Dean didn't really like the fact that cameras were following him and Renee all over the hospital. He was used to that and accepted it as a regular part of everything he had to do to promote the company, but cameramen and photographers documenting every step they made was something that he would rather not experience while hanging out with children in need.
Thankfully, there were a lot of things to pay attention to other than the cameras. They were in charge of handing out autographs and replicas of the World Heavyweight Championship to every kid present in the hospital, and their reactions upon seeing them and the belts genuinely brightened his day. Despite being stuck in a hospital and battling medically complex conditions, they were all so enthusiastic and positive. It surprised him.
He was just helping one of the girls put the belt around her waist when he noticed that Renee was carrying a small child, probably less than a year old. A nurse was nearby to potentially help her, but she didn't seem to be having any trouble. Her face was lit up and she was smiling to the little boy in her arms, who was reaching out towards her face. He eventually caught her nose with his little fingers and she giggled, making a funny face that stretched the boy's lips into the cutest smile. Dean nearly melted on the spot.
"You're a natural", he heard the nurse say to Renee when he got back to attaching the belt to the girl's waist. "Do you have any kids of your own?"
"Oh, no, I don't", Renee replied. "Not yet, at least."
"I think you'd make a great mom. I can see it in the way you look at our kids here."
"Really? Oh, wow. Thank you."
Dean could hear genuine surprise in Renee's voice, which made him smile on the inside. In the nearly two years of their relationship, he learned very well that in addition to being a beautiful person, she was great with kids, so hearing someone tell her that she'd do well as a mom was like hearing that the sky was blue.
After visiting the common room, one of the members of the hospital staff led them to the private rooms with smaller children. "Oh my god, look how cute she is", Renee gasped when they visited the room of an adorable little girl dressed in pink from head to toe, the exception being her tiny blue sneakers. "What's your name, sweetie?"
Dean just sat next to a boy in a baby stroller and watched them, enchanted by the sight of Renee and the baby girl. They sat on the play mat on the floor and Renee showed her the replica belt. He tried to pay attention to the little boy in the stroller, but the scene in front of him was way too adorable to focus on anything else. Renee's smile could still make his heart bounce as if he was some kind of a lovesick teenager, and seeing her smile so widely while she was playing with that little girl made his chest swell with happiness. There wasn't a day in his life where he wasn't reminded of how much he loved her and how wonderful she was, but moments like this one made him fall in love with her all over again. She really did have something special in her eyes when she was around kids. It wasn't as special as the way she looked at him, but he was convinced that she'd look at her own child with even more love and care.
He was very much scared of being a parent, but the idea of having an itty bitty Renee or Dean in their house didn't seem as surreal as it did before. He knew that she'd help him to be a good dad, plus it would be their kid and he knew that he'd do anything to succeed at being a parent and a good role model. He would rather jump off a bridge than make his own child go through what he had to go through when he was a kid.
"Hey 'Nee?"
She was so absorbed in playing with the little girl that she almost jumped at the sound of his voice. "Yeah?"
He wanted to tell her that she could be a mom if she wished so and that they could start working on that whenever she wanted, but words just wouldn't come out of his mouth. Especially when cameramen again barged into the room. She looked at him quizzically and he just shook his head, a small smile curving his lips. "You two are adorable."
