To Have & to Hold Forever
This story is a sequel to "Sickness & Health, Good Times & Bad", along with other stories in the "Together Forever" Series. You don't have to read those stories first but this story will make more sense if you do.
Brian and Justin are established partners, sharing custody of Gus and raising Brian's nephews.
I don't own the original QAF characters just the situations I create. No copyright infringement intended.
Chapter 4
Justin & Brian arrived at the hospital well before Eden & Chaz. While Justin texted with Eden, Brian called Cynthia to let her know that he might not be available for the Philadelphia trip. He told her to discuss with Ted whether it would be better for Ted or Cynthia to accompany Greg to the Franklin presentation.
When Chaz pulled up to the hospital entrance, Justin helped Eden out of the car and inside while Chaz parked and Brian walked behind them. It seemed to him that Eden was trying to calm & reassure Justin.
Eden's doctor had called ahead so she was rushed off. Brian led Justin over the waiting area and managed to pull the blond down into a chair. Justin was grateful for Brian's arm slung over his shoulders, he wasn't sure if he was more happy or nervous that the twins might be arriving. He was desperate to meet them but this was a little early for them to be born.
Caz came through the entrance and was ushered back to the exam room. He did give Justin & Brian a wave before he disappeared from sight. A short time later, although it seemed forever to Justin, Chaz reappeared and came over to the prospective daddies.
"Sorry guys. Looks like a false alarm. Doc said the babies haven't moved into position yet so it could be a couple weeks before they arrive."
Brian smiled.
"Well that's better for the twins to develop a little more. I just hope their Papa survives the wait."
Justin stood up and gave Brian a "look".
"Don't pay any attention to him Chaz. This wasn't any problem, I was already here in the city. I happy it was just a false alarm."
Eden came into the waiting area and Justin hurried over to give her a hug. Brian came over and said he hoped Eden was feeling OK. A few pleasantries were exchanged before everyone headed back to their cars. Brian called Kinnetik to let Cynthia & Ted they were off the hook for the trip to Philly.
Once they got back to Kinnetik, Brain got to work finalizing his plans for the next day. Just called Alice to ask her to pick up the boys and feed them dinner. He was going to stay in town and he & Brian thought they would go out to dinner before heading home.
Alice offered to stay with the boys until Brain & Justin got home but Justin said they trusted the boys to be on their own. He headed over to the gallery since he had a few things he wanted to discuss with Sidney.
Brian and Justin had dinner at their favorite Italian restaurant. They enjoyed one on one time and knew this would be in shorter supply when the twins arrived. There was lots of flirty conversation and Justin was thrilled when Brian reached across the table and held his hands as they chatted before the food was served.
They also talked about the weekend when Gus would be staying with them. They discussed how to approach the Peter/Papa situation. They decided they would wait until Gus was at the house and then they would talk with him together.
Brian was, of course, the first to arrive home. Justin was always a more cautious driver. When Justin came in the house he heard Brian and his nephews talking in the media room. Brian smiled when he saw Justin.
"Here is your Uncle Justin, safe and sound. I think he sometimes has trouble finding the gas pedal."
Justin grunted.
"Excuse me for obeying posted speed limits."
Brian nodded.
"Well no one is perfect. I guess I'll just have to accept your character flaws. Now I am going up to finish packing for my business trip."
Brian leered at his partner and softly cupped Justin's ass with his hand.
"Don't be too long Justin."
Justin could feel his cheeks flushing as John & Peter grinned at him. He spent some time catching up with the boys. They had some questions about the false alarm for the twins. John was very excited about the babies' arrival. Justin thought Peter was less thrilled about the pending arrival of the twins.
When Justin stepped into the Master Bedroom the only illumination was from candles. A naked Brian came quickly across the room and stripped Justin clothes off him in record time. Brian swept him up in his arms and carried him over to the bed.
He laid Justin on his back and covered his mouth in a bruising kiss. The kiss left Justin a little breathless as Brian worked his way down the front of Justin body. Kissing, licking and gently biting while enjoying the feel of Justin's soft skin.
Brian spent some time paying proper attention to Justin's hardening cock before continuing down his body. After some time spent toe sucking Brian flipped his favorite blond over and worked his way up the back side of his body.
Brian spent quite a bit of time preparing Justin's hole before kissing his way up his back. Justin found himself flipped over again and his feet placed on Brian's shoulders. Brian moved in for another passionate kiss. It thrilled Justin to see how much Brian still wanted him after all their years together.
As Brian entered him Justin put his hands on Brian's ass and pulled him in, letting his partner know he was more than ready for him. A little over an hour later two fully satisfied men emerged from the shower and crawled back into bed. They fell asleep quickly.
