A football team.
On a Thursday, she had been acting weird all day. A few times during dayshift, he had actually twisted his head trying to figure out of this particular day was one that he was supposed to remember for some marital reason. He even asked Traci if he had forgotten a anniversary or something.
That was not it.
On the ride home, she didn`t say a single word, but kept fidgeting with the damn radio. He wanted to say something sarcastic, but kept his mouth shut.
When she barely touched her dinner, he thought maybe something had happened on shift that had made her this jumpy and out of herself.
"Andy, what`s wrong? something happened on shift today?"
She was standing by the sink, letting the water run over their plates before she stocked them up in the dishwasher.
"No. Nothing happened. Why?"
"Because you`re acting all weird and jumpy, and I can`t come up with a reliable reason for why..."
Four months into married life, and the universe really seemed to be on their side for a change. With everything that had happened these last few years, he can`t for the life of him understand how she still wanted to be by his side, let alone agree to marry him when he had asked her almost a year ago.
Another thing he still couldn`t believe was that Andy chose to stick by his side despite the bomb Marlo had dropped on them a year and a half ago.
Little Ava, his little girl, that now was the next most important thing in his life, because no matter what, Andy would never come second or third.
The co-parenting between him, Andy and Marlo, had always been solid. They had shared custody, fifty-fifty with every other week and weekends. The had fallen into a stabile and good pattern, making sure Ava had stability and great routines in her life.
They also knew it would be hard. Especially on Andy, trying to find her place in something she felt she was not suppose to be a part of in the first place. She had struggled in the beginning, when Ava was born, is the thing, but he got it, he did. She was really making an effort, trying to love her and find a comfortable place. It wasn`t easy but she did it. Every day, she amazes him more and more, his wife. The way she gives Ava safety, love and affection. It just... - his wife! If he hadn`t been this in love with her know -
well.
It was the first time Ava would stay with them the whole weekend. Barely a month old, and he was... nervous is the thing here. As much as he wanted to rely on Andy, he felt that he... that wasn`t fare, on her.
She was struggling, trying to find her place in all of this. It was everything but easy, and he would give her all the time she needed.
During the first night, he had woken up, found the spot next to him with cold sheets. He had gotten out of bed and walked down the hall. The small lamp in the nursery was on and he stopped outside once he heard her voice. Calm and soft and filled with soothing words.
"... and so, you know... we`ve always been complicated Ava... and when you came into this world, it didn`t get any better, but you... you`re a baby, a beautiful one too in fact, and you are so innocent and you never asked to be in the middle of any of this. I`m really trying, I am, I just... you just need to be patient with me, okay princess?"
She moved Ava from her chest and into a cradle position, so she could look at her."You know... months ago, when your daddy told me you were going to come, I was so... broken, I felt like every dream I had ever had for our future was being crushed and stamped on. I always thought I was going to be the one that gave your daddy his first child... And as much as I wanted that for us, I realized that... it`s no such thing as a perfect family. You get what you need, not what you want... that`s how life works, and... I`m... okay with that now. I just really hope your daddy agrees to give you siblings..."
Sam pulled his smile. Wide as can be. How could she doubt that? He would give her a football team if she wanted...
"I also made your daddy a promise... I promised him, that I would be there, always. I promised that there wouldn`t be a day where you didn`t feel wanted or loved... and I`m making you that promise too Ava, okay? I know I`ll never be your real mother, but I will act as if I am, I`ll give you everything you need and deserve, and you`ll always be able to come to me...okay?"
She smiled at Ava who was asleep again. Carefully, she got up from the rocking chair and placed the girl back in her crib. "Sweet dreams baby girl".
"Sam?", she whispered, "What are you doing?"
Without a word, he pulled her out of the room and led her into their bedroom. Gently pushing her down on the bed, he climbed on top and cupped her face with one hand.
"I`ll give you a football team of babies Andy. You have any idea how much I love you?"
"Babies... what are you? You were eavesdropping on me weren't you?", she asked pretending to be mad.
"Cold sheets sweetheart... can`t have that. Needed to know where you were...", he said as he kissed her from the jaw and down, which, yeah okay, he knew she was going to make those moaning sounds, and... it didn`t bother him is the thing.
"Wouldn`t want you to run away from us you know...". He knew she would never, but honestly, sometimes he wouldn't blame her if she one day decided she needed to.
Butter flying her legs wide open for him to get room, she run her hands up his sides. "If you don't know by now, that I`m not going to run away Sam...I married you didn`t I?".
When his lips was on hers, the amount of fabric that was keeping them apart vanished in a blink.
Nope, she wasn't going anywhere, his wife.
"So, you going to tell me what your thinking about?", he said cupping her face in his hands.
He had to tilt her head up for her to look at him, and once she did, he saw... something... new he thought. Something he couldn`t put his finger on.
"I...", she begun, only, she couldn`t say the words she so badly wanted to say. What she had been feeling these last days...
"Hey, it`s just me sweetheart".
And he was no wrong, her husband. It was just him.
"I... wantustohaveababy", she mumbled.
"What? I can`t hear you Andy".
"I want us to have a baby!"
He didn`t say anything, is the thing, and that... that made her somewhat nervous. "I know Ava is only six months old, but I really want one, and I don`t want to wait Sam, I`m almost twenty nine and I really think..."
He shut her up with a kiss. Not just any kiss, but a kiss that felt kind of new. Her knees went a little week, is the thing here, and her feet... a little like jelly.
"Let`s make one then. Right now... or you know tonight, or tomorrow, whenever you want sweetheart", he smirked. Full out dimples and eyes on fire that she swore she had never ever seen before.
"I, yeah, let`s make one. Now, how about now Sam? Because I really think that..."
He scooped her up in his arms and left the kitchen, he did. Made contact with her lips and felt himself getting pretty hard already, is the thing.
"What are you going to do?", she asked as if she didn`t already know.
Laughing, he kissed her jaw. " What do you think I`m going to do Andy? I`m going to get you pregnant.. That`s what I`m going to do".
"Okay, yeah, do that please".
Sam, um, did that.
A completely fluffy one-shot I suddenly came up with. Based on the storyline of season six.
I own nothing, except my imagination.