Ste was sitting at the kitchen table on the phone to Amy "Ames I know you miss them but can I please keep them a little longer, we really want them to be here when the baby is born" Ste begged his ex girlfriend "Alright but only because I love ya, you can have them for an extra month"

Brendan sat on the uncomfortable hospital chair with Ste resting his head on Brendan's shoulder, Cheryl was watching the children while Harriett was in labour, she had rang Ste four hours ago and she still hadn't given birth, Brendan was nervous as hell and so was Ste although he was trying not to show it, Brendan was watching the people around him, a teenage girl was across from them chewing gum and holding balloons reading 'It's a girl', an elderly couple were sitting two seats away from her, the woman was on the phone telling somebody that the baby hadn't been born yet and a young man was pacing beside the door, probably a first time parent

Two hours have gone by and she was still in labour and Ste was minutes away from a nervous break down, he couldn't stop himself from thinking the worst and that was making him crazy, Brendan was trying to calm him down but was failing miserably

An hour later and a nurse came to get Ste and Brendan "Now Harriett is pretty tired but the baby is fine, I'll bring you two to the nursery and you can meet him" She said brightly "Him? It's a boy" Ste gushed "You owe me a fiver" Brendan whispered into his ear

Aodhan James Brady-Hay was born at 4am on the sixth of May 2016 he weighted 7lbs and had chubby red cheeks, bright blue eyes just like Ste, dark hair and pudgy hands that went straight for Brendan's nose when he held him for the first time, Brendan looked into his son's eyes that were identical to the ones of the love of his life and realised that he must the luckiest man to ever live to be gifted with his beautiful boyfriend and amazing children

Cheryl had brought the children the next morning, Leah wasn't exactly thrilled that the baby was a boy, "But daddy I wanted another sister, we have to many boys already" Oisin and Cheryl had fought over who would hold Aodhan first, Cheryl won, Lily was unimpressed by him, Lucas stared at him with wide eyes full of wonder and Fionn had let him hold his thumb and whispered quietly to him

They brought Aodhan home later that day wearing a baby blue vest reading 'I love my daddies' that Cheryl had bought

Misteee had visited the next day and looked at the baby once before saying "He has Ste's ears"

"My son does not have big ears Anne" Brendan said with mock anger "Are you saying I have big ears" Ste accused "No I wasn't I was just I didn't mean that Stephen I'm sorry" Brendan called after Ste who was walking away from him and upstairs "You can sleep on the sofa" Ste shouted back at him, Brendan didn't sleep on the sofa that night, Ste loves cuddles too much to stay angry at him

Aodhan likes to sleep that makes everyone really like Aodhan because if he sleeps so does everybody else

Declan and Padraig arrived a week after Aodhan was born, Brendan loved it, the house was crowded and noisy and messy but he loved it because they were altogether finally, all ten of them as a unlikely family that just worked and fit together

Brendan had been doing some thinking and since his divorce with Eileen was finialised he was thinking about asking Stephen but first Stephen would have to divorce Douglas, they were laying in bed together when Brendan brought it up, he was whispering because Aodhan was asleep in his bastienette at the end of their bed "Stephen, can I ask you something"

"Yeah go on"

"If I rang my lawyer would you get a divorce from Douglas"

"Ofcourse I would, but why are you asking"

"I might do once you're divorced"

"I'll have to get on with that then because I'm gonna say yes when you do"

"I love you Stephen"

"And I love you" they fell asleep that night with Ste laying on Brendan's chest with his hand over his heart

The next morning Ste woke up later than normal and when he went downstairs he was greeted with the most amazing sight known to man, Brendan was sitting at the table feeding Aodhan, Padraig was sitting beside him chatting away about some school thing, Oisin was hunched over his cereal with messy hair and a sleepy eyes, Declan was listening to the radio it was something about sports, Leah was colouring a picture in on the other side of Brendan, Lucas was playing with his army men next to her and Lily and Fionn were in their highchairs talking away to each other about who knows what "The papers are on the counter Stephen" Brendan said while looking up from Aodhan, Ste smiled to himself as he watched his family

Ste walked into the deli grinning "Why are you so happy?" Doug asked "Just had a good morning is all" Ste begain his day completely forgetting about the documents in his back pocket they were closing up when he remembered "Oh Doug here sign theses will ya"

"What are they?"

"The divorce papers, I need you to sign them Bren wants to get married, how great is that"

"Just let me read over them yeah, I'll give them to ya tomorrow"

Doug needed to move fast, he checked the cameras, Brendan and Ste were asleep in the sitting room and all the kids were asleep in their rooms which meant Aodhan was alone, it was time for Doug to meet his son.

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