Summary: While looking through magazines during post op monitoring, Shaun and Lea play a fun game of which celebrity baby name is the best and/or worst. Set during "Quiet and Loud" after Asher calls Shaun out on him being annoyingly overprotective and before Jordan visits Lea.

Lea was 18 weeks into her pregnancy, and she still hadn't felt any movement except for the feeling of maybe some butterflies flapping around in her belly. Although the nausea and fatigue were gone, she and Shaun were still in a constant state of terror.

To make things worse, a thinning on her uterine wall could result in a uterine rupture and another devastating loss if it progressed.

To stop it from happening, she underwent an experimental procedure involving reinforcing the uterine wall with expanding collagen fleece...per Shaun's request. The surgery seemed to be a success despite a small bleed during the procedure. However, she still needed to be monitored for a few days in the hospital as a patient.

Shaun had been extremely overprotective during this post-op recovery to where it made him a pain in the ass, and Lea was just bored and scared.

Facebook and Instagram got tiresome fast. Lea already read through the books she had brought. Nothing interesting was worth streaming on her laptop. Doing some work-related tasks on her computer didn't distract her enough. There was nothing good on TV. All in all, the magazines and tabloids (some were probably from 10 years ago, and she could tell because one cover had the Ashton Kutcher/Demi Moore relationship as its headline) Asher lent her from the waiting room) were surprisingly the most entertaining thing right now.

While Shaun, who was sitting in the chair, distracted himself with a study regarding prognoses of a specific surgery done on patients with gastroenterological cancers in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lea was busy reading every page word for word about engagements, weddings, tweets, and births in one of the recent editions of Us.

Most of the stuff in that magazine was boring until she came across an article that listed the most interesting and unique celebrity baby names of all time...most of which sounded terrible. Fortunately, that gave her an idea.

"Hey, Shaun, can we play a game?" She proposed.

Shaun looked up from his medical journal, dog-eared the page, then closed the book. "What kind of game? Do you want to play Scrabble on the app?"

"No," replied Lea. "How about we just decide which odd celebrity baby name is either okay or just bad...or even a slight bit cool."

"Why?" Shaun asked. "I don't know a lot about celebrities."

"I'm bored and this article has a long list, and I kind of want to talk to someone right now," sighed Lea. "It's too quiet right now."

"Okay," Shaun placed the book on the chair next to him and then walked over to Lea's bed to sit at the foot.

Lea gazed at the list and then read the first name. "Blue Ivy."

"No, but Ivy alone is nice," answered Shaun.

"Agree. I love Beyonce, but Blue Ivy kind of sounds like a stripper name," opined Lea before moving on to the next name. "What about North? She's the child of Kim and Kanye, so her full name is North West."

"That reminds me of a map direction," Shaun giggled lightly.

"Me, too. Although, North is kind of interesting. Apple Blythe Alison," read Lea. "She's the GOOP lady's daughter."

"Alison and Blythe are okay," avowed Shaun. "But Apple reminds me of produce."

"It also makes me think of apple martinis because her father is Chris Martin," added Lea before looking back at the page. "Moxie Crimefighter? What the hell? Sounds like a stripper name."

"I don't like that name either," agreed Shaun.

"Bluebell Madonna?"

"Bluebell reminds me of the ice cream brand responsible for a listeria outbreak in 2015," remarked Shaun. "Bluebell reminds me of listeria."

Lea laughed softly before Shaun told her not to laugh too hard.

Seriously? She thought. "Anyway, Pilot Inspektor...and its 'inspector' with a K."

"I don't like occupational baby names," affirmed Shaun. "And why is 'inspector' spelled with a K?"

"I don't know," shrugged Lea, looking back at the magazine. "Audio Science?"

"No," said Shaun straightforwardly.

"Agree on that one. Banjo Patrick?"

"No, but Patrick is okay," asserted Shaun, not understanding how random inanimates would make interesting baby names.

"Agreed," nodded Lea. "Jermajesty."

"All I can picture is a germ who is king," said Shaun, who assumed the name was spelled with a G.

