Another World

Lance Stroll

Lance collapsed against the pillows of the hospital bed, chest heaving and his body drenched in sweat.

His right hand was still clasping Sergey's and his brought his left arm over his eyes as he gasped for air.

An ear-piercing wail filled the room and Lance brought his hand down from his face as the nurse came over with a small figure swathed in a pale yellow blanket. Lance removed his hand from Sergey's and made grabby hands for his baby. The nurse gently laid the child in Lance's arms and the baby fell quiet instantly, large honey-brown eyes blinking up at the Canadian.

Lance felt tears of joy run down his cheeks as he kissed the baby's forehead, the nurse announcing their daughter.

The hospital personnel left the room with the new fathers. The two sat in the silence for a minute, relishing in the silence before Sergey spoke.

"What are we going to name her?"

Lance looked over and saw he was filling out the birth certificate.

"What about Ember as her first name?" He asked looking back down at his daughter in his arms, the fire flaming in her golden irises. "And Aculina for a middle name?"

"It fits her beautifully." Sergey grinned, writing the chosen names down on the piece of paper legally signing their daughter into the word.

Lance let out a muffled yawn as Sergey took Ember from his arms.

"Sleep, Lastachka." He murmured into Lance's hair as he kissed the young Canadian.

Lance mumbled something incoherent in response as his eyes slid shut and he drifted off into a deep sleep with his boyfriend and daughter beside him.

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Ember- "(English) remains of a fire. Spark, Burning Low"

Aculina- "(Russian) eagle. Ambitious, energetic, adventurous."

"Lastachka"- "Little swallow" (Russian term of endearment)

I looked up Russian terms of endearment, and I found they usually call their SOs after animals, like "Kitten" and "Bunny", and "Baby lion" (which is normally used for men) and I thought they were soooo cute!

I had a hard time picking a middle name, and I was almost tempted to go for "Agnessa", which means "pure. Ice and fire, emotional.", but I thought two names to do with fire was a bit overkill, but a name meaning "ambitious" was perfect for the child of two F1 drivers.