Hey y'all! I thought I'd do a cute oneshot about Avalance having a baby! Something light and happy after last night episode. Hope you enjoy!
So this takes place about 5 years in the future. Ava and Sara are married and Sara is pregnant with their first baby. All of the legends are living in Star City, they all live on the same street. They still fix anachronisms, the waverider is in a hanger below Avalance's driveway, but want also want to live their lives. Amaya and Zari are together and so are Nate and Ray.
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Sara's POV
I wake up to pressure on my bladder and groan. "Come on kid, could you play soccer with my bladder later?" I slowly untangle myself from Ava and waddle over to the bathroom in our bedroom.
I come out a short time later to see my wife sitting up in bed with a soft smile on her face.
"He playing soccer in there again?"
I smile and climb back into bed and lean into her. "Yes sheee is" me and Ava have a difference of opinion on what gender our baby is. I think it's a girl and she thinks it's a boy.
She just laughs at me and puts both her hands on my protruding belly. "Come on baby boooyy, calm down so your mommy can sleep." I slap her arm playfully and put my hands on top of hers.
"Whatever the baby is, and she will be a girl, as long as they're happy and healthy that's all that matters. And the little one I guess can't sleep cause they've been moving all night" I sigh softly and lean my head back.
Ava places a light kiss on my head and moves from behind me and shifts down so she's laying next to my belly. She leans in close and kiss my stomach softly. "Hey there baby. Mommy tells me you can't sleep tonight," I smile wide and run my fingers through her hair, "what's wrong baby bug? Is it too dark in there? Are you ready to come see momma and mommy? I know we're more than ready to see you baby."
This woman makes me fall more in love with her everyday. If she's like this before our baby is even born, I can't wait to see what she's like when our baby is here.
I'm brought back to reality when I hear Ava's soft voice singing our song, I was Made For Loving You by Tori Kelly. I smile wide and start singing with her. "Just take my hand... I was made for loving you , even though we may be hopeless hearts just passing through. Every bone screaming I don't know what we should do. All I know is darling I was made for loving you.."
The baby finally settles and I lean down and kiss Ava softly. "I love you," I whisper against her lips.
She smiles that beautiful smile, "I love you too."
She climbs back up and pulls me on her arms. One hand wrapped around my shoulders and the other places protectively on my stomach.
I smile into her neck and place a soft kiss there. "I can't wait for our baby to come."
"Me too. I hope they look just like you." She rubs slow circles on my belly. "Well that's a little bit impossible because we used your egg babe."
She pouts adorably and looks at me, "next time we're using your egg."
I raise my eyebrows, "next time huh? We haven't even had our first one yet." She blushes and looks down then back up at me, "Yeah next time, I want a few kids, running with them in the backyard or at the park. Them jumping on our bed Christmas morning. And all that stuff." She says softly has a gentle smile on her face.
I lean up and peck her lips, "we can have as many kids as you want babe." She wriggles her eyebrows at me. I punch her shoulder softly, "within reason you dork, and next time, I'd really like to see you pregnant."
She looks shocked. "R-really?" I nod my head and smile softly, "Yeah. I think you'd look even more beautiful with our baby growing inside you."
Her shock turns to blush then turns to adoration. "Okay," She says happily. I smile wide and kiss her hard. When we pull away I laugh and shake my head.
"What?" Ava asks looking confused. "We're planning out our next kid before we even have our first kid." We laugh together but my laughter quickly stops and replaced by a gasp of pain.
This has Ava on high alert and sits up and puts her hands on my face. "Sara, baby what's wrong?"
I can't speak because a white hot pain tears through my stomach. "Ahhhhh!" I scream and grab my stomach and then an even worse pain rips through my back. "A-Ava, something's wrong!" I cry and keep screaming in pain. "I-it's not a-a contraction! I-it's in my b-back!"
Tears are streaming down my face and I feel a warm wetness between my legs. I gather the strength to move the sheets off of me and am horrified at what's there.