"It's spelled with a J, and I'm not a fan either," concurred Lea, trying not to bust out laughing as she looked at the page. "Spurgeon Elliot?"

"Elliot is fine, but Spurgeon sounds like a fish or 'surgeon'," observed Shaun. "So, no. I've never even heard of that name...or word."

"Agree on that, and it's apparently named by one of the Duggars," chortled Lea before she held in her laugh as Shaun shot her a look. "What about Kyd Miller. It's 'kid' spelled with a Y."

"No, creatively spelling a word doesn't make a name unique," Shaun shook his head, resting his hand on Lea's knee.

"I'm with you on that one. I'm also now imagining people talking to him and saying, 'hey, Kyd, kid'. But Miller is cool," sighed Lea, hating that now Shaun was making sure she wouldn't laugh too much. "But Miller is cool. Diva Thin Muffin."

"No, no," Shaun shook his head.

"Agree, that sounds like a name you would insult someone with. What about Sage Moonblood?"

"Yes, maybe," Shaun finally said. "Except for Moonblood."

"So now you like the name Sage?" Lea smirked, remembering back when she and Shaun were choosing their daughter's name. "But, yeah. Moonblood just makes me think of menstruation. Fifi Trixiebell?"

"Mm-mn," Shaun nodded a "no".

"I think Fifi Trixiebell sounds like a name I would have given to one of my Barbies as a child," shared Lea before looking back down at the page. "Jupiter Iris?"

"That name is kind of interesting," breathed Shaun happily. "But I don't know about Jupiter. Iris is fine."

"Agree with you on that one. Tu Simone? She is Rob Morrow's daughter, which makes her name Tu Morrow."

"I like Simone," opined Shaun. "But Tu reminds me of the Spanish word for 'you'."

"And now I have that Annie song stuck in my head after hearing Tu Morrow," sighed Lea, looking at the magazine. "Moon Unit? I think its sounds like a teacher's lesson plan."

"I don't like it," agreed Shaun.

"Kulture Kiari?" Lea inquired. "'Culture' with a K?"

"I don't like word names," repeated Shaun.

"Cardi B is cool, but replacing a C with a K kind of makes the name weird," groused Lea.

Shaun and Lea continued reading the list of odd celebrity baby names on the page and sharing their opinions.

They had mixed feelings about Wyatt Isabelle. Alabama Gypsy Rose just made them think of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Lea thought Zuma Nesta Rock sounded cool, but Shaun wasn't a fan. Shaun thought Harley Quinn was a keeper, but all Lea could think of was the Batman villain. Diezel reminded them of gasoline and Denim reminded them of jeans. Buddy Bear sounded like a pet name you give to their child. Shaun thought Homer James was okay until Lea reminded him about The Simpsons. All Shaun could think about was falling down whenever he thought of Gravity. Bronx Mowgli reminded Shaun and Lea too much of The Jungle Book but in New York instead. Some of the names in Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence were cool, but they both agreed it was too big for a driver's license. Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily was a no for them. Sno FilmOn Dot Com sounded corporate. Future Zahir was interesting, but Shaun didn't like word names, and the same opinion applied to Ode Mountain. Finally, the only thing that caught their attention in Bogart Che Peyote was that the name had a drug in it.

Finally, they got to the last name on the list.

"Elon Musk's child, which is spelled, um, 'X, combined A and E, A, 12'," scoffed Lea as she never even wanted to try to pronounce it.

"That is the worst baby name I ever heard," insisted Shaun, and on an unrelated note, he could not stand Elon Musk. Heck, when it was news that he came out as having Asperger's, Shaun hardly gave a single fuck. He was no Greta Thunberg or Dan Aykroyd.

"Agreed," nodded Lea, wishing this whole ordeal was over already.

There was a silence between the two for a moment until Shaun finally made an offer and got up off the bed. "Are you hungry? Do you want me to get you lunch?"

"Yes, that would be great," nodded Lea, who really wanted a break from Shaun hovering. "I haven't eaten anything for almost 24 hours."

"And Jordan can also come visit for ten minutes," finished Shaun.

"Thank you," sniffed Lea. "I really need that."

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