one word one shots.

first word: 'Bump' from Tori.

Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open

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"Bri, wake up"

"Bri…"

"Brian!" Olivia grabbed her shoe from the bedroom floor and threw it at her husband who was lying on his stomach still sound asleep.

"Fuck, Liv! What the hell?" Brian shot up in bed and threw the leather boot to the floor as he rubbed his shoulder and the left side of his face where the boot had smacked him.

"Look!"

Olivia turned to the side and pointed towards her stomach, which was now slightly protruding. She ran her fingers over the tight, tanned skin; she was finally getting a bump. Her heart thudded hard in her chest as she realised this was all definitely happening.

Ten weeks ago Olivia had found out she was pregnant, seven weeks along to be exact. She had taken a test at work that morning having already deciding not to tell her husband of nearly three years that she even suspected she was pregnant in fear of getting his hopes up for nothing. She arrived home that evening with the positive test wrapped up in her purse, she had collapsed on the couch in tears, her hand pressed against her stomach as she cried for everything she had ever dreamed of and the fact that it was all coming true.

She and Brian had decided early on that they wanted children, she had wanted children her whole life, a big family, something she had never had growing up and wanted now more than ever now that she had found the man she loved more than anyone in the world. After over a year of trying to get pregnant they slowly began to lose hope, nothing seemed to be happening. So when almost a year and a half later that little plastic stick turned blue she could barely contain her happiness.

Brian arrived home that night and she hesitated to tell him, her heart lodged in her throat as she watched the worry and concern spread across his masculine features as he noticed the red, puffiness of her eyes, the obvious sign she'd been crying.

"Babe, what's wrong?" He hurried towards her and cupped her face, his fingers gently tracing the slightly swollen skin under her eyes. He quickly kissed her forehead and pulled back "Are you okay? What happened?"

"I'm fine, I am" She grinned and wrapped her arms around his waist as she buried her face into his chest and breathed deeply, her fingers latching onto the dark material of his coat as he tangled his fingers in her hair. She felt a few fresh tears fall from her eyes and she chuckled.

"What is it Liv?"Brian kissed the top of her head just before she pulled back from him, her arms still around his waist. "Tell me babe…"

"I'm pregnant" She whispered in the middle of their otherwise silent apartment, the sky just beginning to darken outside in the winter hours. Olivia couldn't help but laugh as Brian pulled away from her wide-eyed, his body still as his gaze shifted between her face and her stomach.

"You're…we're…"

"We're having a baby, honey"

"What am I looking at?" Brian rubbed his eyes, squinting away from the bright light that shone in the dark bedroom from bedside lamp. "What the hell time is it anyway?" He groaned

"Three am and here" She replied quickly as she leaned onto the bed and grabbed his hand, practically pulling his body over to her side as she stood firmly on the floor and pressed his hand softly against her stomach.

She grinned at the look of amazement on his face when she slowly trailed his hand from the front of her stomach to her hip and back, allowing him to feel the beginnings of a curve to her body.

"That's our kid in there" He laughed, bringing both hands to her stomach as he leaned forward and pressed a kiss to the curve just above her belly button.

"Yeah it is" Olivia's smile lit up the room as he leaned up and cupped her face with his bed-warm hands, his fingers lacing into the ends of her hair.

Their lips collided in a lazy kiss, hands gently gripping each others bodies as Brian pulled his wife closer, feeling her naked stomach press against his own, he grinned against her mouth "I love you"

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"Stop scratching"

"Well, it itches" Olivia groaned as she lightly dragged her nails over the now prominent swell of her abdomen. She walked slowly from the bathroom to the living room, the steam from her shower following her.

"The doctor said it's normal" Brian spoke as he threw the sports magazine he was reading onto the coffee table "It's just your skin stretching, it should stop soon"

"Yeah that doesn't make it any less itchy though" She moaned as she sank back into the cushions beside him, bringing her legs up under her, her robe falling from her thigh exposing her full long legs.

"Come on…" Brian took her hands and led her from the living room to the bedroom and instructed her to shed her dark robe and lay on her back in the middle of the bed.

He made his way into the bathroom and grabbed the cocoa butter lotion that Olivia had to buy 'because most pregnant women swore by it for helping ease stretch marks during pregnancy.' Five months in and their child was growing like a weed inside his mothers womb, they had found out that they were expecting a little boy the week before and Brian would never forget the look of pure joy on his wife's face as the tears fell from her eyes, she confessed to him in the car ride home that she had always wanted a son.

