Summary: Completely AU! In this story, you'll find a place where men can become pregnant through shapeshifting just like they can impregnate their female partner or male partner. The Shapeshifting in this story includes transforming into what you would have looked like as a man or woman and appears when you're a teenager. Since Danny fell for a female named Rachel who didn't want to have their next baby after having Grace, he is knocked up by her through shapeshifting. This story can be considered Mpreg. You'll see why when you read it. Read and Review please! Rated M for safety! Updates will be very slow!
Disclaimer: Hawaii Five O and all its characters belong to CBS.
Important note: Since Danny is really a male but changed into female form the chapter before last, I'll be using the word 'he/him' instead of 'she/her' for the delivery scene if I didn't make that clear last chapter. The story can still be portrayed as male pregnancy since in my story the family are shapeshifters if that makes sense. Leave a review and let me know if that makes sense.
Chapter 17- Welcome to the World Part 3
"Mom is on the way," Grace said as she finally entered the bathroom where her father had his head buried into Steve's shoulder as he was standing breathing heavy in a weird irregular pattern as his arms were looped around his neck. He was now in a hospital gown from all the times he saw the doctor to check on the baby. She went over to her uncle and decided to take his place. "Please don't be mad at me Danno. I just didn't want to see you upset anymore so I did what I had to."
At this point, he didn't care who was helping him stand upright. He was more concerned with getting to the finish line and finally holding his baby.
"I'm not mad at you. I'm sorry for blowing up like that," he responded but just as quickly sucked in a breath, groaning as he began to rock his hips side to side waiting for the contraction to subside but this one seemed to go on for ages. "I can't do this...nngh...make it stop...these hurt like a mother fucker!"
"What happened to walking?" She smiles at her uncle letting him know she heard their whole conversation mouthing to him ' I told you he didn't mean it'. He just smiles back in acknowledgement remembering their conversation when she followed him upstairs and then he begins to come over to knead the tension out of her father's back. "According to Uncle Steve it helps."
"You heard everything?" She nodded, still smiling in response as he lifted his head from her shoulder and looked up at her in surprise. "Does that mean you really forgive me too?"
"Yes, it does. How could I not?" As soon as she said that there's a knock at the front door and she motioned Steve to answer it. "You're going to have to act mad at seeing mom and at Uncle Steve for having her come at a time like this. Wanna try walking?"
"I should check again to see how far he's dilated first," Steve said and then he and her helped Danny lie down on the bathroom floor and he checked. "7 centimeters."
"You've got to be kidding me!" Grace spoke exactly what her father was thinking, hoping he would be there already since she didn't know how much more pain her father could take. "As much as I'm in awe of you right now, I really want to see my sister or brother now."
"Go Steve! Answer the fuck-freaking do-door," Danny said between gritted teeth before turning his face to his daughter after the contraction subsided. "Would you like to talk to the baby? Maybe that would be a great hel-OW-help."
"Another one?" she asked, and he nodded as she got down on her knees where he was now laying with his back propped up on the tub to be eye level with the bump and laid both of her palms on his middle, dipping her head in hopes the baby could hear her when she was speaking. "Hi Charlie. It's your sister Grace. I know you feel safe and cozy in there but it's not so bad out here. We all can't wait to meet you and I promise to protect you with my life."
She looked up as Danny tensed and she felt his muscles contract under her hands, but he plowed through the pain barely making a sound this time. "It's okay. I'm fine. Come here, Monkey."
As soon as he said it, she barreled into him and he just as quickly wrapped his arms around her hugging her just as tightly, pulling her in as he tried to savor the moment. He felt his shoulder getting wet as she began to shake as she let out a small laugh at his attempt at comfort. He pulled away to look at her face and grinned at her. "Is that a laugh I hear?"
She just nodded as she let out another laugh as she went in for another loving yet comforting hug before responding. "I needed this," she said pulling back as she wiped her face with her arm. "I'm sorry. I really hate this. I hate this. Scream if you need to. I know you're holding back for my benefit. I'm sorry I can't do anything else to help."
"GAH-SHIT! You're helping by just being here to keep me grounded. Where did Steve go? It doesn't take that long to open the freaking door."
"We're right here," Rachel said smiling as she stood next to Steve in the doorway of the bathroom. "We didn't want to ruin your moment with Grace."
He couldn't hide the relief at seeing her if he tried. He wanted to send a prayer up at the exact same moment but then he remembered what his daughter asked him to do.
