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 was lying in bed, tangled in the sheets when the scent hit him. Breakfast. He considered getting up and eating, but was far too tired. But he eventually did sit up when Fin came in carrying a tray of eggs, pancakes, and toast with his favorite jam. "What's all this?"
"A little thanks for you getting up with the baby last night." He sat down next to him on the bed. John blushed. "Thank you."
"By the way, what was that you were singing last night?"
"Oh, you heard that. It's an old Yiddish lullaby, my mom used to sing it to me."
Fin noticed the baby was still sleeping. "Could you sing it again?"
John laughed. "Knowing our baby, I'll probably sing it every night this week. Be patient."
Before John could take one bite of breakfast, they got a call. "Munch. Yeah, we'll be right in." He hung up. "Dammit."
They ended up bringing the baby to the precinct, the daycare wasn't even open yet. Everyone was working on the case, but seemed bent on fawning over the baby. Even the Captain didn't mind, he was going nuts over her as well. When John left to go to the break room and feed her in quiet, Fin spoke of last night.
"You won't believe what went on last night."
"Do we want to know?"
"Have you ever heard John sing?"
"John sings?" Everyone was taken aback. "Get out."
"Really! He sang an old Yiddish lullaby to the baby last night." Fin opened his mouth to speak again, but was cut off by a familiar voice cutting through the precinct. It was John's clear voice, singing the same song. He motioned for them to follow him to the break room. They stayed out of sight, but could see John feeding her a bottle and singing her song. They all thought it was beautiful.
When the song finished, Fin started clapping. Then Olivia. Then Elliot, and soon everyone was in on it. John looked up, startled, blushed, but then smiled.
The rest of the day went smoothly, they did get called out for a homicide, which saddened Fin and Munch greatly, as they found an infant victim. All they could think about was their little girl.
When they got back to the precinct, Fin took the baby for another feeding, while John went through his locker to get something. He felt a piece of paper attatched to something small yet blunt. He pulled it out, saw it was a bullet. There was a note:
"No room for fags in the NYPD. The baby deserves better."
He was startled and angered by this, and he immediately ran to Fin. "Oda!" Fin could sense the panic in his voice. "Where's the baby?"
"Right here, calm down, you're scaring her."
John took the baby in his own arms. "I…just needed to know she was okay…I just found this."
He handed the note and bullet to Fin, who fumed. "Who the fuck would do this?"
"I don't know, but I'm worried about the baby. What if something happens to her?" John looked down at her precious face and all he could think of was their latest vic. He had to protect her from having the same fate.
Fin wrapped his arms around the both of them. "It's alright. We'll get security for her. We're cops, after all. Who better to take care of her, right?"
John allowed himself a small smile, but couldn't shake the feeling that something was about to go seriously wrong.
They notified Cragen of the note, and he told them to go home and get some rest. John laid the baby down in her crib and just stared at her for a moment. She was so precious, so young, so innocent. How could he protect her? He began to get a little choked up, something sounding like a sob escaped him. Fin came in to find him crying above the crib. He rushed over to him and took him in his arms. "What's wrong?"
"I'm scared for her, Oda."
He made John face him. "Listen to me. We all need to be strong. For her. She may not be able to speak yet, but I'm sure that she wouldn't want her daddies being sad."
John rested his head on Fin's shoulder. "I love you, Oda."
"I love you too, John."
To be continued…