"Oh my god" I hear Ava say lowly. She jumps into action and picks me up and rushes me outside where we see Zari and Amaya running out of their house next to us.
"Sara!" I hear Amaya yell. "What the hell happened!?" Zari adds in running after her wife towards us. "I don't know, one minute she's laughing and the next she's screaming in pain and she's bleeding!" I hear Ava choke out.
"A-Aves" I say quietly, feeling weaker by the second. "No no no, Sara Sharpe, do not close your eyes on me. You're gonna be fine. You're gonna be fine," she whispers the last part.
"Amaya can you drive us?" Ava asks frantically. Amaya nods and takes the keys from Ava and hops the front seat and Zari gets in the passenger seat as Ava gets into the back with me still in her arms.
The bleeding hasn't stopped, and I feel myself slipping out of consciousness. "I love you Aves" I whisper looking at her under hooded eyes.
Ava has tears running down her face and she shakes her head. "I love you too, but that is not the last time you're going to say that, we're going to get you to the hospital and you're gonna be fine. You and are baby girl are gonna be fine."
I try and smile, I don't know if i actually did but, "finally o-on team p-princess?" I ask playfully. She laughs tearfully and nods. "She's gonna be amazing, because even though we used my egg, she's gonna be just like you. She's gonna be strong, fearless, badass, and smart and oh so beautiful. And she needs, I need, we all need, you to hold on. Me and our princess need you to hold on baby. Please, just hold on Sara."
I nod, "O-okay." I say and nuzzle into her. Amaya speeds through traffic and gets to the hospital. Ava runs in with me in her arms into the ER. "Help! Please!" She yells and a few nurses run over with a gurney. "What happened?" One nurse asks while Ava lays me down.
"I-i don't know. She was fine one minute and the next she was writhing in pain and started bleeding," Ava says frantically and runs alongside me. "How far along is she?" The nurse asks.
"She's 8 months along." Ava says and I feel the nurses working on my. I'm fighting just to keep my eyes open. "A-Aves...I-i love y-you.." I whisper before I pass out.
Ava's POV
"Sara!" I yell out when she closes her eyes. We get to a trauma room and doctors all rush in. I put my hands on my head and stand against the wall.
"Sara," a blonde doctor calls out to my wife, "Sara can you hear me?" She opens Sara's eyes and flashes a light in her eyes. They hook up a fetal monitor to her belly and loud beeping starts blearing from both the fetal heart monitor and Sara's. "They're Crashing!" The blonde Doctor tells and starts CPR on Sara. "We need to get her into an OR now!" They rush her out and run through the halls.
I try to follow but a nurse holds me back. "Ma'am you can't go with her. Dr Robbins is the best fetal surgeon there is, she will take care of both of them." She assures me and I want to fight her but Zari and Amaya come from behind me and take me with them.
"Come on Ava, let's go sit down." I nod and mindlessly walk with them. I sit down in the waiting room and put my head in my hands.
"She's gonna be okay Ava," Zari says rubbing my back. I start sobbing and my body shakes. "They have to be okay, they both need to be okay." I cry out to my best friend.
"Shhhh Ava, they will be." Z pulls me into a hug and I sob into her shoulder. I try to pull away, "I- I" I take a breath, "I need to call everyone. The team, our parents, I have to call them." I start looking for my phone when Amaya grabs my hands.
"I'll call them, don't worry okay," she smiles softly and reassuringly. I nod and lean back into Zari. She rubs my back and rocks us back and forth.
An hour later and everyone starts arriving at the hospital. The team had been there moments after I brought Sara in but our family had just gotten here. Quentin and Dinah show up first.
They come rushing in and I stand up. My eyes are puffy and my face is red. "Where's Sara? Where's my daughter?" Quentin asks in rapid fire succession. I take a deep breath, "She's in surgery."
"What happened?" Dinah asked.
I start tearing up again, "w-we were just laying in bed talking. One minute she was laughing and then the next," I shake my head and the tears fall. "The next she was screaming in pain and then started bleeding."
