Healing hearts
By Natta
Beta-reader: Lexi (PurpleEnigma)
Summary: Sequel to "The search for sanity", which I strongly suggest you read first. Beka's and Tyr's baby is soon to be born and everyone is eagerly waiting.
Pairings: Beka/Tyr, Trance/Harper will come later.
Rating: PG-13, to be safe. Might change later.
Disclaimer. You know the drill.
A/N I'm really lousy and uneducated on subject giving birth, so this may be a little weird.
Tyr smiled as he reached around Beka's sleeping form and tried to encircle her waist. It was so big now, and he knew the little one would come soon. He gently kissed her hair and then closed his eyes to go to sleep. He knew he'd have to get up early the next day and he wanted to be at his best. It was time to go to Trance to check up on the baby. It was scheduled to come next week, so they were always ready for it anytime. Tyr had been thrilled last time when Trance told him it would have bonespurs. None of them wanted to know the sex though, it would be more fun if they found out when they saw it for real. Tyr drifted off to sleep, hoping for happy dreams about his new family life.
He didn't get them.
Just one hour after midnight, Beka woke up with a start. She felt really weird, in a way that she had never felt before, but she knew immediately what it was.
"Tyr." she moaned, but he didn't wake up. She rolled her eyes.
"Tyr, wake up for heavens sake, you can sleep later!" She took a few of his braids and pulled them hard. He gave a small yelp of pain and sat up in bed. His confused glance quickly changed into a worried one when he saw how Beka was panting and how strange she looked.
"Beka, are you okay?" She looked at him irritated.
"Yeah sure, just giving birth to a baby, but otherwise.yeah, I'm just fine." Tyr's eyes widened and Beka thought he must have broken some record in getting out of bed and pull on his pants quickly. He gave her a robe and gently pulled her up in his arms.
"I can walk," Beka complained.
"No way you're walking," Tyr mumbled as he carried her toward the door. "Ship!" The holographic version of Andromeda showed up. "Alert Trance and tell her to get to the med bay, quickly!"
"Yes," Andromeda said. Then she smiled. "Good luck, both of you."
"Thanks," Beka managed to moan out as she had another contraction. "Tyr, I think we need to hurry."
Trance reached the med bay on the same time as Beka and Tyr did. She had not been sleeping when Andromeda had alerted her, so it hadn't taken her long. She instructed Tyr to put Beka on the bed and then she smiled gently.
"We're going to get these clothes off you okay?" Beka managed a weak nod as another contraction hit her. Tyr and Trance got off her robe and that was in the last minute, cause the water broke in that minute and the bed was soaked.
"Nice," Beka mumbled. Tyr stroke her hair in an attempt to calm her but his hand was shaking as well.
"Rommie!" Trance called out and the hologram popped up behind her. "Inform Dylan that Beka and Tyr won't be arriving for duty today." Andromeda nodded and disappeared. Trance leaned down to check how open Beka was.
"You're not much open yet," Trance said. "This could take a long time."
"How much?" Tyr asked. Trance shrugged.
"I don't know. I would guess on somewhere between twelve and twenty hours, but it could be longer too," she said. Beka sat up with a start.
"Twenty hours?!? Ok, I'm out. Not twenty hours." Trance looked at her with a frowned brow.
"Beka it's a bit late for that now, it's already coming. Just lie down and try to relax." She hesitated but decided to calm her down with a small lie. "It could be shorter too, it's hard to tell." Beka gave a small sigh and lied down again.
****
"Dylan?" The captain was roused from his sleep as he was surprised by Andromeda's hologram.
"You have to stop scaring me like that. Was it anything you wanted?" Andromeda seemed to have a hard time not to smile.
"Tyr and Beka won't be arriving for duty today." She paused. "Maybe not tomorrow either." Dylan frowned. He wasn't in the mood for riddles this early in the morning.
"Andromeda, what do you." Suddenly he understood, and mentally slapped himself. "Do you think I could go there to check up on them?" Andromeda smiled.
"Yeah, I suppose that would be ok,' she said. "Do you think I should alert the others?" She paused, realising "the others" was only two. "Do you think I should alert Harper and Rev?" Dylan smiled sleepily at her while he was getting dressed.
"Yeah, you'd better do that, no use in them being kept in the dark." Then he took off for medical.
Trance covered Beka in a blanket as she was laying on the bed, panting with her eyes squeezed shut. Tyr was sitting at the bed and holding her hand. From the worried expression on his face, Trance thought with a small smile that this might just be as much torture for him as for Beka. The doors opened and a sleepy-looking Dylan showed up. He ran up to the bed with a smile and looked at Beka. She opened her eyes and smiled weakly.
"So..." Dylan said, "it's finally coming now?" Beka nodded.
"Yeah, I guess it grew tired of being in there," she said. "I just wish it could have been a little more tired of it, maybe it would come out quicker." Dylan laughed.
"Yeah, wouldn't that be great..." Beka smiled but then her eyes clenched shut and she moaned in pain as another contraction hit her. Then the doors opened to reveal Harper and Rev, who seemed to have been running. Trance raised her hands and shook her head.
"Please, one at a time! This is a med bay, not a party!" Harper looked disappointed but Rev nodded and gently pulled him out of the room to wait.
