Chaos

All Yours

Ryker

Ryker paused, watching as Daryl stood and stripped out of his tuxedo while Meriwa proudly held up the pink scrubs the man was going to wear. Not that Ryker was going to be any different.

The thought had him shaking his head and starting to strip as well.

"D! Did you just get that out of your pocket?" Meri was laughing, which was a good sign, and it prompted Ryker to glance up to see Daryl tip an oyster back into his mouth, before absently continuing to strip.

"Did you just eat an oyster from your pocket?" Ryker gave his mate an incredulous look, and Daryl hesitated. He could see the man trying to think, could see the brilliant mind working, but Daryl merely nodded.

"I was hungry." Daryl finally offered, slipping out of his shirt, pausing to let Meri reach out and touch his abs, before the two of them buckled in pain.

Meri writhed in her bed and Ryker was immediately at her side, doing his best to soothe and talk her through it, still cognizant of Carbry helping prop Daryl up. "There you go Princess, just breathe, there..."

She nodded to him, gripping his forearm so tightly that her nails dug into his skin until relaxing once more. "Hurry up and change."

Ryker nodded, kissing her temple and making quick work of his clothing, before coming around the other side of the bed and stripping first Carbry, and then Daryl. He was just finishing tugging Daryl's shirt on when the next contraction hit and he caught his mate, holding Daryl in his arms as the cowboy did his best to pretend he was fine.

"Ok. Doctor is going to come in and check her, and then we'll administer the epidural." The nurse walked into the room, giving the three of them a distasteful look that Ryker was ready to snap at.

"D. You don't have to if you don't want to. I'll be fine, I promise." Meriwa murmured, leaning her head against Carbry's shoulder as the doctor walked into the room.

The woman moved between Meriwa's legs and was about to start doing whatever she needed to do when Daryl, Carbry, and Ryker all snarled at her. "Listen boys. You need to check your egos at the door."

"Sorry. Yes..." Ryker shook his head, moving to sit Carbry down on the chair beside Meriwa's bed, pausing when Meri grabbed his arm. "What's up Princess?"

"I need you, asshole. You're the cucumber right now." Meriwa glanced at a still overwhelmed Carbry, then over to where Daryl was watching the nurse prepare a rather big looking needle with a hefty amount of fear.

"Of course, Princess." Ryker kissed her cheek. "Car. Can you go calm down Daryl? And then once it's done, can you sit with him beside the bed there?"

Carbry blinked at Ryker for a moment before standing and nodding, kissing Meri's temple before walking over to Daryl.

Ryker frowned as he felt Meriwa tense, glancing down to see her eyes on the nurse with the needle. "What's wrong, Princess?"

She frowned at him, then glanced back towards where the nurse was having Daryl stretch out onto his stomach on the other bed in the room. "He doesn't like needles. I shouldn't ask him to."

Before he could answer, Meriwa gripped his arm with both hands and nearly pulled him on top of her as she tensed in pain, whimpering. Ryker braced himself, shifting closer to her, but holding himself above the bed by the railings.

The doctor offered Meriwa words of encouragement, until the contraction was through, standing up and nodding to them. "We're close. We're going to get you into a proper seated position and start preparing for things... Look, I don't know if those drugs will work, I've never dealt with a connection like this, so if you need anything, we're running out of time."