"Daddy? What'cha doing?"

Glancing up quickly, Gray saw his little son, Silver, rubbing the sleep from his eyes and trying to stifle a yawn as he padded into the kitchen. Fortunately, while Silver did greatly admire and take after his father, the boy had not developed the habit of undressing himself at random times. Not that Silver hadn't tried before, it was just that he learned not to when his mother began taking away cookies and sweets after dinner as a consequence.

Returning his attention to the stove, Gray replied, "Making breakfast. You hungry?"

"Mm-hmm," said Silver before giving his father a bemused frown and asking, "Isn't that Mommy's job?"

"Not necessarily," answered Gray as he turned the bacon in the pan, "Mommy usually makes breakfast because she's up first, but Daddy can cook too."

"Where's Mommy?"

"Mommy's still sleeping," said Gray as he began flipping pancakes to cook on the other side, "She didn't sleep well last night."

"Why not?" asked Silver as he came over to stand next to Gray. The boy was a little taller than Gray's knee and was gazing up at his dad with wide brown eyes.

Turning down the heat on the stove slightly, Gray bent over to pick Silver up as he said, "Well, because the baby is supposed to come any day now and your mommy's…" he paused as he thought of a way to be truthful and yet tactful, "she's anxious to meet the baby."

"Yeah," said Silver as he grinned at Gray, "I wanna meet my brother and teach him magic."

Internally, Gray groaned. As soon as Lucy and Gray had explained to Silver that he was about to be a big brother, the boy had been convinced that the baby would be a boy. Probably he had seen how Bixslow and Lisanna's son, Klaus, looked up to his older cousin Ivan, who was Elfman and Evergreen's son, and wanted someone younger to act the same way with him. Even when Lucy and Gray had gently broken the news that the doctor said the baby was going to be a girl, Silver had stubbornly refused to believe them. Together, they had decided not to talk about the baby's sex in front of Silver. Gray also went to the guild and told everyone that he and Lucy would be ever so grateful if they would all do the same.

"Sure," said Gray slowly as he walked over and set Silver down on one of the tall kitchen chairs, "When the baby is big enough, you can help Mommy and I teach them all about magic."

"Good," said Silver with a grin before he cupped a hand around his mouth and whispered conspiratorially, "Don't tell Mommy," he quickly checked over his shoulder before saying, "but I hope he likes Ice Make the best."

Fighting hard to keep himself from snorting with laughter, Gray mimicked pulling a zipper over his lips and nodded in understanding. Since Silver had inherited Gray's powers, more than likely the new baby would take after Lucy. However, Gray would be lying if he said a small part of him wasn't hoping for another Ice Mage in the family.

"What are you two up to?"

The Fullbuster males looked up simultaneously as the matriarch of the family shuffled sleepily into the kitchen. Gray couldn't help but grin as he was struck by the thought that Silver didn't just take after him. His wife and son were able to do the most adorable things without realizing what they were doing. He loved that about them.

"Nothing dear," answered Gray nonchalantly as he went back to making sure the food didn't overcook, "Silver was just keeping me company while I made some breakfast."

"Is that so?" said Lucy with a warm smile as she walked over to give her son a hug and kiss, "Would you help me set the table, Silver?"

"Sure!" exclaimed the boy as he leaped off the chair with a whoop of excitement.

This time Gray couldn't contain his laughter as he took in the sight of his son flying through the air while his wife's brown eyes widened in alarm and panic as her arms automatically reached out to catch her son a few milliseconds too late. Fortunately, Silver landed firmly on his feet after which he turned to look up at Lucy and gave her a rather impish grin.

Eyes flashing in anger and irritation, Lucy whirled on her husband and demanded, "Stop laughing! It'll only encourage him!"

Then, turning to her son with one hand on her hip and the other rubbing her belly, Lucy said emphatically, "And as for you, there are better ways to get down from a chair."

For only being two years old, Silver was a pretty intelligent kid in Gray's estimation. The boy knew when to fight and when to surrender. He also knew how to do the latter in a way that would almost instantly put him back in his mother's good graces, but not in an insincere or phony way. Another thing Gray and his son shared in common, though, Gray had to admit grudgingly that Silver did have an advantage over him.

