those moods, but still felt concerned for him and went to look for him.

Lo and behold, Claude found Sebastian in his Raven's nest, he could hear him softly panting along with the occasional soft groan.

This caused a great deal of concern for Claude, he knew that Sebastian was very capable of dealing with pain without making any type of groan.

Claude cautiously walked closer to his laboring mate. "Sebastian? Are you ok?" he asked softly, sitting next to Sebastian, who was currently leaned over the side of the bed.

Out of pure instinct, Sebastian's red eyes snapped over at Claude, he muffled a soft groan of pain by biting down on his finger, then he rubbed his forehead above his eyes. "Claude, I... I just need to be alone" he said softly.

Claude stayed silent for a second or two, watching his mate closely as he tried and tried not to let any type of pained groan escape his lips.

Sebastian finally broke down and clung onto his mate for dear life, hands trembling.

Claude realized that Sebastian was in labor, very gently, he drew Sebastian toward his chest and held him. "My darling, why do you feel the need to labor alone?" he asked softly.

Sebastian wasn't exactly sure how to tell Claude that he was actually terrified of giving birth, he looked Claude in the eye, he didn't really need to say anything, the fear was evident on his face.

"My love, you have nothing to fear" Claude spoke softly. "I'm here for you, allow me to help you through this"

Sebastian buried his face against Claude's chest, a soft whimper of pain was all that was heard, his fingers gripping tightly onto Claude's shirt.

"Shhh, breathe" Claude soothed, rubbing his hand up and down Sebastian's back.

Sebastian groaned softly, trying his hardest to breathe through the onslaught of contractions, after a few seconds, his breathing became shaky, he buried his face against Claude's chest, tightly shutting his eyes.

Claude stayed right by his side, gently rubbing his back and whispering soothing words into his ear.

This continued for the next few hours, Sebastian went through an extremely difficult labor, at one point, he nearly screamed from how much pain he was in.

Claude was at a loss, he had never seen the normally calm and collected Sebastian Michaelis in such pain to the point it took every single ounce of will power he had not to scream.

He felt helpless, he wasn't sure how to ease the pain his mate was in, or how to comfort him, the only thing he knew that he could do was stay by Sebastian's side and squeeze his hand as needed.

Sebastian had already been in labor for a few hours, it was well into the afternoon at this point in time.

Sebastian finally stood up from his place on the bed and went to the bathroom, suddenly, his water broke, causing him to gasp in shock and quickly sit down.

His baby was coming and quickly, that much was clear.

"Claude!" he cried, shakily standing up from his sitting position.

Claude quickly ran into the bathroom and helped him stand up.

"Do you think you can make it back to bed?" Claude asked in worry.

"I don't.... I don't know....! Ah!" Sebastian's knees nearly buckled out from underneath him, Claude quickly helped him steady himself and slowly helped him back into the bedroom.

Once Sebastian was settled back down in bed, he immediately began to push.

Claude quickly grabbed a baby blanket and had it ready. "Good job, you're doing great" he encouraged.

Slowly, inch by inch, the baby made its way into the world, until finally, with one last hard push, Claude caught their baby in his arms.

Sebastian collapsed against the pillow behind his head, panting heavily, he slowly raised his head when he heard the baby crying, he smiled weakly, slightly opening his eyes to see Claude cradling their baby, the perfect combination of them both.

"We have a little girl" he said softly, handing the baby girl over to Sebastian, who began to cry tears of joy.

"She's simply beautiful" he said softly, kissing her head.

Claude smiled proudly and hugged Sebastian's shoulder, kissing the side of his head. "I'm so proud of you"

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