The next morning Brian was up at his usual time. He was picking up Greg for the drive to Kinnetik. That way they would just have one car at the airport. Justin woke enough to give Brian a kiss good bye, tell him that he would miss him and wish him good luck for their meeting with Franklin Pharmaceuticals.
Later that morning Justin was in his studio when his cell rang. He glanced at the display and saw "Washington Academy" and quickly answered.
"Hello Mr Taylor. This is Dean Dennison from Washington Academy."
"Hello Ed. Is there a problem with John or Peter?"
Justin knew that using his first name annoyed the Dean of Admissions but didn't care. So much about the Dean annoyed him & Brian he felt it was only fair to retaliate.
"No, Mr Taylor there is no problem. There is a situation I wanted to discuss with you. Are you aware Peter Kinney has started to refer to you as Papa?"
"Yes I did know that."
There was a pause before Ed replied.
"But you are not actually his father."
Justin raised his eyes to heaven.
"I'm not? Are you sure?"
This time the pause before Ed spoke was longer.
"As far as I know you are not his father."
Justin chuckled.
"It just seemed like such a ridiculous thing for you to say. We are all well aware that I am not Peter's father. His father left home when Peter was quite young and he doesn't really know what it like to have a father active in his life.
I'm not sure if you know this but Brain and I are expecting twins. I think that has Peter feeling a little insecure about his place in my life. He asked if he could call me Papa and I said it would be okay. Honestly I think it may be just a phase he is going through."
"Well Mr Taylor I am concerned this may be a symptom of a more serious issue Peter is going though."
"Have any of Peter's teachers reported any changes in behavior or have his grade suffered at all?"
When Ed said no, Justin sighed.
"Ed I really don't understand the purpose of this call. I appreciate you checking on the Papa thing but can't understand why you think this is a symptom of a serious issue. Let me know if anyone reports any serious changes in Peter's behavior before the end of the year."
Justin disconnected and thought of all the positive things about Washington Academy while wishing he never met Ed Dennison.
When Justin picked up the boys after school Peter reported that he had been called to the guidance counselor's office. He laughed as he told Justin that the counselor had questioned him about whether he believed Justin was actually his father. All three boys thought this was hilarious and Justin joined in their laughter.
They dropped off Josh and when they got home it became obvious that John & Peter were determined to keep Justin occupied so he would miss Brian less. To Justin's amusement they suggested movie watching, video games and billiards or ping pong in the game room.
Alice, who witnessed their offers, and Justin were both amused. When the boys went upstairs Justin smiled at Alice.
"I wonder if Brian put them up to looking after me. That really isn't his style."
Alice smiled back at him.
"I think John and Peter are just worried about you missing Brian. They are such good boys."
Justin nodded his head, genuinely touched that John & Peter were acting on their own
Brian arrived back home the next day jubilant after a successful meeting with Franklin. Their board had been delighted with everything Brian and Greg had to say.
Justin had spent the morning with Eden at her house. She felt like it would not be much longer before the twins were born. Justin was delighted & apprehensive all at the same time. Everything was ready in the nursery but Justin worried that the twins would have to spend time in the hospital if they were born too soon. He was glad that Brian was back in town and had no plans to travel before the twins arrived.
There had been a couple trips planned but Greg turned out to be a natural at presentations. He was going to accompany Cynthia on one customer visit and Ted on another visit. Justin was delighted that Brian arranged things so that he would not miss the birth of the twins.
Brian took Friday off and Jennifer offered to pick up Gus at school and bring him to the house since she would be showing houses near the Fort Pitt School. John & Peter challenged the uncles to a ping pong tournament so the early afternoon was spent on the game room. Alice supplied snacks and Charlie was the referee and audience.
When Gus arrived he hurried downstairs and told his Daddy & Papa he had something special to show them upstairs. Neither Brian nor Justin noticed the smiles on the faces of Charlie, John & Peter.
They followed Gus upstairs and were shocked & horrified to find the kitchen and family room decorated for a baby shower. Alice stood at the door to the garage, Jennifer covered the French doors to the patio while Debbie & Daphne were stationed by the hall door. The door to the dining room was blocked by a table full of food. As Brian looked quickly around the room he realized he had no way to escape.
Eden was seated in a place of honor and was smiling at the horrified expressions on Brian & Justin's faces. Gus, John & Peter were all laughing, happy that the plan to distract the guests of honor worked perfectly.
Just about every female Brian & Justin knew was gathered for the shower. They were shocked to see Donna Brown who had flown in from Chicago. Justin was touched when he spotted Alice's daughter standing with her sister in law. Brian was embarrassed to see Cynthia with a few other women from the Kinnetik office. Even Lindsay & Melanie were there along with JR.
