-Sebastian p.o.v-

I sat down next to Hunter as he nursed his swollen belly. Little baby Cai was sleeping on his chest and the other little kids were scattered around the dimly lit room. I pressed a small kiss to Hunter's neck and tenderly rubbed his pregnant tummy. He smiled blearily up at me before proceeding to rest his head on my shoulder. Someone stirred in the doorway and one of my elder sons, Nicholas, came in gently cradling Calo's tiny form. He gently settled his brother in my lap before slumping down to the floor between mine and Hunter's legs, resting his head against Hunter's knee. I carded my fingers lightly through his hair gently cradling Calo with my free arm.

Hunter and I met in high school, I was in my senior year and he was a junior, a transfer. I was a loose cannon until I met him, I fell, hard. By the Christmas that year we were dating. He was very uptight and we were complete opposites, we balanced each other out. Hunter reined me in and I helped him to loosen up and become more care free. After graduating in consecutive years we attended NYU, I took a gap year so we could be together. Soon, however, into our first year Hunter fell pregnant with the first of our children and he ended up dropping out.

Our family is very large. I was an only child whereas Hunter was the youngest of 7 so we had a great contrast in opinions about having siblings. However we both wanted a large family of our own and when Hunter had given birth to our oldest twins, Thomas and Luke, we both knew for definite that a large family is what we wanted. We waited a few months before we risked Hunter getting pregnant again. Very soon after that he fell pregnant again and 8 and a half months after that Nicholas was born. The 15 month old twins loved their new brother and found him fascinating. After Nick came our eldest daughter Seraphina. Tom and Luke doted on their baby sister while Nick was very curious and unsure at first when he was around her before he settled and began to follow his brothers' example.

When Calo was born we instantly knew something was wrong. Calo was very premature and when he was born he was miniscule and weighed barely over a pound. I could hold Calo in one hand he was so tiny. The first few years following his birth were a flurry of doctors and specialists who tried to work out what was wrong with our perfect little boy. However, it wasn't until Calo was 5 and had 2 new sisters that we were finally given an answer. Our baby boy had something called primordial dwarfism, but he was still considered a medical anomaly as he did not fit any of the subtypes. Calo had no physical deformities apart from his tiny frame; he was just like any of his siblings except he was tiny. He was dwarfed even by his baby sister.

Following Alessia and Apple were twins Blue and Beau who were two years younger than Apple. After them came Hayden and after her, the triplets, Sunday, Maple and Honey. The 3 girls took us to a grand total of 13 children. However we did not stop our family there, we, in fact, had several more children. The first of them, quadruplets, Cieron, Noelle, Isabelle and Snow. They were shortly followed by Roman and Isla. Our most recent child is Cai who turned one in June.

It is now nearing the end of December and Hunter is due in January, on the 2nd to be precise. Calo is still the smallest in the family, even smaller than Cai who is just under 12 years his junior. I gazed at my gorgeous husband as he dosed in the light of the fire his hands resting over his huge stomach. Calo stirred softly as he lay curled up on my chest. At 14 years old he is 21 inches tall, just above the average size of a new born baby. He weighs 9 pounds 3 ounces and I am so, so proud of him.

Calo's eyes fluttered open and he sat up rubbing his big, green eyes with his tiny fists. He smiled sleepily up at me before he looked around the quiet room seeing his siblings sleeping or sat quietly. Lastly his gaze fell on Hunter or Papa and he smiled again leaning back against my chest. I wrapped my arms around him and glanced at the clock. I realised I needed to get the little kids in bed. I stood up, adjusting Calo in my arms. I carefully eased baby Cai from Hunter's arms and set Calo down in his place. Calo instantly snuggled into his Papa's chest, burying his head in Hunter's neck. Nick and Seraphina, who had been sat across the room, helped me get the 13 youngest kids tucked into bed. Thankfully it was Friday night and so they were pretty tired anyway, everyone was home except our eldest 2 who would be home in the morning.

Nick and Seraphina decided that they would go to their rooms and I quickly went into Alessia and Apple to tuck them in before I went back downstairs. Calo had fallen fast asleep once again, this time on Hunter's chest not mine. I smiled to myself and tucked a blanket round the two of them, settling down beside them. Hunter subconsciously shifted closer to me as he slept allowing me to wrap my arms around them both before I slipped into a peaceful unconsciousness.

The next thing I knew I was waking up to being jostled. My eyes snapped open as I realised it was Hunter. He was struggling to get up and off the couch. I saw Calo stood in front of Hunter unable to help. He saw I was awake and said,

"Dad, Papa needs help." Hunter glanced round and I gently rested my hands on his hips, supporting him as we stood from the comfort of the couch. Hunter teetered slightly wincing from the pain of his swollen feet and ankles. I gently encircled his waist with my arms and tenderly kissed his neck. He breathed a deep sigh and quietly requested that I help him to the bathroom. While he was sorting himself out I grabbed the thermometer and checked Calo's temperature, tutting as I saw it was still at 102 degrees Fahrenheit. I softly cuddled him waiting for Hunter to be done. Calo then followed us as I helped Hunter waddle to our room. I sat my husband down on the edge of the bed and he rested his head in his hands while I grabbed Calo some PJs and settled him in our big bed. I sat cautiously next to my husband and gently rubbed his back. I knew his back was killing him along with his ankles. I eased his t-shirt off and laid him down, swiping his sweats, leaving him in only his boxers. I stripped down to my boxers as well before sitting down to massage his swollen feet for a few minutes.

When I finally settled into bed Hunter had drawn Calo into his arms and I spooned behind him rubbing his swollen belly as we both drifted off once more.