The Black-Haired Baby

Pregnancy Hormones

A couple months later, when Sigyn's belly was a great deal more noticeable, everyone was excited and geared up for the baby.

"Sigyn, we need to throw you a baby shower." Natasha said one morning.

"What is that? The child has not even been born yet." She replied, very confused.

Natasha laughed.

"A baby shower is where a bunch of people who care for the mother, get together and 'shower' her with gifts and things for the baby." She explained.

Sigyn ran a hand over her bump saying: " There is no need for that, I am perfectly fine without one."

"Aw come on! You gotta let us throw you a shower!" Tony said, walking into the room.

Sigyn laughed, she was always entertained by Tony's silly personality.

"Wait no, you don't get a choice. You're having a baby shower and that is final!" Tony said, stomping his foot.

"Haha. Fine Tony, you win." Sigyn said, not wanting to argue with him over such a unimportant subject.

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That night, when Sigyn was already asleep, Loki stood on a balcony, lost in his thoughts.

Sure, he wanted the baby, but the child has a 50% chance of being dominantly Jotunn.

The poor child.

It was getting late, he thought. I should get to bed.

He slipped into bed next to Sigyn, and wrapped his cool arms around her swelled abdomen.

Please, let it not be like me.

Let it have the look of an Aesir, not of a hated Jotunn, like me.

A monster.

His wife shifted, adjusting to the position where his arms were.

He already dreaded the day where his child would find of his blood, but perhaps it would not be as horrible. It will not be raised like his father raised him.

Maybe he could flee, leave his pregnant wife, whom he loved so dearly.

No.

He would not leave her.

He loves her too much to do something that awful to her.

So he wiped that out of his mind completely.

And he allowed himself to drift off into slumber.

The next day was Sigyn's shower, and she was possibly the only pregnant woman who didn't really care about her shower.

And Tony was in charge of keeping her busy until the baby shower was ready.

Much to her dismay.

"Tony, no. I don't want to." She was saying as he was pulling her to one of his cars.

"Come on! It'll be fun" he argued.

One way or another, she was in a car, with Tony taking her to some mystery destination.

Eventually, they arrived at a maternity clothes store.

"Why are we here Tony?"

"Well, you've been getting a bit... Large and-" he started, but stopped when he was given a worse death glare than Pepper has ever given him.

"Alright! Lets go in." He said, leading her into the store.

"Okay, go nuts my dear, I'll be here." Tony said to her before she started to look around.

Once Sigyn was satisfied with the clothes she picked, she went to try them on.

"I look so large. I know I've got a baby bump, but..." She was saying to herself looking into the mirror.

And Tony could hear her and was trying not to laugh.

They were in the shop for 3 hours.

When they finally got out, Sigyn had 6 new shirts, 4 dresses, and a bunch of other things.

He took her back to the Tower, because Natasha texted him telling to bring her back.

It wasn't a surprise, Sigyn knew it was today, but Pepper and Natasha wanted her to wait to see the actual thing.

Walking in, immediately Pepper led her upstairs, to the shower room.

"Oh my, this is beautiful!" She exclaimed.

"Really, this is all too sweet." The very hormonal woman said, wiping a tear from her eye.

The other ladies there were women Sigyn knew or had met before, and who also cared about her.

So the baby shower started, with little games and silly things that were fun, the unwrapping of cute gifts (half of which Sigyn knew nothing about) but nonetheless appreciated.

Toward the end, after she finished the gifts her hormones got the best of her.

"This, this is ju-just so s-sw-sweet of y-you ladies. I-I j-jus-just -do-don't k-know what t-t-to say!" She choked out, starting to cry, burying her face in her hands.

"Sigyn, it's okay, you don't have to say anything. We wanted to do this for you and we did." Pepper comforted her.

Sigyn stood up and brushed her blonde hair out of her face and pulled herself together.

About half an hour later, the shower ended, and Sigyn went off to find her husband.

"Loki?"

"Yes my dove?"

She walked into the room they shared, to find him sitting in a chair, reading.

"Oh Loki," she started, and burst into tears.

He stood up upon seeing her weep, and pulled her in tight, running his fingers through her hair.

"My darling, it will be fine. Don't worry..." He reassured her, which continued for about twenty minutes.

But the god of mischief didn't mind consoling his pregnant lover, after all, he's been pregnant before..