Lucca
I wake up in my basinet the next day, I don't even remember what happened last night. I stretch out and debate on getting down on my own. However that really doesn't seem smart since I'm in my rocking bassinet. I can't get out unless I'm ACTUALLY picked up. I end up going back to sleep for an hour or two and when I wake up, Ethan is carrying me downstairs to have breakfast. I look up at him and smile happily, I snuggle against him and try to get closer despite already being in his arms. "Someone's a bit clingy today, huh sweet boy?" He says. I giggle and reach for his earrings, they're just studs but they're shiny! "No no baby, you can't have these." I whine and kick in my chair. "Sorry honey, these are sharp on the backs." I huff and whine until I see him...Mr.Knight! "Daddy!" I squeal and try to escape my highchair. I want over there to him! He picked me up and spun me around. "How's my precious little one doing today?" I hug him. I glance to Ethan who's doing something, said something is found out just a moment later when I'm scooped up and given a bottle.
Ethan
I smile at Alex...he called him daddy. It's a big step. "Hey buddy, what's my name?" I ask hopefully, he thinks for a second. "Vewociwaptor!" I pause...Velociraptor? A dino? I can see Alex cracking up, he finds this sooo funny. Ass. "Daddy! Daaaaaaddy! Daddy Daddy Daddy!" Our little one chirps happily. "You're doing this to mess with me, huh?" I ask. Tiny baby is a MENACE. "Doin' wha? I nuh do nofin!" He says, of course he "isn't doing anything." "Are you sure?" He paused. "I doin big boy shit!" We both pause before bursting out laughing, our tiny baby, our little one who's currently suckling on his baba, paci clipped to his onesie and under said onesie is a pull up which I probably should see if needs changed. "Mhm, big boy stuff?" He shakes his head. "Big boy SHIT!" He says, says it CONFIDENTLY. "Damn." He giggles and drinks his bottle happily. Alex is quick to speak up though. "Baby, I'm gonna let you pass in that this once, but no more yucky big boy words, okay?" He nodded and hugged Alex. " 'm sowwy daddy...and sowwy vewociwaptor..." I just stare. "Mhm...yeah, apology accepted kiddo." We go over to the living room after a while and I put him in a bouncer as we go start to get ready for the day, I also make sure to put on Bluey. A little while later Alex and myself are dressed up in suits and our little one is covered in his yogurt as he happily watched the cartoons. I clean up his face and hands before grabbing a no legged onesie and slipping it onto him along with a pacifier and a new pull up, it's going to be a long day of court. Alex finishes dressing him by putting him into shorts overalls and letting him crawl around as I pack the diaper bag. Then it's carride time, it went super well. He mostly watched his tablet and babbled to us about transformers. We get him out of the car and buckle him into his stroller. "You ready little one? It's a big day baby." I smile as I say, I'm so excited! But I can't let it show currently. I push the stroller gently into the building after getting a verbal response from him. He's confused, but who wouldn't be? We didn't exactly tell him what's going on. "Okay bubs, we're gonna go in, we go to security, we'll get you out of the stroller while they check it and your bag then we have to walk through a big door like thingy, okay? It's not gonna do anything, you'll be alright." He nods, I can tell he's a bit anxious so I motion Alex to take his paci and pop it into Lucca's mouth. "Shh, little one everything is gonna be okay." Alex tells him. We get to the door and go on in. We wait a little bit in the security line, a few judging stares, a little kid who pointed, and a sweet old lady who offered Lucca a piece of candy, which he HAPPILY took from her, using manners and all. However now it's our turn. "Alright," says the security worker. "Remove him from the stroller please." I nod and get Lucca out, the guy proceeded to pay down his stroller. He asks to remove the bag and look and Alex lets him. "What's all this for?" He pulls out a bottle I packed in the event he gets too restless during the court hearing. "It's for our kid." Alex says, the guy puts it back, finishes searching and then moved to having us walk through the metal detector. Alex goes first and I then let Lucca walk through to his Daddy. Alex scoops him up as I'm ushered through the device. He clears us to go wait in the lobby, we do. I play with Lucca a bit, keeping him entertained as everything goes on around him, he's rightfully nervous and still confused. In the half our we're waiting I bounce him, rock him, cuddle with my baby and just try to keep him calm as he's already freaking out a small bit. "Shh, shh, honey it's all okay, I promise." He doesn't believe me. Eventually it's time to enter the court room and I push the stroller towards the room, keeping Lucca out of it seeing as it's a last resort seat for now. I take him into the court room, set him down, I notice his caseworker is there and she looks nervous as we both glance at his bio family. They seem happy and normal, but the moment Lucca sees them as we walk up the isle...all hell breaks loose. My baby is fucking terrified.
"Daddy don't send me back to them! I'll be good!"
Heads up, the next chapter will be a bit heavy for some readers, I'll put a content warning at the top.