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gabriel puts the awesome in archangel (archtrickster) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2012-01-22 22:01:00

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gabriel, jade

Who: Gabriel and Jade.
What: Hanging out and being domestic.
Where: Their flat.
When: Afternoon.
Rating: TBD.
Status: In progress.

Gabriel was still adjusting to the whole 'going to be a father' thing. Particularly to the 'going to be a father to a half-angel child who would never be anything approaching normal' thing. He had never really considered the possibility before, mostly because he'd never had a relationship that lasted and, he supposed, on some level he'd always subconsciously willed against it. But things were different now. He was happy with Jade and settled down, or as settled as he would ever get. And, in a general sense at least, he liked kids. Kids were fun. And they didn't lie or pretend to be anything they weren't, or do any of the multitude of things that really annoyed him about adults. Mostly, he was just worried about screwing up. He tended to do that a lot, the screwing up thing, and he didn't want to do that now. But he had Jade with him, and she at least wouldn't screw up. So, with approximately one and a quarter responsible adults between them, they'd probably manage.

If Jade didn't kill him first. That was a very real possibility, Jade killing him because he'd knocked her up and now she was having a mutant baby that rushed through pregnancy like a bull through Pamplona. Still, he could handle it. Probably. Maybe. Okay, he was totally screwed. Few people scared him, but Jade was one. Because she was scary. And there was always the possibility that she would see sense and realize there was every chance she could do better than a manchild archangel. He frowned. He really didn't like that. Clearly, he'd just have to convince her he was useful to keep around, even if he did do stupid and insane things a lot.

"Hey, Jade," he said, poking his head into the living room where she was relaxing and enjoying the break from Adam. Not that Adam was a bad kid, but he was an antichrist and they could be a handful. Today though, he was out playing with dog. "Can I get you anything, sweetcheeks?" He didn't come all the way into the room, worried she might throw a shoe at his head or something. "Ice cream? Tea? A kitten?" He wasn't sure what she might like.

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givenachoice
2012-01-23 05:30 am UTC (link)

Pregnant. She was pregnant. If ever there was something that Jade never thought she would be, pregnant was pretty much at the top of the list. In fact, 'an agent of Lucifer's' was just about the only thing she might have placed above it, with possibly 'an Archangel' ranking somewhere alongside. Really, though, that was about as far as her list went. An agent of Lucifer's, an Archangel and, tied neck and neck with the second one, pregnant. Yet here she was, very much pregnant and stuck that way for at least the next three weeks or so. Give or take. Honestly, Gabriel had been pretty dodgy on exactly how long this pregnancy of hers was meant to last. Which didn't exactly endear him to her all that much because if there was anything she wanted to know, it was how long she was going to be stuck this way.

But no. He had no answer for her. In fact, the couple of times she'd tried to weasel a straight answer from him, he'd gone off on some tangent about Twilight and Bella and 'don't worry I won't be gnawing the baby out of you' because that was what mattered to her the most right now. And okay, so yes. That did matter a little bit. But that wasn't what she was asking about and if he thought she didn't pick up on his spectacular ability to avoid the question directly, he really didn't know her at all.

Except she knew that wasn't true. Gabriel did know her. He knew her intimately, and far more than the physical way that had gotten her in this predicament in the first place. He understood her. Much like the him from her reality - yet still as different as night and day - he had a bond with her that no other could really come hope to achieving. He made her feel good about herself, made her laugh and, most important, made her feel as though she wasn't somehow incomplete just because she wasn't an Archangel anymore. Which wasn't an easy thing to achieve, really, considering Jade still had her fair share of issues with that fact when all was said and done.

Yet somehow he managed it. Just as he managed to make her smile while seriously rivalling the size of a house. Not an easy task, to say the least, but there he was, offering ice cream and tea and kittens of all things. Because yes. What she needed was a small, furry animal that would suck the life right out of her half-angelic spawn the second it was born. Perfect. Really.

Biting back a sarcastic filled comment that would sound quite similar to her thoughts and would probably also result in Gabriel looking like a cancer-ridden puppy that had been beaten with a belt just for existing, Jade instead offered him a small smile while resting one hand on her already swollen belly. "Actually," she said in a surprisingly even tone, "come here for a second." She paused, her grin quirking a bit at the corners as she tacked on, "And no, this isn't a trick. I'm not going to throw anything at you." She paused again. "Or stab you," she assured him. "I just want you to feel this."

Because as frustrated as she was at being in the position she was in, their baby had started kicking not three minutes before he'd poked his head into the room. And if there was one thing that Jade didn't want the daddy-to-be to miss out on, it was this. Even if part of her was seriously considering hiding an angel killing blade in her overnight bag for use during labor at the clinic. Or wherever he decided, in his wisdom-that-was-anything-but that she should deliver.

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archtrickster
2012-01-23 09:27 am UTC (link)

Gabriel was still pretty sure Jade was going to smack him at the very least, so he was hesitant to come over to where she was sitting until she told him that she just wanted him to feel something. There was, of course, still the possibility that she was lulling him into a false sense of security before beating him to death with her shoe, but he was fairly certain that wasn't the case. Jade tended to be pretty straightforward about things, so if she did want to hit him she would likely have just said so. And he would have let her, because she really deserved the chance after everything.

But then it was clear she honestly just wanted him to feel something, and that something was the baby kicking. And, as awkward as he'd been just moments before, Gabriel really didn't want to miss out on that. Mostly because he'd probably inadvertently make the baby start up again if it started, and then Jade really would murder him and be completely justified in doing so. With that in mind, Gabriel sat down hesitantly next to Jade and moved his hand to rest it on her stomach. He was somewhat surprised by just how much he wanted the reality of this, not an abstract idea but the real thing, and he felt something warm and fuzzy in his heart as he felt the slight movement of the baby. It was almost like a kitten had crawled inside his vessel and curled up in his chest cavity. Only less disturbing and gross.

It hadn't quite hit him until that moment, though he knew logically that it was a reality. But now it was different. He'd felt their child. He'd touched something inside it and he couldn't help grinning at Jade. "That's...awesome," he said with a wide smile. "Wow...I just...we made that. We made a tiny, vaguely human creature. And pretty soon he'll be here and he'll be awesome, because how could he not with parents like us." He leaned over and kissed her. "I love you so much, Jade."

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givenachoice
2012-01-25 04:44 am UTC (link)

Jade's smile had grown as she'd watched the various emotions flicker across Gabriel's face as he'd felt their child kicking for the first time. The shock and awe, followed by the realization that this was very much real, had more than made up for the fact that he was the reason she was in the situation she was in at the moment. Yes, pregnancy wasn't something that she was particularly enjoying, but she freely admitted - or would, if asked - that a large part of that was due to going through so much of it, so quickly.

Of course, then Gabriel had to go and open his mouth. And although Jade loved him, had loved the version of him that had existed in her reality and loved this version even more, if that were possible, part of her wanted to smack him upside the head for his statement. Not the part about loving her. No, if he hadn't said that, she probably would have burst into tears. Stupid hormones. Rather, her worry was born from the in-passing comment about a tiny, vaguely human creature. Because yes, she knew that he hadn't meant it as anything bad but it still made something deep inside of her twitch and caused instant worry to flood through her consciousness.

"He's going to look human though, right?"

The question was asked with worry lacing her tone but still with minimal hesitation or reservation. Jade didn't much believe in beating around the bush. Although she did pause long enough to glance down at her stomach with something akin to trepidation before turning her gaze to the Archangel beside her. "I love you too, Gabe," she said, almost absently even if she meant it with ever fiber of her being. "Now reassure me that our child isn't going to be born looking like some freak of nature."

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