That's My Baby
Fin/Munch
PG-13-For Language and Sexual References
By Detective TS
Summary: After finding an abandoned baby near their home, John and Odafin take it in as their own. But after being outed at their precinct, can they handle the pressures of being gay fathers in a small minded world?
John Munch was in his bed after a long case snoring softly, his partner in and out of fighting crime, Odafin Tutuola, next to him snoring even louder. A cry in the darkness startled them out of their slumber. "What the hell!" Fin exclaimed. There was another cry. "Let's check it out…" Dressed in robes, they stalked through the apartment, guns at the ready. The cries seemed to be coming from outside the door. Opening it, they were shocked at what they found:
A tiny baby girl, no more than a month old. Her sobbing stopped at the sight of the two men. John picked her up gently and took her inside. Attatched to her was a note:
"To whoever finds my little girl:
In this cruel world of mine, I know that in my heart, though I love her, I cannot take care of my daughter. I'm leaving her to whoever finds her, and I hope that you take better care of her than I could've.
Please care for my little girl."
Fin and John looked at each other, then at the baby. What were they going to do?
"Where are Fin and Munch!" Cragen called out through the precinct. "They're an hour late!"
"Right here, sorry cap." Fin walked in, looking like death warmed over. "We have a good excuse though."
"There is no excuse in the world that could-" Cragen stopped as Munch walked in, carrying a tiny human being in a pink jumpsuit. Munch gently patted her back as he kissed her forehead. Fin gestured back toward him. "That's our excuse."
They gave the note to the captain, Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson looked over his shoulder. "Wow." Was all they could say.
John sat down in a chair, placing a plastic bag on his desk. "She was left at our doorstep last night."
"What are you gonna do?" They knew that Fin and Munch were lovers, would they raise the baby together?
"I don't know yet." Fin sighed. "John is going ga-ga over it."
"Her." John corrected. "It's not a thing, Fin."
"See?"
Later, when Fin and Munch were alone in the break room, John was feeding the baby with some formula he had picked up earlier. "You do look really cute with that kid."
"I wanna keep her."
"John, you know we can't take care of a baby. Let's just call an adoption agency."
John looked at him. "Fin, you know what happens in adoption agencies. What if she ends up with the wrong people? We see it every day. I don't want this baby to fall victim to anything else after being abandoned by her own mother. We're all she's got, Fin. Can we at least try? Please?" John gave him a sad look.
Fin walked over to him, laid a hand on his shoulder. "You're right, John. But I also know that this is a big thing, we can't take this lightly. If we choose to keep her, then we're keeping her for years. This is a big commitment."
"And us being together isn't? Fin, when I decided to be with you, I meant that I wanted to be with you for the long run. And when we decided to come out, that was the biggest challenge I've ever done. But it was worth it. Because I'm with you now. And I'm the happiest I've ever been." Suddenly blushing, he looked back down at the baby.
Fin had a surprised look on his face. He knew John loved him, but he had never really thought about this. He kneeled down and kissed him. "I love you, John."
"Love you too, Oda." He paused. "So can we keep her?"
Fin thought for a moment. "Sure, Daddy."
John smiled. Daddy. He liked it.
End of Chapter One-