The characters belong to Tess Gerritsen and Janet Tamaro! We are borrowing them for entertainment :)
Twins
Imagine your OTP having identical twins and having to assign each a color so they don't get them confused.
The had found out early on that they were having twins. A few months later, they were told they would probably be identical. Barry had hoped they wouldn't be identical because who could tell identical twins apart...besides his wife.
Barry had babysat a set of identical twins in high school for his neighbor, since their mother wasn't home yet. That was probably the worst babysitting job he had ever done. Even if the boys were five at the time, he could barely keep who was who straight for more than five minutes. Now, he would have his own set of identical twins. Barry was definitely in for it.
Maura couldn't believe it when they had gotten the news, identical twins. She was a bit nervous, but for completely different reasons than her husband. What if she was a bad mother seemed to be the worst one.
After nine long months of carrying two precious babies, Maura and Barry's perfect baby girls were here. Aliyah, who had proven to be louder than her sister, and Alexandra, who loved to snuggle.
Barry had been holding their snuggler, or so he thought, when his very understanding wife walked in. "It's time for Aliyah's feeding." She said, leaning down to take the other baby.
"I..Maur. We might have a problem..." Barry sighed. This was exactly what he didn't want to happen.
Maura cocked an eyebrow, "What's the matter, Barry?" She asked.
"I think we need to color code them," He started, "Not because you can't keep out kids straight. It's because I cannot remember who is who for the life of me."
Maura smiled, then gave Aliyah the bottle. "It's okay, Barold. We can have Jane pick up those colored yard sale stickers on her way over. If that will help you, we will do it."
Smiling, he walked over to his wife with Alexandra in his arms and kissed her. "You're a great mother, you know."
Weeks had passed since Barry had needed the colored stickers on his daughters' diapers, but now as the twins were turning 6 months old, their bottoms were at long last sticker free.