Looking up into Lucy's eyes, Silver said, "I'm sorry, Mommy."

Bending over to ruffle her son's hair, Lucy said with a smile, "I forgive you, sweetie."

Walking over to the cupboard to pull out a large serving platter, Gray interjected in a mock serious tone, "Yes, you shouldn't do anything to scare your mother right now, Silver."

When both his wife and son looked at him with matching blank expressions, Gray tried not to choke as he fought his laughter and said, "You might scare the baby right out of her."

After gaping at Gray in shock for a few seconds, Lucy said furiously, "Don't put weird ideas into his head!"

"Yeah, that would be pretty weird."

All three Fullbusters turned towards the familiar but completely unexpected owner of the voice. Only Silver seemed excited about seeing them as he threw his hands in the air and charged towards them.

"Natsu!" the boy exclaimed as he jumped into the Dragon Slayer's outstretched arms.

"Hey there, icy squirt!" said Natsu as he caught the boy, tossed him in the air, caught him again and then sat Silver on his right shoulder as he asked, "How's it going?"

Before Silver could answer, Gray growled, "Natsu, you stupid flame brain, why are you breaking into my house?!"

Narrowing his eyes at Gray, Natsu said in a low tone, "It's not breaking in when you spend two whole minutes knocking at the door and no one answers, so you walk around to find an open window, popsicle retard."

"That's still breaking and entering!" retorted Gray, "No one invited you in!"

During the dialogue between her husband and their teammate, Lucy's expression had morphed from surprise and shock at Natsu's unexpected arrival to surprise and shock for a completely different reason.

"Gray…" Lucy began before she was interrupted by Natsu.

"Someone would have invited me in if they had actually answered the door like they're supposed to!"

Clenching his fists, Gray shot back, "No they wouldn't have because we were about to have breakfast together as a family! That doesn't include you!"

"Gray…" Lucy tried again, but the two men were too far gone in their rivalry to notice anything or anyone else.

"I never said that I wanted any breakfast!" Natsu retorted, "I just came to say hi!"

"You could do that at the guild!"

"It's not the same!"

"It is the same!"

"It's not!"

"It is!"

"It's not!"

"It is!"

"It's-"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!"

Both men flinched and turned their full attention on Lucy. During the argument, Silver had watched the heated exchange with an expression of fascination and a slight smile. Now, however, his wide-eyed and slightly apprehensive expression was a perfect match to the ones on Gray's and Natsu's face.

Wincing in pain, but still managing to look very much in control, Lucy said through gritted teeth, "Gray, you need to get the bags now and take me to the hospital."

It took a few moments before understanding dawned on Gray's face and he immediately raced out of the room. The bags had been pretty much fully packed a month previously with only the toiletries missing. Those items Gray quickly swiped from the bathroom and almost haphazardly packed in the appropriate pouches before sprinting back down the stairs.

While Gray was gone, Lucy gripped the counter and said, "Natsu, since you're here, you can take Silver to the guild with you for a while."

"Mommy?" asked Silver with a slight quaver in his voice, "What's wrong?"

Giving her son as strong a smile as she could manage, Lucy said, "Nothing's wrong, sweetie. Mommy and Daddy need to go to the hospital and-" she couldn't finish her sentence as she winced and groaned in pain.

Lifting Silver up and setting him down so that he was sitting on his shoulders, Natsu said, "Don't worry about Lucy, pipsqueak. She and Gray are going to the hospital to get your little si-" he quickly corrected himself, saying, "They're going to get a baby while we go have fun at the guild! What do you think about that?"

Eyes nearly popping out of his head, Silver said in an awed tone, "I scared the baby out of Mommy…"

Author's Note:

This is a little something I put together for blue-queen-kiko on Tumblr after I saw her adorable Graylu family pictures that she drew. Don't know how much more of this I will do, but probably at least another chapter or two.

I enjoy Fairy Tail and it's characters, but it's not a manga or anime that I faithfully follow, so if there are things about characters, their powers or events that happened in canon that I get wrong, I do apologize ahead of time. I welcome any constructive criticism, tips, ideas or suggestions for things I can do or improve upon.

Hope you guys enjoyed it!