I wipe my face and Quentin pulls me into his arms and hugs me tightly. "Shhhh, it's okay sweetheart, it's gonna be okay." My father died when I was a child, so Quentin has really been like a father to me ever since I met him.
I see my mom, Elena Sharpe, rush in and I pull away from Quentin and rush into her arms. "Mom" I sob into her shoulder. "Shhhh baby, I got you, they'll be okay. They'll be okay." She whispers in my ear and rubs my back.
*9 hours later*
I see Dr. Robbins come out of the double doors and I quickly stand up. "What happened? Is my wife okay? Is the baby okay?" I spit out all these questions.
She puts her hands on my shoulders and smiles softly. "They're both okay. Sara lost a lot of blood because the placenta detached and caused her to hemorrhage but we got the bleeding under control and she'll be just fine." She smiles. "And the baby?" I ask worriedly. "The baby's pressure bottomed out, but we got it her out and she's doing just fine."
I let out a sigh of relief then I realize what Dr Robbins just said. "She?" I whisper. She smiles even wider and nods, "Congratulations Momma, you have a beautiful baby girl. Sara is still being moved from post op to a private room, but I can take you all to the NICU to see the baby, but only one person can go in."
We all nod and follow her. "Wait! Why is the baby in the NICU? Is she okay?" I ask getting worried again. "Don't worry, she'll be fine, since she was born this early, she has just a little trouble with her breathing but I don't think she'll have to stay there more than 3, 4 days tops." She says gently.
I nod relieved and we stop in front of the NICU. "So I assume you're coming in Momma?" Arizona says. I nod and wash my hands and put on the scrubs she gives me and follow her into the room.
There are a few other babies in the NICU, but I instantly know which one is mine.
Arizona leads me over to an incubator with a tiny, blonde haired baby. I walk up beside it and the baby is crying. "Would you like to hold her?"
"As much as I want to, Sara should hold her first." I say gently and look at Arizona. She nods and opens the round openings on the sides and turns to me, "you can reach in and touch her, she needs her mom."
I smile and sit down on a stool next to her and reached my hand in and placed my finger in her hand and squeezes my finger and stops crying. I gasp and smile, "you're so strong baby girl, just like your mommy." I whisper and the baby turns her head and opens her eyes. I let out another gasp at the brightest blues eyes I've ever seen. "So beautiful."
I spend about 15 minutes with the baby when Arizona comes and tells me that Sara is in her room and is awake and asking for her. I'm torn between my wife and my daughter. I see Amaya walk in with scrubs on, "I'll stay with her, go see Sara."
I smile and hug her tightly, "thank you Maya." She nods and sits next to the baby and I take the scrubs off and leave the NICU.
I rush to Sara's room and see the legends all outside. I hug them all, even Mick, and then walk into the room.
My mom is talking with Dinah and Quentin is talking to Sara.
Sara looks over at me and once again I start crying, but this time they're happy tears because my love is still here.
I rush over to her and gently take her face in my hands and kiss her softly. "You scared the hell out of me." I whisper, leaning our foreheads against each other. "We'll give you two a bit of privacy," Quentin says and him and our mothers leave.
"I'm sorry," she whispers back and I just pull her into a hug. She wraps her arms around my waist and kisses the side of my head, "I'm okay babe, it's all over." She says softly.
I pull back and kiss her one more time. "How's the baby? They said you were with the baby." I smile and pull out my phone, having taken a few pictures while I was there.
I pull up the picture of the baby with her eyes open and show it Sara, "she's amazing Sara." She gasp and takes my phone into her hands and traces the photo with her finger.
She look up at me with tears in her eyes, "she?" I nod smiling like an idiot, "yeah she. Our little princess."
Sara chokes out a small laugh and smiles the biggest smile I've ever seen, "Our little princess."
"Tell me everything," she says looking at me. I grab her hand and smile softly.
