"With pleasure.", Tony said as he joined the snuggling. The three of them all slowly relaxed as they enjoyed their embrace with one another. "Sleep well, you two, I love you so much.".
Reva smiled sleepily, "I love you two. Sweet dreams.", and Loki hummed contentedly, "I love both of you, good night.", and with that, the newly formed triad went to sleep deeply with the feeling of finally fitting together, and they knew that they ain't going to feel lonely no more.
Of course, Libra Haven was going to know sooner or later of the new development in the relationship of the triad. It certainly was going to make an awkward conversation for sure, come morning when the trio would wake up and have to explain things. Where does one even begin saying that the relationship has gone into a threesome?
But when the citizens of Libra Haven saw their love for each other including Loki, they realized that the triad looks and is far happier and better than ever.
It still would take some getting used to, of course, but at least Libra Haven was so much more understanding than many other places. And certainly, the same would be said with what was coming very soon.
June passed peacefully, and soon, it was July, and Peggy became full-term, due to give birth anytime. She prayed that it would happen on the 4th, Steve's birthday, a gift to him.
But nothing, much to her dismay, and she thought she would have to wait, and so, she obliged in spending some cuddle time and some birthday cake. She didn't expect it to happen right before midnight, literally minutes when it was still the Fourth of July.
"Whoa... that was a loud one.", Steve admitted as he looked out the window to see the nearby fireworks that were going off. "Certainly, it's making me feel like it's still the war at times...".
Peggy smiled wryly, "But the war never had those beautiful colors in the sky. It's another birthday for USA, and for you, my king.".
"Yeah." Steve chuckled as he took a deep breath. "How're you holding up right now?", Steve asked. "I'm alright, just... a bit worried right now, that's all. Our little angel seems to be fairly nervous.", Peggy said as she rubbed her belly.
Steve smiled softly as he joined in the rubbing, "Well, she is fully developed, so she hears the fireworks, even though the womb, the window, and such. It's a bit frightening to a baby, I suppose, but darling, it's okay, the nation is only celebrating another Independence Day.", kissing the baby bump, "It's normal for the fireworks to be up for some time when it's dark...".
Peggy smiled warmly, "I think it's working. She's calming down some.", relieved from the kicks into her bladder and such, and Steve smiled victoriously, moving as he still rubbed the belly bump, holding Peggy softly, kissing her on the temple.
"I'm still worried though... considering how long it's been... she's late.", Peggy said. "Well, Beast did check her out. She seems still fine and at least she's responsive so I think that's a good sign. Maybe she's just a bit too comfortable in the womb there.", Steve reassured her.
Peggy nodded, "I suppose you're right, Steve.", before sighing heavily, "I better make some tea so I can go sleep easily without the remains of the fireworks waking me up.".
Steve smiled, "I'll have a cup of tea too, Peggy.", and Peggy kissed him on the lips warmly before slowly and carefully getting up, shuffling to the kitchen, and went to make the tea, trying to bend slightly to massage her back and hips, aching everywhere.
Peggy admitted that Steve may have a bit of a point, but she's still in her prime, just a bit more extra tired than she was with Susan or Henry. After the water was steaming hot, ready to be doused in tea bags, Peggy was about to get the sugar and creamer when she felt water streaming down her legs almost at the same moment she clenched into the counter, crying out in pain at the first full-blown contraction.
"Peggy?", Steve could hear her pain before he ran to her in the kitchen as she looked over to him and chuckled. "Well, she's clearly coming now.", Peggy laughed.
Steve widened his eyes in surprise and excitement, "Oh, oh, finally! And on my birthday too!", smiling happily as he helped Peggy wobble and walk slowly to their bedroom, with Peggy groaning in pain from the contractions every few minutes.
"Hate to break it to you, Steve, but she might be a day late since it's already close to midnight. She'll be a July 5th baby.", Peggy gave a small chuckle before groaning again from another contraction.
"Okay, look, just hold together, we've gone through this before. Take deep breaths, relax, I'll come get Beast to come over to help.", Steve told her.
Peggy looked at him, "Not before you check. I don't want to push alone!", as Steve opened the door to the bedroom, and he nodded in understanding as he helped Peggy get on the bed, with Peggy groaning in pain once more.
Steve removed her skirt and underwear before widening his eyes, "Oh, my gods! She wants to come out fast! You're just a couple inches from being fully dilated!".
"Well, that's good... ooh!", Peggy felt another contraction. "Either get out now or at least give me a bit to get prepared, sweetie, make up your mind!", she cried out to their birthing daughter.
Steve chuckled warmly, brushing her hair back, "Our daughter's a lot like you, my queen.", smiling softly as he rubbed her belly bump as Peggy cried out at another contraction a minute later, and he checked again, "That did it! You're ready to push, Peggy!".