"Do you want to know the sex of your baby?" The doctor turned to the couple that both looked at her wide-eyed

"You can tell already?" Olivia asked as she gazed at the screen, she was completely and utterly captivated by the image of her child moving around on the screen, they could now clearly see the head and both arms and legs, the strong heartbeat had filtered throughout the room moments before and she couldn't stop herself from crying at the sound.

"I can indeed, baby's lying in a prime position…"

Brian squeezed his wife's hand "It's up to you babe" He lifted their joined hands and kissed her fingers.

"Yeah, tell us" Olivia grinned at the doctor who moved the wand around on her stomach before coming to a stop.

"Well, if either of you could read a sonogram you'd see he's giving us a full view, you've got a little show off here" The older woman laughed

"It's a boy?" Brian exclaimed, "We're having a son?"

The doctor laughed along with Olivia at his excitement "You are indeed, congratulations you two, you're having a little boy"

"Liv, babe, we're having a boy!" He grinned, resisting the urge to jump up and down like a kid at Christmas

"Yeah" She beamed "A little boy" She turned her gaze back to the screen watching the fluttering movements of their son, she couldn't help the few tears that fell freely from her dark eyes

"Our baby boy"

"What are you gonna do to me?" Olivia asked slyly as she shifted slightly on the bed, moving one of the pillows down behind her back, keeping her hips slightly propped up from the mattress to alleviate the pain that came from the baby pushing on her spine. "I love you and everything but I'm really not in the mood for sex" She chuckled as she rested her clasped hands under her bump.

"Just be quiet and relax" Brian smiled as he slowly spread her legs and sat between them, pulling her thighs to rest over his own. He smiled at his wife, marvelling at how beautiful she was lying in her black bra and boy shorts, her dark hair fanned out on the pillows beneath her head, her swollen stomach that housed their son sticking out from her usual toned abs. He leaned down and kissed the skin of her thigh quickly before reaching for the body lotion and lathering some on his hands before softly pressing them to her stomach.

"Okay, I could get used to this" She grinned as she closed her eyes and sighed, letting her husband slowly massage the lotion into her skin.

Brian continued to slowly press his fingers into her tight skin, massaging his way from the top of her stomach to all the way down to her knees. The couple lay in almost silence, basking in the quiet romance of the situation.

"Just think in about twelve weeks he'll be here" He smiled as he ran his hands over her stomach again, pressing her left side gently when he felt his son kick against his hand.

"I love when he does that" Olivia grinned, the excitement spread across her face like wildfire as their son awoke inside of her, making his presence known as he pushed against her.

"Bri, it kicked!" Olivia shouted from the kitchen "Brian!"

"What?!" He ran from the bathroom, a towel wrapped around his waist, his hair and body still dripping water from the shower he just jumped out of.

"The baby just kicked" She smiled wide and lifted her shirt, pressing his still damp hands against her skin, pressing lightly to try and get their baby to kick again.

"Are you sure? Maybe it…Oh my god" Brian was interrupted by a dull thud against his right hand as their baby made it's presence known.

"It just kicked" He chuckled as he kissed his wife on the mouth "Our baby just kicked"

"Sure did" Olivia laughed, beaming at the feel of their child moving around inside of her as she kissed her husband hard on the lips, her tongue pushing into his mouth, keeping his hands pressed with hers against her slightly growing stomach.

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"Oh come on!" Olivia chuckled as she watched her husband yell at the TV.

"Now son…" Brian turned a little from his position on the floor and leaned in close to his wife's eight-month pregnant bump "That is called a fumble. No one likes a fumble" He insisted.

"Now I'm not sure that's all true, you don't seem to mind a fumble with me every now and again" Olivia smirked behind the pregnancy magazine she was reading as she lay on the couch on her side, cushions propped up around her body.

Brian's eyes widened at his wife's obvious innuendo, he grinned as he shifted his gaze from her and turned to the other side, his mouth close to her stomach once again "Don't listen to what Mama just said" He said quietly "Yes, it's true, but you probably don't need to know that, although that is how you got in there"

Olivia laughed and closed the magazine, dropping it to the floor beside her husband. She gently ran her fingers through his hair, her nails scratching at his scalp as he tried to concentrate on the football game on their big screen TV.

"Are you trying to turn me on? Because I'm telling you it's working"

She chuckled and gripped his hair "Now that would be teasing, because we both know I can barely move right now never mind have sex"

Olivia had been put on bed rest a little over three weeks ago with strict instructions to limit her time on her feet due to the fact that her son was lying on her sciatic nerve causing her a lot of pain in her back and legs.

"He'll be here soon, all of this will be worth it in a couple of weeks" He turned to her and smiled before kissing her lips.

