Glass

Arrival

Dennis was in full blown panic mode as he raced to the hospital to meet Casey, the baby had decided to come earlier than expected which meant that Casey had been rushed to the hospital whilst Dennis had been working, as soon as he'd gotten the phone call he had dropped what he was doing, informed his boss and was now driving like a madman to the hospital to finally say hello to their child for the first time.

"Dennis you need to slow down man, what're you trying to do kill us?" Barry shouted

"The baby...it's on the way" Dennis answered frantically his hands tightening on the wheel as he raced through another set of traffic lights.

"That doesn't mean you have to drive like a madman and get us killed, look just take deep breaths and relax, Casey's okay she safe at the hospital, the baby's fine you have nothing to worry about just breath" Barry consoled him.

When it was clear he wasn't getting any better, Barry took over and took control of the wheel

"What the hell Barry!" Dennis snapped

"Sorry Dennis but I do actually want to get to Casey alive" Barry responded before driving the rest of the way to the hospital and pulling up outside, he sat in the car briefly before speaking to Dennis "Okay big guy we're here...are you sure your ready for this?" he asked nervously.

As excited as they all were about the baby they were all worried about caring for it, despite the fact that Casey had reassured all of them that they would be fine it still worried them. After taking a few deep breaths Dennis answered.

"No, not really but I wanna see them" 

"Okay, sounds good enough to me...good luck in there man" Barry replied before handing the light back to Dennis.

Dennis sprang out of the car and barged into the hospital, nerves making his stomach twist as he walked over to the nearest member of staff.

"Excuse me...my partner was checked in here recently...she was pregnant and the baby was coming...her name is Casey, Casey Cooke, I...could you possibly show me where I need to go" Dennis stammered his whole body trembling.

"Of course sir, no problem I'll take you there right away follow me" the nurse replied before leading him to a closed off section in another ward "She'll be right through there contractions have just started I'll just let them know your the father" she nodded as Dennis followed her over to where Casey and their newborn child would shortly be with them.

"Thank you" he whispered to the nurse before peeling back the long curtains, his eyes scanning the scene for Casey who was lying on the bed, breathing in and out as the midwives instructed her on what to do, her brown eyes met his and she reached out a hand which he walked over and took firmly in his before planting a kiss on her forehead and cradling her head with his other hand.

"Are you okay?" he asked quietly staring down at her, she nodded slowly a small smile made it's way onto her face before she cried out as another contraction hit her.

"Okay Casey the baby is on it's way, all you have to do is push alright, your doing really well so far, once this is over that's the hard part over with okay" the midwife spoke calmly to her.

"Dennis!" Casey cried as she pushed the first time squeezing the hell out of his hand as she clamped onto it for dear life, Dennis stayed with before cupping her cheek and looking directly into her eyes to ground her.

"Your doing great Casey your nearly, we're one step closer to seeing our baby I love you so much" he said encouragingly before leaning down and kissing her passionately and resting his forehead on hers.

Eventually after what felt like an eternity, their baby was finally delivered and the midwives wrapped them up in warm towels and cleaned them up before turning to Casey and Dennis with a smile before handing it to Casey.

"Congratulations you have a healthy, happy baby boy" she informed them.

It was at this point that Dennis completely broke down and started to weep tears of joy as he looked down at the little bundle all wrapped up in Casey's arms as he started breast feeding him. Casey looked up at him looking exhausted but extremely happy.

He was a quiet little man who had wispy bits of brown hair already sprouting on his head and stunning blue eyes which were already scanning their surroundings hungrily.

"He's got your eyes Dennis" Casey smiled up at him as he gently wrapped an arm around her and lowered the blanket carefully off of his son's face to get a better look at him "Would you like to hold him?" Casey asked, Dennis gulped nervously before nodding and carefully taking their son and holding him close to him.

"He's perfect" Dennis whispered, crying again before bringing Casey close to him for another kiss "I love you what do you want to call him?" he asked Casey quietly not wanting to disturb him too much.

"Lucas...after my father Luke...Lucas James Crumb" Casey decided after pondering over it for a while, Dennis smiled and nodded at the name

"I love it" he replied before he leaned down and kissed his sons forehead " Welcome to the family Lucas James Crumb " he whispered to him, watching him sleep in his arms.

Casey fell asleep before long completely worn out by the long day she had had, which left Dennis alone with Lucas who was still sound asleep in his arms, a smile graced his face again as he started talking to his son.

"You'll never know just how lucky you make me feel, I never thought this day would happen but now that it has I couldn't ask for a better son, you and your mother are the most precious thing in this world to me and I promise that you will never be afraid or alone like we were...I'll protect you and look after you until my dying breath you can rely on that, the others can't wait to see you, Hedwig can't wait to see his little brother" Dennis chuckled "One day you'll understand my DID but right now you have twenty three different people who will always be here for you, as well as your mother and a crazy but wonderful detective called Emma Price, you'll always be loved that much I promise" Dennis told his son softly before looking up at Casey who was staring back at them with a smile on her face, he walked over to her kissing her before handing Lucas back over to her before joining them on the bed and drifting off to sleep next to them.