True Love Is Quiet {Skephalo One-shot}

True Love Is Quiet

*Mild sexual humor

Skeppy came out of the shower in a puff of steam and quickly got dressed. He dried his hair on the way down the hall. "Have you started the movie without me?"

"No, I have not started the movie without you." Bad was rearranging the pillows on their bed. "What do you want for your snack?"

"You."

Bad stopped what he was doing to stare at the other. "We have to get up early tomorrow."

"Hnyeah." Skeppy sat on the bed, still drying his hair. "Are you nervous?"

"Obviously." Bad laughed and pulled back their blankets. "But I think we've been over preparing enough to be ready."

Skeppy dropped the towel on the floor to pick up later. "Can we have some chips and dip?"

"Of course we can, this is our last night of peace for awhile."

Skeppy chewed his lip. "I'm really excited, but I'm going to miss our peaceful nights."

"We will still have our peace, just not every night. And think of the new amazing nights we're going to have once we are parents."

Skeppy perked back up. "I can't wait until the baby is old enough to enjoy cozy nights too."

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Bad had to walk around the boxes of diapers in the kitchen to bring the snacks into the bedroom. "We've got to get those boxes in the closet."

"We will, but it's okay for now. Everything else is in place." Skeppy was tucked into the bed with the remote in his hand. "This time tomorrow, we'll have a newborn...that's insane."

"It's been a long time coming." Bad put the chips on the bed and set the dip on the nightstand. "I'm so thankful we got this opportunity."

Bad and Skeppy had adopted their baby before he was even born. It wasn't a surrogacy. Their local adoption center has a program for mothers who want to adopt out their babies. Giving them the opportunity to build trust with the new parents before they give birth, making it a less traumatizing affair. Most mothers don't enjoy dumping their kids at a facility. So if they had the opportunity to know the baby was going straight into loving arms, it was preferred.

"It's bittersweet, really..." Skeppy often worried the baby's mother, Diana, would want him back. But of course they had a good relationship and Diana already had plans to reconnect with the baby one day. When he was old enough to understand that he wouldn't be taken care of with his birth mother.

"Sure is..." Bad turned out the lights. "You're going to be a good dad."

"You think so?" Skeppy watched Bad get under the covers. Adoring the way the light from the TV illuminated his face.

"For the last nine months you've bought every little thing you thought he'd need. Yes, you will be. At the least you'll be a prepared one." Bad settled in close to his husband.

"I always thought you'd be the one to over-buy random baby stuff."

"No, I did my research and got exactly what we really needed...you bought five sets of the same pajamas."

"They are different colors!"

"It's the same pattern." Bad teased, resting a hand on Skeppy's side. "But we are going to have the cutest baby."