John walked into the room about twenty minutes later. His dad was sitting in a chair, and Delenn was still asleep. When David realized that John was back, he stood up. He saw the squirming bundle in John's arms, and couldn't hold back a smile. He looked at John and saw his smile reflected in his son's expression. Without saying anything, John handed his son over. David looked down into his grandchild's eyes. They were a piercing green. He also had a little bit of fuzz on his head. He was a small baby, but seemed to be just fine.
While John's father got to know his grandson, John walked over to Delenn. He pulled a chair up right next to her bedside. As if sensing his presence, her eyes fluttered open.
"Hey," he said, as he gave her a light kiss. "I missed you."
Delenn, despite being weakened, found the strength to throw her arms around John's neck and pull him down into an embrace. Carefully, he hugged her. Then he gently pulled her arms off of him, and made her lie back. "Shh. It's ok, I'm here. And I'm not leaving you Delenn." Delenn nodded.
"I thought I'd never see you again..." she said.
"Delenn, don't worry about it now. I'm here. That's all that matters." She nodded.
John turned to his dad. "Dad? Could you give us a moment?" David nodded, and handed his grandson over to John, albeit reluctantly. The little tyke was adorable, David thought. But there would be plenty of time later to spend some quality time with the new addition of the family. David understood John's need to have his family together, alone, at last. So he turned and left the room.
John carried his son back over to Delenn's bed. "Delenn? Are you still awake?" She nodded, although her eyes were closed. John smiled. "Delenn, look who's here." He said softly.
Delenn half opened one eye, and was delighted to see John holding their son in his arms. She reached out her hands, and John gave her David to hold. "Honey," he said, "he needs to eat. I know you're tired, but he's really undernourished. He hasn't anything except water in the past day or two." Delenn reached out one finger, and placed it on his lips to shush him. Without a word, she began feeding her son. It was the most tender and loving scene John Sheridan had ever seen in his lifetime. As David suckled, John brushed a few stray locks of Delenn's hair out of her face. He looked at her, and he knew that she was definitely the most beautiful creature in the universe.
John decided that this might be a good time to tell Delenn about his idea. "Delenn, while we were on the shuttle back here, I saw the rest of the record of what you did in the Starfire wheel. I saw what Neroon did for you. I was thinking, I'd like to have David's middle name be Neroon, in honor of what he did for all of us."
Delenn smiled through her fatigue. "I think Neroon would have liked that, love."
When David was finally done feeding, Delenn just sat there, and held him for a while. He was perfect. She looked up at John, and saw pride and love shining in his eyes. He moved his gaze to meet her eyes. For a moment they were locked, staring right into each other's souls, and seeing the true depth of love they held for one another, and for their new son.
Delenn eventually fell asleep again, holding David. John was content to just sit in a chair and watch her like that for a long time. She looked so peaceful. Finally, John lifted the now sleeping David from his mother's arms. He gently placed him in a crib that someone had brought in earlier. David shifted a little, and for a moment, John was afraid that he would wake up. But he soon settled. John looked down on his son. He bent over the crib, and whispered softly to him;
"Welcome to the world, David Neroon Sheridan."
END
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