"Touchdown" Olivia mumbled against his lips, laughing out loud when he pulled away and whipped round to see the players jump around the field with glee as they finally scored.

Brian cheered at the TV and turned to his left and leant in to speak to his son "That's called a touchdown son, everybody loves a touchdown. Unless it's the other team that scores, then we don't like that"

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"As much as I want him here, I'm really gonna miss being pregnant" Olivia slowly ran her hands over her bump, her eyes drawn to the IV sticking out of the back of her hand.

"He'll be here soon" Brian beamed "Our son is gonna be born today"

Olivia's waters had broken six hours ago and they were still anxiously waiting for the arrival of their little boy, the doctors were happy with her progress and were hopeful that she shouldn't be in labour for much longer.

"I just want him here now, I want to hold him and just…I want my son" She grinned for a second before groaning as another contraction began to rip through her body. She grabbed her husband's hand tight and squeezed trying not to cry out in agony.

Four hours later and Olivia was exhausted, having spent the last ten minutes pushing she was officially ready to give up.

"I can't do it anymore…" She cried, pulling on Brian's hand so he leaned closer to her "You do it for me" she pleaded

"Babe, I would if I could" He chuckled and kissed the side of her head, pushing some of the matted hair back from her face "Come on Liv, you can do it, just think baby, our son's gonna be here any minute"

"I can't…"

"Come on detective, don't give up now" Brian chuckled as she reached over to smack him for his remark.

"Olivia, give me one big push on your next contraction okay? We'll have you're baby out in no time"

Olivia struggled to move on the bed, her body numb from the pain of the contractions, she had wished she had accepted the nurses offer of a epidural hours ago instead of being her usual stubborn self and insisting she could do it on her own.

Moments later she screamed out as another contraction torn through her body, she pushed and pushed, the encouraging words of the nurses and her husband were all a blur, a mess of noise in the background as she felt her baby finally leave her body. She collapsed back on the bed and sighed, her hand covering her mouth as the first loud cries of her son echoed throughout the hospital room.

"Congratulations Mama, here's your baby boy" The doctor smiled and placed the baby on Olivia's chest, the nurse by her side gently wrapped his little body in the white blanket and gently rubbed him as Olivia whispered soothing, welcoming words to her new-born son

"Hey baby, hey, it's okay," She cried with her son, her tears were tears of joy as she watched her son being lifted from her chest, she turned to her husband who had just cut the umbilical cord and was handing the scissors back to the doctor, his own tears sparkling in his eyes.

"The nurse is just going to clean him up, you'll get him back in a minute." The doctor smiled.

"You did so good babe" Brian wrapped his arms around his exhausted yet ecstatic wife "I love you so much"

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"Here we go baby boy, let's go see your Mommy and Daddy" The nurse carefully handed the baby to Olivia who felt a fresh batch of tears fill her eyes as her son burrowed his little body into her arms.

"Hey baby…Hi" She beamed as her son opened his eyes, his wide-eyed gaze trying to focus on the voice of his mother.

"Looks like he's definitely got his mother's eyes" The nurse smiled as she watched Olivia interact with her son.

Brian watched his wife gently sway the baby back and forth where she sat, whispering soft words of love to their baby boy. He gently sat on the edge of the bed wrapping his arm around her shoulder, his hand softly resting on the top of his son's head, his fingers cautiously running over the baby's soft dark hair.

"Seven pounds exactly, all ten fingers and toes, he's a perfectly healthy baby, congratulations" The nurse told them before leaving the new family to have some alone time.

"He's perfect Bri" Olivia grinned as she slowly ran her finger down the bridge of the baby's tiny nose "You wanna go see Daddy?" She slowly shifted the baby in her arms and carefully handed him over to Brian, feeling a fresh batch of hormones hit her like a freight train when she saw Brian and his son interact for the first time.

"Hey buddy, we've waited a long time for you" He whispered before lifting his son and pressing a soft kiss to his tiny head.

Olivia leaned into her husband, her head resting on his shoulder as she placed her hand over her son's stomach, watching with awe as he stared up at his father with his wide, dark eyes that mirrored her own.

"He needs a name…"

"Whatever you think babe, I can't remember my own name right now" Brian chuckled as he kept his gaze firmly on the new-born in his arms.

"I still like Isaac" She said quietly, her smile widened as the baby turned his gaze to her "You like that baby? You think your name should be Isaac?"

"It suits him" Brian smiled "He looks like an Isaac"

"I think we just named our son" Olivia spoke "Isaac Nicholas Cassidy"

"Nicholas?" He turned his head to face his wife who nodded and kissed him

"Nicholas. After your father"

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