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 and Fin were out at the store buying things for their new baby. "Let's see, we need diapers, baby food, changing table, powder, wipes, clothes, toys, formula-"
"Jeez, John, you're gonna spoil this kid."
"Fin, this is all the basic stuff. Unless you want to be what we put away every day, we have to have all this stuff."
Fin nodded and looked down at the baby laying in a bassinet attatched to his lover. The baby girl's hand was grasping his shirt and reaching for his chin. Fin took her hand and she gently pulled on it. "She's so cute…" Fin whispered, caressing the back of John's neck. "We're gonna need to find a name for her soon."
"Look here." He reached into the cart. "I picked this up, it's a baby name book. We'll look at it later."
They walked through the store picking up everything they need, and Fin needed to walk away for a minute to get a store helper to help them pick up a heavy changing table. While he was gone, a middle-aged woman came up to John. "Oh, what an adorable baby!"
"Thank you." John looked at the little girl proudly. He was beginning to feel like a daddy. "Are you the father?"
"Yes I am."
"How old is she?"
"Me and my partner just adopted her. She's about a month old."
"Partner?"
"Yeah. Hey, Fin! Come over here."
Fin walked over to him and laid his hand on his shoulders. "I see our baby has attracted attention."
The woman looked very surprised. "Oh." She walked away.
John sighed. "Well, there's the first of several closed-minded people we're going to encounter."
Fin turned him around and kissed him. At John's surprised look, Fin added, "That's me not caring."
John and Fin looked down at the little girl together and smiled. They had only had her for a day, but they knew that they would do anything for her.
"There!" John breathed as they finished setting up their new changing table. The baby was in the new crib taking a nap. "It's done."
Collapsing into a chair, he picked up the baby name book. "Let's take a look at this, Oda."
Fin kneeled down to read with him. One hour and several discussions later, they had a list of 5 names. John was leaning toward Robin. Fin was leaning toward Magnolia, his great-grandmother's name.
"How about we combine the two? Robin Magnolia."
"Robin Magnolia…" John mused. "I like it."
"So it's decided." Fin smiled.
"Robin Magnolia Tutuola-Munch."
"Tutuola-Munch?" Fin sounded a bit surprised.
"Well, since we're both going to be her daddies, maybe we should have the same names. If that's alright with you?"
Fin kissed him. "It's more than alright, babe. But I at least get to ask."
He mockingly got down on one knee and took John's hand. "John Munch, will you take my last name?"
John laughed, then nodded. "Yes."
The two men walked into the precinct with little Robin in Fin's arms. They hadn't found a good day care yet, so they had to pull some strings in order to be able to get to bring her to work. As soon as they walked through the door, they were covered with confetti. "Surprise!" yelled Captain Cragen, Olivia, Elliot, and Dr. Wong.
"What's all this?" John managed to get out.
"It's your baby shower!" Olivia took the baby from Fin and started fawning over it.
"You guys! You didn't have to do this!"
"But we wanted to. I have four kids, sometimes I think even one is too many." Elliot joked.
The doctor came up to the baby and gently touched her hand. "So have you guys decided on a name yet?"
"Yeah, just yesterday, actually." Fin said.
They all stared at him. "Well?"
"Robin Magnolia."
"Awww, that's so cute!" Olivia cooed. Robin giggled.
"And we also have some other news. Her last name is now Tutuola-Munch. We're taking each other's names."
"Congratulations! Are you guys going to get commited?" Dr. Wong asked.
"Well, we may need to in order to legally adopt Robin, but I did pick these up the other day." He took a black velvet box out of his jacket pocket. Fin was taken aback as he opened it. Inside were two thick bands, one gold, one silver. Everyone gasped as he took the gold one and spoke to Fin. "Fin, as I speak to you now, I guess that fifth's time the charm. But I'm sure it will be the last time, because as I look at our little girl, I want us to be a real family. I love you, Odafin. Will you be my partner in life?"
He hesitated to slide the band onto his finger, because Fin's eyes were wider than he'd ever seen them. Did he come on too strong? Everyone held their breath as they waited for Fin's answer.
Fin took his other hand. "Yes. But I get to ask you too." He slid the band the rest of the way onto his finger and took the silver band. It was John's turn to be surprised. "John, you're a great man, and an even better lover. I love you more than anyone. I know that you've had some bad experiences in commitment, but I will make it the duty of my remaining days to make this last. I love you, John. Will you be my partner in life?"
John sighed shakily as Fin slid the silver band on. "Yes." The two shared a kiss as everyone cheered. The two didn't know what would happen in the future, but they now knew they would face it together.
End of Chapter Two-