"Shit... I really would feel better with Beast here right now...", Peggy admitted. "Just in case things might go wrong...".
"It'll be alright, I think we're almost done already, you just got to keep positive, Peggy.", Steve grabbed her hand tight as best as he could since he was having to reach out while still keeping an eye on her vagina.
Peggy gave him a grateful smile, and took a deep breath, and pushed upon the next contraction, grunting as she bended forward slightly, and this repeated for two minutes before Steve cried out happily, "I see her! She's peeking! We're almost there, Peggy!".
Crying happily as Steve might be right that their daughter is truly a 4th of July baby, taking a deep breath, and shouted out in pain as she pushed, feeling the head coming through the vagina.
Steve leaned in to use his hand to cradle the head, "Oh, she got my hair!", tears falling in joy, with Peggy pausing to breathe deeply for a few moments before pushing again, screaming out in pain, the shoulders coming through.
"Please tell me she's almost out!", Peggy cried as Steve nodded, "Just a little more, Peggy, her shoulders are almost through!".
Peggy closed her eyes and took a deep breath, dug her feet into the sheets, and pushed, yelling out in pain as she felt the shoulders leave her, and the rest of the little body following through, right at the moment of a firework, like announcing their daughter to the world.
A second later, Peggy opened her eyes to hear the first wail of life, seeing her naked, squirming, shivering, wailing baby girl in Steve's arms as he stared at her in awe, and Peggy glanced at the clock, shocked yet happy to see that their daughter was literally three minutes born before midnight.
"Looks like she wanted to share a birthday with you, Steve.", Peggy gave a light chuckle as Steve smirked. "So, it seems. Would you like a better look at our new daughter?", he asked.
Peggy nodded with a smile as Steve gently laid their daughter in Peggy's arms, nestled against her chest, with Steve skipping off to the bathroom to grab towels and scissors and a clip.
Peggy exhaled with love and awe as she gazed upon her daughter who's slowly quieting down, truly having Steve's pure blonde hair, yet having Peggy's curls, her skin is a warm tan, a mix between her parents' skin tones, having her grandmother's nose, and Steve's dimples, all 10 fingers and 10 toes.
"Look at you, my angel...You're so perfect...", Peggy whispered, softly trailing a finger on her daughter's cheek, and her daughter snuffled, scrunching her nose as she slowly opened her eyes before fully revealing them to be the exact mirror-alike of Peggy's warm brown eyes.
Peggy chuckled lightly, "You are a mix of us...Your daddy proved himself right twice...He swore that you'd have my eyes, and that you were going to be born before midnight, and you did...", as Steve returned, gently pulling out the afterbirth and cutting the cord, clipping close to their daughter's belly button.
"Well, that's probably on the Quantonium after all.", Steve chuckled. "Remember, Erskine did believe that it was alive... God, I still can't believe how long it's been... it still feels like he was here yesterday...".
Peggy smiled sadly, "I miss him too, Steve...", as she looked at Steve who now sat beside her, swaddling a warm towel around their daughter, and Steve murmured warmly, "She's so beautiful, just like you.".
Peggy chuckled, "She looks like you too...You know what? Let's honor Erskine...I like the sound of Abigail. Abby for short.", looking upon their daughter lovingly.
"I like the sound of that. How about you?", Steve asked their little one as she gave a small babble before smiling... and then trying to reach for Peggy as she clearly wanted a meal. "Well, either she likes it or she's more occupied with food.".
Peggy giggled warmly as Steve helped remove the shirt, and soon, Abby latched into one of Peggy's nipples, gulping sort of slow, almost like she wants to take her time now as she practically was born fast.
"We still need a middle name for Abby. Anything come to you, luv?", Peggy asked. "Hmm…", Steve wondered as he tried to think of something that would be good and fitting, "Well, maybe I could suggest Adams.".
Steve rubbed the back of his neck. "She's an Independence baby and she would share the name of John Adams' wife.", he chuckled.
Peggy scrunched her nose in thought, and Steve was amused as if Abby's anything like her mother, she would have that adorable quirk.
"That's not quite perfect...Wait, I have it. How about Liberty?", Peggy smiled. Steve rolled the full name on his tongue, "Abigail Liberty Carter-Rogers.".
"Yeah, I suppose that works better, might have been made fun of with that name.", Steve rubbed the back of his neck as he gently brushed Abby's hair. "She's so much like you, Peggy...".
Peggy sighed contentedly as she leaned into Steve's shoulder, watching Abby suckle, and she whispered, "Happy birthday, Steve. I love you, both of you.".
Steve smiled warmly and kissed Peggy on the lips, "I love you too.", before leaning slightly to kiss Abby on the edge of her forehead, "I love you, our angel.".
Abby cooed softly and both parents chuckle happily, content and safe. That's not the only surprise this night of celebration.
In another place, in Reva's new car, the triad is making their own way of celebrating while the fireworks exploded near and far in the sky.