"Why the hell are you here? How did you know?"
Rachel's eyes widened in shock at the question and then a stricken, vulnerable look passed over her features. "Steve told me. I thought you would be happy to see me but now I can see I was wrong. I shouldn't have come."
Silent tears began falling down her face that she didn't try to hide before she even turned around, her shoulders shaking, as she walked away, Steve stepped in her pathway and hugged her.
"Come back here, babe," Danny said softly but enough for her to hear him. She turned around and quickly rushed to him, getting on her knees next to him. She kissed him desperately with all her heart and soul not caring if he was in female form. He kissed back with just as much fervor, the pad of his thumb tracing her jaw delicately. "Okay, okay. I get it, you love me...apology noted, accept-acceptance is pending. Ohh, fuck-not again."
He looked at Steve as he panted through it. "Come help me up and give me some reas-reasons I shouldn't kill you once this baby-baby's born or better yet the next contraction for telling her."
He let out a weak laugh to show he was only joking but Steve didn't take it like a joke if his facial features were anything to go by. He looked in serious thought as he helped Danny up. "Can you walk?"
"I don't know," he responded taking a step when suddenly his water broke, and he suddenly bent over at the waist as one of the worsts contractions begin to build up. "Oh shit, oh shit...someone knock me out please...I can't do this any longeeerrrr-Ow!"
"Yes, you can! You know why? You're freaking Danny Fucking Williams. Do you want her to die?"
"No!" he shouted as though perplexed to why she would even ask that noting how she also thought it was a girl.
"I didn't think so. When it's time to push, go for it."
Three hours passed in which Danny slept when he could but at 3 o'clock in the morning is when he woke up and couldn't keep the noises at bay. He noticed his wife had fallen asleep against him, a palm on his middle. He nudged her awake as he noticed Steve was gone yet his daughter was wide awake watching them like a hulk looking in deep thought. As soon as she heard his cry of pain, she immediately went to wake Steve.
He came in and proceeded to check again how far dilated his friend was, but Danny wasn't having it this time. "Get away from me!"
"Relax Danno," He put a comforting hand on Danny's knee. "Everything's okay. I just need to check you."
"You relax! You have no idea how bad these hurt. None! I'm the one about to deliver a baby through a hole that's no bigger than a grapefruit so you can shove that word right up your ass!"
"Whoa Danno! Quite the set of lungs on you," he responded grinning with a smirk on his face. "May I please check?"
"Not until you wipe that smirk off your face," he snarled folding his arms tensing when another contraction came along making him scream and forget his breathing. "I mean it, or I won't hesitate to get my revenge once this is all over."
Steve wiped the smirk off his face so quickly it was like it wasn't even there in the first place. That's it. That's all it took for Rachel and Grace to excuse themselves from the room and once they were out of the bathroom, they began laughing so hard they were bent in half.
"He's actin-acting...AHAHAHA...like Steve is the one that did that to him." Grace said between laughs when she caught her breath. "I didn't really see it until now, but you were right. They do argue like an old married couple."
Meanwhile in the bathroom, Steve and Danny heard exactly what they were doing and heard what they said.
They smirked at each other and started busting out laughing before Danny began speaking. "I miss Rachel's laugh and how carefree Grace is when she laughs. I haven't heard too much of that lately."
"Would you like to keep it going for the moment?" Steve asked in a whisper so the other occupants on the other side of the door couldn't hear.
"How-OWWW?!" Danny cried out as he gripped his stomach that was contracting in such a vice like grip. "Y-yeah, sure, I'll go along with any distraction possible. How though?"
"Do you trust me?" At Danny's nod he continued. "Follow my lead and yell if you need to at me."
Just then the door opened to reveal Grace holding her side and Rachel with a face the color of a tomato and Steve momentarily turned around to them then to his friend and winked at him before speaking.
"None of this would have happened if you didn't forget to take your birth control!"
"And whose fault is that? If you hadn't sticked your dick in me, we wouldn't even be in this situation!"
At that response, Steve raised one of his eyebrows as he thought of a comeback.
Rachel cleared her throat and got in the middle of it. "Are you trying to tell me this baby isn't mine after all we been through?"
Danny didn't answer but winked at her, motioning his head at Grace who was trying to keep quiet as she was currently lying on the floor laughing her butt off. She was holding her stomach looking like she was trying to catch her breath. Rachel turned back to Danny, finally getting it and began laughing as well.
