Ok so I just saw a TikTok about a woman who found out she was pregnant with their first child a few weeks after her husband left for deployment and she鈥檚 like 8 months pregnant now and he鈥檚 coming home from deployment finally. I was wondering about Jake in that situation. Like how would he react? I know he鈥檚 be devastated to miss most of the pregnancy and not being able to give you a hug when you guys found out. He would have been so attentive and doting during the pregnancy normally, but now he would be SUPER doting to try to make up for lost time. What do you think?
(Feel free to ignore this馃挄)
Pffffft as if I'd ignore this gold mine.
But like, imagine though.
You waited anxiously in the parking lot, leaning up against your car in a futile effort to ease some of the comfort. It wasn't easy being eight months pregnant. And it wasn't easy having to go through it alone while your husband had been shipped off to god only knows where just before you had found out. And it certainly wasn't easy keeping it a secret from him for that entire time.
You still weren't sure you had done the right thing by not telling him. On one hand, you hadn't wanted him to worry while he was an ocean away, and you definitely didn't want him to worry about you when he was operating a multi-ton machine thousands of feet up in the air. No, the very thought made you sick with worry of your own.
On the other hand...
You opened up the passenger side door, carefully dipping down to grab your water bottle that you had flung in the seat and some Tums for your heartburn. You had just found the bottle of Tums when a pair of strong legs stopped in your peripheral.
"Well, hi there gorgeous."
You jumped, turning to face the man beside you.
"Jake!" you cried, smiling reflexively at the sight of your husband. He beamed down at you as you straightened, tummy still hidden by the car door. Jake leaned in to plant a long, slow kiss to your lips. One turned into two. Two turned into three. Finally, you pulled away from him with a hum, and a pout settled on his lips. "Missed you, baby."
Your heart stuttered. "I missed you too," you replied, cursing at the nerves that made their way into your tone. Jake's brow furrowed.
"You okay, darlin'?" he asked. You shifted your weight as you tried to figure out the best way to tell him. Before you could, Jake rounded the door, stopping when he finally took in your full form. His eyes widened, and his jaw nearly fell to the ground. "What?" he trailed off.
"I wanted to tell you," you rushed out, feeling tears prickle at your eyes. Damn hormones. "I just didn't know how, and it didn't seem like the kind of thing you say over the phone, and I didn't want to worry you, and it's not like you could just up and leave, and-"
Jake didn't seem to be paying attention to your rambling as he stared down your stomach, his gaze full of quiet awe. Slowly, he reached a hand out to place it on your stomach.
"We're having a baby?" he asked quietly. You felt the tears roll down your cheeks before you could stop them.
"Yes," you sobbed. "Oh, Jake. I'm so sorry."
That caught his attention. His eyes snapped up to meet yours. A confused frown tugging at his lips. "What on earth do you have to be sorry for, sweetheart?"
"I should have told you before now," you cried. Jake shook his head, reaching up to cradle your head to his chest as much as your stomach would allow.
"None of that, mama," he cooed, rocking you gently from side to side. "It's me who should be sorry for leaving you here to do this all by yourself."
"It's not like you had a choice," you muttered, nuzzling into his chest. Jake ran a soothing hand over your hair.
"Doesn't matter now," he hummed, pulling away just far enough to see you. "I'm here, and I plan on making up for lost time. Now, let's get home so I can pamper and spoil my beautiful wife that's carrying my baby."
Jake helped you into the passenger seat, making sure you were buckled in securely before jogging over to the other side.
"Is it a boy or a girl?" he asked excitedly as he drove the speed limit home, something completely out of character for your husband.
"A boy," you smiled, rubbing your stomach affectionately.
Jake grinned. "A boy," he breathed with a shake of his head. You were sure his cheeks were sore from how hard he was smiling. "Have you decided on a name?"
You shook your head. "Wanted to wait until you came home so we could decide together."
"What about Jake Junior?"
"Absolutely not," you snort. Jake's smile never faltered as he let out a chuckle.
"That's okay, mama. I've still got a whole month to get you to come around."
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I am not a big procrastinator usually but there's some tasks i have been avoiding like the plague so here's a to do list to hold myself accountable. To make it less overwhelming the goal is to complete at least one task each week.
Replace protective glass on phone
Music stuff on phone
Upload travel pictures on laptop
Tattoo plan for real (couting this as done since I might wait to get an appointment around my birthday time, as for the designs and placement and all I am on board with my ideas. The only thing I need to do now is to find time to work more while I also study to have enough money to get inked)
Book appointment to get degree documents
Update reading journal
Start posting the book rec posts i have written like 6 months ago and never posted because i am a fool
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(I am never buying anything from mini verse ever again because I don't know if it's the resin that they use or how they go about trying to make these items but nothing seems to cure any of this resin fully enough to the point that anything actually sticks.
(I'm going to see if I can try doing this with my regular UV resin but long story short if you really want to make something from mini verse, toss out the resin they provide and just stick with whatever UV resin you have and do your best color matching. It's probably safer.)
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