From athenamay24's prompt, "First real date (on Valentine's Day or not) after having a baby/babies"
This one was interesting because it's not the kind of thing I often write, and it differs a bit from my headcanon of Jake and Cassandra's future together (I imagine them adopting). But it was fun! I hope you like it (:
(P.S. I had to text my mom to double-check that I was getting parts of this right, lmao... and then she gave me advice on a bunch of ridiculous situations I could bring up if I wanted to take it in a humourous direction. I also just generally took inspiration from my parents' stories about parenting and my own memories of my brothers as babies.)

It had been two months since the baby came home and Jacob and Cassandra finally, finally, had a chance at a night to themselves. It had taken a few days to decide what they should do with it, but in the end they decided to just go for dinner at their favourite Greek restaurant downtown and then try to catch that new movie from the series Cassandra liked so much.

"I hope Ezekiel and Faith are all right. I left them enough milk, didn't I?" Cassandra asked as they sat down.

"Darlin', you left enough milk for a whole day," Jake promised her. "They're gonna be fine. Ezekiel loves our little girl more than I've ever seen him love anything."

She smiled at that. "I never would have thought Ezekiel for babysitting before this happened. Eve and Flynn, definitely. Even Jenkins in a pinch – he'd fuss, but he wouldn't let us down. Besides, I've seen him fawning over her when he thought we weren't looking. Ezekiel, I'd leave our dog, but I would never have guessed the day would come that I'd leave him our daughter."

"I'm pretty sure he loves her even more'n he loves our dog," he laughed, throwing an arm around her in their tiny two-person booth. She leaned her head on his shoulder.

"When are we going to ask him to be her godfather?" she asked, brushing her hand affectionately against her husband's leg.

"I guess we should do it soon, huh?" Jake agreed. "I thought it'd be kinda funny to ask him on his birthday."

Cassandra raised her head again and beamed at him. "I didn't even think of that! That's perfect," she answered. "We should write it on a little note and put it inside a giant box."

He laughed. "We already ordered him a regular present, Cassie," he pointed out.

"I know. We can give that to him after," she said with a grin.

"I do love you," he murmured fondly, kissing the side of her head.

She flipped idly through the menu, despite the fact that they almost always ordered the same thing. "Gosh, I'm tired," she admitted. "I can barely read this thing."

"I know," Jake agreed, rubbing his eyes as he skimmed the menu over her shoulder. "How'd you sleep last night? Faith had me up at three, but I thought I managed not to wake you that time…"

"It's not you," she told him. "It's her. I can't help waking up. I think I slept okay, though? Better than the night before, anyway."

"This parentin' business is an awful lotta work."

"Can't say we weren't warned," Cassandra chuckled. "It was all we ever seemed to hear about for a while there."

"'S true," he agreed.

A waitress came by with a couple glasses of water and asked what she could get them. Exchanging a glance, they ordered their default favourite, a mixed souvlaki plate for two. She took their menus and they settled back into the booth again, leaning tiredly on each other.

Smiling, Cassandra asked, "Did you see the way Faith's eyes lit up when Ezekiel picked her up tonight?"

"God, I love those eyes," Jake answered warmly. "Even if she does get just as excited for Ezekiel as she does for me."

"She does not," his wife disagreed, laughing. "She loves her daddy the most, anyone can tell."

"I dunno…" he teased, but she swatted him playfully.

"Come on. What was it, Tuesday? I tried everything to calm her down. But as soon as you came in and scooped her up, she was all smiles." She reached up and patted him on the cheek.

"Yeah, okay…" He looked down, grinning. "That was pretty cool."

"Yeah. She's pretty cool."

"She really does like everybody, though," he pointed out. "As long as she's in a good mood – and she usually is – she's just delighted no matter who's visitin' with her. She gets that from her mama."

Cassandra laughed. "That's true, but I still think you're her favourite," she said. "She gets that from me, too." She turned to face him so she could give him a kiss. Then, leaning back, she laughed again and rubbed across his cheeks with her thumbs. "Look at you, you're exhausted. Did you sleep enough?"

"I'll get by," he assured her. "Been lookin' forward to tonight. Have to stay awake one way or another."

"Kid sure is draining, for such a tiny creature," she complained good-naturedly.

"You ain't wrong," Jake agreed. "I miss sleepin' all night."

"Or reading more than three pages of a book at a time," she added.

"Or eatin' peanut butter without thinking about how it looks like baby poop." He stuck out his tongue in half-mocking disgust.

"Or not wearing these horrible bra pads," she continued, making a face and reaching into her shirt to adjust a strap.

He snorted. "Ain't we a pair."

"You bet," she told him resolutely, and he gave her a peck, smiling. "But, you know… parenting isn't so bad."

"Nah. It's pretty neat so far," he agreed. "I like the kid. Pretty little thing. Has her mama's eyes."

"And her daddy's great big smile," Cassandra reminded him.

"You know, I always kinda used to imagine myself with a whole baseball team," he teased. "Lotta kids in my family. Not a tradition I'd mind carryin' on."

She laughed. "I'm not so sure about that," she said. "But it's true, the first one's pretty good. Maybe we'll see how we're doing in another year or so, okay?"

"Well, all right." Jacob yawned, then grinned as he leaned his forehead against her shoulder. "God, I'm tired. I don't know if I'm gonna make it through a whole movie, Cassie."

"Yeah, me neither," she admitted. "But it's pretty worth it, isn't it?"

"Sure is," he agreed, lifting his head a bit and leaning in to kiss her neck. She giggled and pushed him off playfully.

"Not in the restaurant, Jake," she laughed, and he straightened up again, still grinning.

"Oh, fine," he agreed. "But I don't know how you expect me to stay awake otherwise."