"I can't help it you can't resist this," Steve finally said gesturing up and down his body. "It's not entirely my fault."
Danny didn't even need to think before he spewed out the next response through gritted teeth as he waited for yet another contraction to pass. "Your good looks are what got us in this mess. Your pu-pull out game is weak. This is entire-entirely your fault!"
At that Rachel and Grace, both lost it and couldn't keep silent as they were laughing. Try as he might, for the life of him, he tried to keep a straight face but seeing his wife and daughter laughing from the corner of his eye made him smile a little.
"You know you love it though."
"Yeah, I do."
Steve then came over and leaned in and seeing what he was about to do, Danny lifted his hand to his face sideways to cover his lips and placed it in front of his face. They pretended to passionately kiss on either side of his hand.
"Oh, my goodness. We get it. We get it!" Grace yelled out as she was now sitting on her knees to catch her breath and covered her mom's mouth. "I can't take it! We've... AHAHAHA...goodness gracious...learned our lesson-"
Danny cut her off as another one came, full power, that seemed to come right after the other and he let out a scream as he was caught off guard. "Have you reall-thank goodness it's time."
"You mean you feel the urge to push?"
Danny didn't answer but began to bore down with what felt right as relief flooded him that he didn't have to wait any longer.
"Whoa Whoa Wait Danny! Are you having a contraction? That is the only way this will work."
"YES! THEY'RE RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER," he yelled before attacking the real source of the problem. "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THIS TO ME? I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING SPLIT WIDE OPEN!"
"You wanted to give Grace another sibling like she was wishing for, remember?" Rachel responded unperturbed as she wiped his face with a cool cloth and kissed his cheek. "Remember that the next time you want to carry another baby for me."
"Fuck you, Rachel. There will not be a next time if I have a say!"
Grace squeezed his hand that was gripping his belly. "You're my Danno. You're the strongest person I know. There's nothing you can't do, and I know you can do this." She then gave him her hand to squeeze as he pushed.
"Okay, you're right. I can do this," he breathed turning his attention back to his wife. "I'm sorry. Forgive me. No more kids though especially if I'm the one who has to carry it."
"No more kids. Got it. Now focus on bringing our baby into the world!"
On the next contraction he bored down with all he had in him, curling his body around his bump bringing his chin to his chest. He held his breath for as long as he could before letting the breath go. This went on for at least two hours.
Steve, who was monitoring what was happening down there, seeing no progress, looked over at Grace then Rachel. "I need you two to hold both his legs back and whatever you do don't look."
With their free hands, they put them on Danny's back to help him lean forward to hopefully make the delivery easier.
"I see progress. The head has become visible and it has hair." Steve happily exclaimed.
He could hear muffled splurges of encouragement from his daughter and wife but all he could focus on was getting to the finish line. "Oh God, it burns..."
"You're almost there Danno," Grace said before chancing a look and then she began to look dizzy. "The head is almost out...Oh no..."
She looked like she was going to pass out, so Danny yelled to get her attention. "Don't you pass out on me, monkey! I need your help."
She nodded a little too quickly for it to look normal, fighting the dizziness to help deliver her sibling in any way she could. "I-I'm fine, Danno. I'm not going to pass out. Keep going."
With the next contraction, he white-knuckled his grip on his daughter's hand to keep her grounded in the present so that she really wouldn't as he pushed. If she was in any pain from it, she didn't show it to her father. Instead, she gritted her teeth while smiling at him before looking back down there looking more in control as did Rachel began to look too.
This time he couldn't stop Rachel from passing out since he wasn't holding her hand.
"Rachel! Babe!" He looked down at Steve and gestured for him to check on her. "Please tell me she's okay."
"She's breathing so she's fine just passed out cold. I'm afraid you have to hold your other leg back on your own. Now on the count of five take a deep breath and give it all you got. 1...2...3...4...5!"
He did as he was told and as soon as he felt it, he bore down with it as he clenched his teeth. "Ahhhh-nnngg! This fucking burns. Get it out!"
"I can't not until the head is fully out. Now go. Pushpushpushpushpush...and now we have the head, it's almost over. Do you want to feel it?"
He nodded and Steve guided his hand down so he could feel the head which was covered with soft hair. "She's...almost here. I'm scared."
"Don't be. You're a great father already to Gracie. I can help now. You just have to keep going."