Like a train, Loki is pounding into Tony, while Tony is pounding into Reva, and they are in bliss and pleasure until Reva's stomach churns fiercely, and she suddenly pops free of Tony, sprinting to a patch and pukes wildly.
"What happened?", Tony asked as Reva puked once more. "Sorry, I... oh, jeez, I couldn't help myself...", she apologized.
"Something you ate?", Loki suggested as Reva shook her head, "Not sure, if it was something I ate, you two would probably be doing this too right now.".
Loki nodded, "Good point as we had gone to that buffet place earlier for dinner.", before popping free from Tony, got off the car-bed to support Reva and Tony joined along, and they kneeled behind Reva, rubbing her back, holding her hair back as she continued puking, feeling miserable.
"Jeez, how much do you got there?", Tony asked as Reva tried to catch her breath. "I don't know... if I puke up a few more times, get me to a hospital because I'm starting to get worried.", Reva said.
Loki glanced at Tony with a concerned look over Reva's back, and Tony shrugs, having no idea. Much to their relief, Reva stops puking after just one small time, yet looks still miserable, and she apologizes, "I'm sorry, guys, for ruining our night like this.".
Loki spoke, "Forget about it, Reva. We care more about you. You must be dehydrated after all that. Let's get you some soda or something, alright?".
Reva nods, and slowly but surely, the boys got Reva to the car, with Tony returning the special stuff back into their compartments, and got dressed, with Tony driving, with Loki next to Reva, they headed out of their usual secret place, to a Walgreens, glad that it's open 24 hours.
Reva headed inside to drink at the fountain, feeling a bit better as she went to get some soda and something caught her eye before taking a deep breath, and grabbed it, grateful at the female employee behind the counter who only gave her an encouraging smile, not judging.
Once Reva had all her things, she made sure to hide away her special item. She was having the deep feeling that she may have been right, but she had to confirm, and she didn't want to work up the others right away. She walked outside and was already starting to drink her soda.
"Shoot, Reva, the way you're going, maybe you should've gotten the 2 liters instead of that one.", Tony observed as Reva was quickly going through her soda. "If you're willing to cover that, I could go back in for it.", she chuckled.
Tony smirked, "Probably, but I think you don't want a soda mess in the car, especially when it's relatively new, with a bit of use slightly.", and Loki chuckled, "Indeed. You feeling better at least?".
Reva smiled at them, "Yeah, let's head back to our secret place...unless I messed up the mood for you two?", figuring when they get back, Reva would have an excuse to go do her business in the woods due to the soda while she actually intends to work on her pregnancy test, maybe a second one as backup.
"Sounds fine with me...", Tony said. "How about you?", he looked over to Loki who nodded, "I don't see why now. We don't have to do anything obviously if you don't want to, though.".
Reva smiled reassuringly, "It's my fault for stopping so sudden halfway to our eruption time, I want to make it up even better to you two.", and the two men smiled at her, agreeing to that fact.
And so, they got into the car, heading back to their secret place, and a few minutes after they arrived, Reva told them that she had to go pee in the woods, and the boys let her go, knowing that her powers will keep her safe. After fixing up the bed and all, they soon wondered what's keeping Reva longer than usual, and prayed that she didn't go into another puking session as they called out for her.
"Maybe she just wants a little time to herself.", Loki suggested. "Maybe.", Tony scratched his cheek as he went into thought. "Still, something seems slightly off.".
"Apart from her going on a puking spell?", Loki asked with a raised eyebrow. Tony hummed, "Maybe she's a tad upset that we practically paused in the middle of our lovemaking session...she would think how to bring us back to ah, full mast and all.".
Loki nodded, "Somehow that makes sense.", before they heard crunching sounds, and they called out, "Reva?", looking to the forest darkness. "Yes, it's me. Can you close your eyes, please? Nothing bad, I promise.", Reva's voice called from the forest darkness.
"You're not naked or anything, are you?", Tony joked as Reva rolled her eyes. "Just hold out your hands, you two.", she told them as they followed her instructions and then felt something in their hands.
Reva exhaled deeply for a moment, smiling anxiously as she then declared, "Okay, open your eyes.". The men opened their eyes to behold two white stick things, and Tony widened his eyes, seeing the word 'Positive' on the small electronic screen, with Loki trying to figure out what it means before giving out a small gasp.
"Are you...", Tony could only say that while he and Loki were completely speechless. "I think I know why I was puking so much there. Morning sickness.", Reva said.
Loki whispered, "But I thought the Quantonium stops you from getting pregnant.", looking at Reva in awe and shock.
Reva smiled softly as she rubbed her belly, flat, yet there is a feeling of something wonderful within her, "It usually does, and Tony is human, but I think it was you, Loki, or together with Tony that made it possible. It was our first night, I'm sure of it.".