"She's so so strong Sara, just like you. The doctor has her in the NICU because she has minor trouble with her breathing but dr Robbins said she shouldn't be in there longer than a few days."
Sara nods and squeezes my hand. "She needs a name."
"We still going by our deal?" I ask her and she nods. The deal was that I would pick the baby's first name and Sara would pick the baby's middle name.
I smile and look right into her eyes, "I think, of you have no objections, that we should name her Laurel." I say softly.
She looks surprised and gets choked up. Unable to speak she nods and I hold her tight. "I wish she was here," she cried into my shoulder.
"I know baby, but this way we honor her, and I know she'd be proud for her niece to have her name." I comfort her and kiss her head.
We pull back and I push a piece of hair behind her ear. "So , you gonna leave me hangin on what our Princess' middle name is?" I joke with her hoping to get her to smile or laugh.
Mission accomplished. Sara let's out a small laugh and wipes her eyes. "Our princess' name is..." she pauses and messes with me.
"Baaaabeeee" I whine and she chuckles and grabs my hand. "Laurel Aviana Sharpe. I wanted her to have a strong middle name, one that she would look at and be proud of. And I couldn't think of any suitable names. But then I'd think of you, and while I wanted to name her after you, I also felt that she should have her own name. But, I couldn't help but using you as an influence for her name."
Sara finishes her explanation and I, for the millionth time that night, had tears in my eyes. I surge forward and kiss her passionately. "I love it. And I love you. And I love Laurel. I love our family so so much."
She smiles and hugs me tight, "I love you and our family so so much too."
*3 days later*
Outside POV
Laurel rose above the odds and was out of the NICU after a day. Her lungs were strong and after 1 day in the NICU and two in the regular nursery, baby Sharpe was ready to go home.
And so was Sara. She would need to take it easy so she wouldn't rip her stitches, and they both would have to come back in two weeks, but both mom and baby were ready to go home.
Ava walks into Sara's hospital room from bringing all the bags to the car and sees her wife sitting on the bed, dressed in black sweats and a red T-shirt, holding their daughter, wearing a purple onesie that says "hatched by two chicks," on her chest.
Ava smiles softly and walks over to them and kisses them both on the top of their heads. "Hello my loves," she says and sits in front of them.
"Hi baby, the car ready?" Sara asks wanting to get out of the hospital as soon as possible. Ava nods and leans over to look at Laurel. "Yes it is, all set to take my gorgeous girls home," she says I'm a baby voice that makes Laurel open her eyes.
"Ohh hi there princess!" She says softly and kisses her nose, "ready to go home baby girl?"
Laurel coos and both Ava and Sara laugh. "I think that's a yes," Sara laughs and kisses Laurels head. She stands up and hands Laurel to Ava, "can you put her in the car seat please babe? I have to use the bathroom."
Ava happily takes the baby into her arms and cradles her to her chest. "Sure babe."
Sara goes to the bathroom and Ava stands up and grabs the car seat that was on the floor and puts it on the bed. She carefully maneuvers Laurel into the carrier and buckles her in. She starts to whimper and Ava panics slightly.
"Oh don't cry baby, momma's here," Ava grabs the binki from the diaper bag and gently puts it in the baby's mouth. Laurel instantly calms down and closes her eyes, falling asleep.
Ava sighs in relief and tucks a blanket around Laurel and puts up the handle bar and hood of the car seat.
Sara comes out of the bathroom and smiles. "Ready?"
"Ready." Ava hands Sara the diaper bag and picks up the baby carrier and they walk out of the hospital and to their car.
Ava opens the door to the back for Sara to get in, knowing she wants to sit with Laurel, and and Sara smiles and kisses her cheek. Once she gets in Ava shuts her door and walks around to the other side. She opens the door and gets the car seat locked in safely and quickly kisses both her girls.
She gets in the front seat, puts on her seat belt, and starts the car. She looks back at Sara and smiles at her, "you ready to go home mommy?"
"Always Momma, lets take our baby home."