~TBC~
By Natta
Beta-reader: Lexi (PurpleEnigma)
Summary: Sequel to "The search for sanity", which I strongly suggest you read first. Beka's and Tyr's baby is soon to be born and everyone is eagerly waiting.
Pairings: Beka/Tyr, Trance/Harper will come later.
Rating: PG-13, to be safe. Might change later.
Disclaimer. You know the drill.
A/N I'm really lousy and uneducated on subject giving birth, so this may be a little weird.
Tyr smiled as he reached around Beka's sleeping form and tried to encircle her waist. It was so big now, and he knew the little one would come soon. He gently kissed her hair and then closed his eyes to go to sleep. He knew he'd have to get up early the next day and he wanted to be at his best. It was time to go to Trance to check up on the baby. It was scheduled to come next week, so they were always ready for it anytime. Tyr had been thrilled last time when Trance told him it would have bonespurs. None of them wanted to know the sex though, it would be more fun if they found out when they saw it for real. Tyr drifted off to sleep, hoping for happy dreams about his new family life.
He didn't get them.
Just one hour after midnight, Beka woke up with a start. She felt really weird, in a way that she had never felt before, but she knew immediately what it was.
"Tyr." she moaned, but he didn't wake up. She rolled her eyes.
"Tyr, wake up for heavens sake, you can sleep later!" She took a few of his braids and pulled them hard. He gave a small yelp of pain and sat up in bed. His confused glance quickly changed into a worried one when he saw how Beka was panting and how strange she looked.
"Beka, are you okay?" She looked at him irritated.
"Yeah sure, just giving birth to a baby, but otherwise.yeah, I'm just fine." Tyr's eyes widened and Beka thought he must have broken some record in getting out of bed and pull on his pants quickly. He gave her a robe and gently pulled her up in his arms.
"I can walk," Beka complained.
"No way you're walking," Tyr mumbled as he carried her toward the door. "Ship!" The holographic version of Andromeda showed up. "Alert Trance and tell her to get to the med bay, quickly!"
"Yes," Andromeda said. Then she smiled. "Good luck, both of you."
"Thanks," Beka managed to moan out as she had another contraction. "Tyr, I think we need to hurry."
Trance reached the med bay on the same time as Beka and Tyr did. She had not been sleeping when Andromeda had alerted her, so it hadn't taken her long. She instructed Tyr to put Beka on the bed and then she smiled gently.
"We're going to get these clothes off you okay?" Beka managed a weak nod as another contraction hit her. Tyr and Trance got off her robe and that was in the last minute, cause the water broke in that minute and the bed was soaked.
"Nice," Beka mumbled. Tyr stroke her hair in an attempt to calm her but his hand was shaking as well.
"Rommie!" Trance called out and the hologram popped up behind her. "Inform Dylan that Beka and Tyr won't be arriving for duty today." Andromeda nodded and disappeared. Trance leaned down to check how open Beka was.
"You're not much open yet," Trance said. "This could take a long time."
"How much?" Tyr asked. Trance shrugged.
"I don't know. I would guess on somewhere between twelve and twenty hours, but it could be longer too," she said. Beka sat up with a start.
"Twenty hours?!? Ok, I'm out. Not twenty hours." Trance looked at her with a frowned brow.
"Beka it's a bit late for that now, it's already coming. Just lie down and try to relax." She hesitated but decided to calm her down with a small lie. "It could be shorter too, it's hard to tell." Beka gave a small sigh and lied down again.
****
"Dylan?" The captain was roused from his sleep as he was surprised by Andromeda's hologram.
"You have to stop scaring me like that. Was it anything you wanted?" Andromeda seemed to have a hard time not to smile.
"Tyr and Beka won't be arriving for duty today." She paused. "Maybe not tomorrow either." Dylan frowned. He wasn't in the mood for riddles this early in the morning.
"Andromeda, what do you." Suddenly he understood, and mentally slapped himself. "Do you think I could go there to check up on them?" Andromeda smiled.
"Yeah, I suppose that would be ok,' she said. "Do you think I should alert the others?" She paused, realising "the others" was only two. "Do you think I should alert Harper and Rev?" Dylan smiled sleepily at her while he was getting dressed.
"Yeah, you'd better do that, no use in them being kept in the dark." Then he took off for medical.
Trance covered Beka in a blanket as she was laying on the bed, panting with her eyes squeezed shut. Tyr was sitting at the bed and holding her hand. From the worried expression on his face, Trance thought with a small smile that this might just be as much torture for him as for Beka. The doors opened and a sleepy-looking Dylan showed up. He ran up to the bed with a smile and looked at Beka. She opened her eyes and smiled weakly.
"So..." Dylan said, "it's finally coming now?" Beka nodded.
"Yeah, I guess it grew tired of being in there," she said. "I just wish it could have been a little more tired of it, maybe it would come out quicker." Dylan laughed.
"Yeah, wouldn't that be great..." Beka smiled but then her eyes clenched shut and she moaned in pain as another contraction hit her. Then the doors opened to reveal Harper and Rev, who seemed to have been running. Trance raised her hands and shook her head.
"Please, one at a time! This is a med bay, not a party!" Harper looked disappointed but Rev nodded and gently pulled him out of the room to wait.
~TBC~