When Steve could see his friend gearing up to push, as soon as the shoulders came out, he helped pull the baby out all the way as Danny let out a final pitiful scream before falling quite heavily backwards.
Coming to after hearing the loud scream Rachel set up. "Please tell me she's here already."
Instead of answering, he was worried why the baby wasn't making a sound. He saw Steve working on getting her to breathe and he immediately burst out crying as he covered his face with his arm. "I did everything right! I failed her."
Rachel began to cry too as Grace just hugged him tight, silent tears coming down as she was whispering kind words to him.
"It's a boy and you haven't failed him not if I have anything to do with it," Steve said with determination as he held the baby face down on his arm patting his back. When that didn't work, he tried several other ways then just began to flicker the bottom of his foot. The baby who had yet to be named took a deep breath and began to wail its lungs out. "He's crying! That means he's breathing. I can't believe it!"
Rachel and Danny cried in relief at the most beautiful sound they never thought they were going to get the chance to hear, her hugging him as Steve handed him over. "He's alive! Oh my God...he's alive and all ours. You did it!" Rachel said letting out a small laugh as tears ran down her face. She studied the baby who had most of her features but had Danny's blond hair and nose. She reached over and ran her fingers down its back in hopes of calming the cries down as she counted fingers and toes.
Seeing they needed a moment, he reached over holding a towel to place the baby in and showed Rachel how to cut the cord as Danny handed him over. "Grace, you want to help me to clean and weigh him. I'll get a cloth and basin and we can go into the other room to get him dressed too to give them privacy."
They both got up with Steve holding the baby to his chest, a hand on his bottom. Grace made grabby hands, so Steve handed him over and she held him with ease as she began talking to him as she introduced herself and they walked out of the room.
As soon as they were out of earshot, Steve asked her a question he had been meaning to ask. "Did you want a baby brother?"
"Truthfully, no but now I can't find it in myself to care. He had no choice in whether he was going to be a boy or girl."
"What if he shifts in early childhood like your parents?"
"Nothing's going to change. I won't push girly stuff onto him if he doesn't want to or he's just too boyish. I want him to grow into his own person, you know?"
Steve agreed as they proceeded to do what they said they were going to do.
In the meantime, Rachel apologized to Danny to the best of her ability since she had yet to do so. He had changed back into his male form and stood up, looking weak and tired, and Rachel followed his lead.
"I'm sorry for everything Danno. I'll never disown you again and let you walk away. I want back in if you'll let me. I regret-"
She was cut off when Danny pulled her into an impulsive hug, and she slowly put her arms around him. When he drew back, he leaned in to give her a passionate yet heartfelt slow kiss, both hands coming to the sides of her neck. He then rested his forehead against hers then spoke. "You're here now and that's all that matters. I forgive you, babe."
"Okay. That's good, real good. I'm really sorry."
"Stop apologizing, will you? I'll let it go if you do," He slid his hand down to her arm and linked his fingers with her. "Now come on and let me introduce you to Charlie for real this time."
"You know, you can't just keep calling him Charlie anymore. He needs more than a nickname."
"I'll let my daughter name him since she was the one who named him first thinking it was a girl."
They entered the room to see Grace rocking the baby while standing and Danny made a silent shushing sound to his wife and Steve who was packing things up and noticed them first.
Danny came back and took the first picture and video of many more to come. She heard the recording sound stop and turned around turning red as a tomato. "Danno!"
He said nothing but put the phone in the back of his pants pocket looking innocent. "What?!"
"Delete that!"
He came closer and held out his arms and even though she didn't want to she handed him over. "Would you like to name him?"
"Good thing you asked. Instead of the name Charlotte how about Charles. Charles Edward Williams."
"I like it. It has a ring to it. Welcome to the world, Charles," he then turned to Rachel who stood in the doorway looking timidly at them. "I want you to meet him. Come here."
"Hi Charles. I'm your mommy," she said to the baby who right then happened to open his eyes as she held the back of his head. "Oh my God...they're blue like yours Danny. I love him so much!"
She proceeded to kiss Danny over the baby's head and then the baby's forehead. While they weren't looking, Grace picked pockets her father's pocket for his phone.
She took the phone and hid it until she got to her room and looked at what he took of her and found herself unable to delete it. After all, they were the first of many, so she sent them to her email and downloaded them to her phone.
"Monkey!" Danny yelled, discovering his phone was missing.
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