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gave me a son on Day 761
He sighed. 'Perfect.' From his chair, he watched his wife where she lay sleeping in the hospital bed. Any other time, he would be terrified to see her there, but for this……for this, it was fine by him.
"Psst, Tony," Abby stage whispered, sticking her head in the door. "Up for visitors?"
Nodding, he motioned her in and motioned for silence.
Abby entered the room and moved to place the balloon she brought on the small table by the window. Moving towards Tony, she held up the other gift she had brought for him to see. It was a small dark blue hippo, reminiscent of Bert. He smiled widely in response and nodded. Abby, apparently pleased, smiled back and held the small hippo out to him.
Her attention shifted as she got even closer, to look at the little boy in Tony's arms. Reaching out cautiously, she stroked a finger over the soft skin of his cheek. "Hi, little man," she whispered as the baby opened his eyes. "You have no idea how lucky you are." She returned her attention to Tony, smiling as she motioned that she had to go. Tony waved her out of the room and settled back in to watch his son.
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Later, she awoke without him noticing and was content to watch her husband with their son. Their son; that sounded great. 'Her boys' were sitting in the chair beside her bed; their son cradled on his chest while he told the tiny baby stories from work.
Tony's story was interrupted by the entrance of the nurse. "Ah, Mrs. DiNozzo, nice to see you're awake. If you're up for it, why don't we give breast feeding a try, huh? I'm sure the little guy there is hungry."
The nurse helped Kate to sit the bed up and then Tony passed over the baby. Kate, for the second time, got a good look at her son. "Hi, Joshua," she greeted.
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Tony sat on the bed beside her, watching as she fed their son for the first time. He turned and kissed her cheek, whispering, "Thank you."
"Whatever for?" she asked, not looking away from the baby.
"You gave me a son." At his words, she turned to glance at her husband, gently leaning over to kiss him.