Justin finally smiled when Molly snuck up behind him and gave him a hug. He saw the satisfied looks on the face of his mother & Debbie and knew they were the instigators of the shower. Including Donna Brown was a stroke of genius since it insured that Brian, ever the businessman, would not try to escape.
A very excited Emmett was finishing up food prep in the kitchen. Justin moved closer to Brian and slipped his arm around his partner's waist. He could feel how tense Bran was, he looked up with a smile & shrugged.
"Looks like we are trapped."
Brian smirked but Justin could feel a little tension leave the brunet's body. Justin turned to his mother.
"We will NOT play any silly games!"
That statement produced laughter from the 25 women gathered in the room. Brian unbent enough to sit beside Justin while he opened gifts. Since everyone knew that all the baby essentials had been bought most of the gifts were practical. Disposable diapers in various sizes, onesies, receiving blankets & formula were piled around the chair where Justin sat.
Donna Brown's gift was promised stock in Brown Athletics to be delivered once the babies' names were announced. She also included some colorful toys designed to get baby's attention when they were at the crawling stage.
Once the gifts were opened Brian took advantage of a chance to escape while Justin circulated and thanked everyone for coming. Eventually his stomach growled and he chowed down on the amazing variety of food that Emmett prepared. The guests started to leave until only Jennifer, Molly & Debbie were left.
Justin looked over at his mother a frown on his face.
"Mom, you know that Brian and I did not want a baby shower. I don't understand why you still planned this when you knew how we felt."
Debbie looked worried, Molly rolled her eyes and Jennifer met her son's eyes straight on.
"Justin I did know how you and Brian felt but your friends and family wanted a chance to share your happiness. They were anxious to show that they loved you and Brian, truly approved of the choices you made and were excited about the adventure the two of you are embarking on.
Alice's daughter drove in from Virginia, Donna Brown flew here from Chicago and Daphne went to a lot of trouble to rearrange her schedule. All because they wanted to show their love and support. You and Brian thought only of yourselves. If you think I am going to apologize for organizing this shower you are going to be disappointed. The world does revolve around you and what you want. Get over yourself."
Brian walked into the room partway through Jennifer's declaration. She turned towards him,
"That goes for you too Brian."
Brian smiled.
"Whatever you say Mother Taylor. It would take a braver man than I to argue with you."
Justin made an exasperated noise and shook his head.
"Not sure how I became the villain here."
Debbie laughed.
"Because the Asshole that you live with threw you under the bus. But I do agree with your mother that you should just be grateful that all your friends wanted to share this with you."
Molly came over and sympathetically patted her brother on the back.
"Justin, you should have known that Brian is too afraid of Mom to argue with her."
They were all laughing when John, Peter and Gus appeared from the game room. Peter looked at everyone laughing and asked.
"What's so funny?"
Molly looked over at him.
"Justin got in trouble with Mom and Brian didn't even try to help him."
Peter came over to Justin.
"Poor Papa, no one is on your side. You really should know better than to argue with Grandmom Jen."
Both Brian & Justin looked quickly at Gus. They hadn't told him anything about Peter calling Justin Papa. Gus was smiling and seemed unconcerned. Brian went over to his son.
"Sonny Boy what do you think about Peter calling Justin Papa?"
Gus shrugged.
"We talked about it downstairs. Peter really loves Papa and he doesn't have any Dad of his own. I told him it was okay."
Brian picked up Gus and gave him a kiss.
"Sonny Boy you are one in a million!"
Nothing made Gus happier than to make his Daddy proud of him so he had a huge smile on his face. Brian and Justin felt a little silly to have worried so much about how Gus would react to Peter starting to call Justin Papa.
Justin came over and took Gus from Brian to give him a kiss.
"Little Man you know I couldn't love you more than I do."
Gus leaned in close and whispered in Justin's ear.
"You were my Papa first but Peter really loves you a lot."
Justin hugged him tight before the boys all fixed plates with the shower leftovers. Jennifer insisted on making Brian a salad for his dinner, before she, Debbie & Molly left for the city.
Over the weekend Brian and Justin noticed that Gus had a funny look on his face whenever Peter called Justin Papa. They made sure Gus got a lot of attention and he spent time alone with Justin in the studio.
At Eden's doctor's appointment the following week, the doctor told her that the twins could arrive any day. That news had the effect of sending Justin into a complete meltdown. Brian stayed home from work the next day to try and keep Justin calm.
Every time his phone rang Justin was disappointed that it wasn't Eden or Chaz calling. The bright spot from Brian's point of view was that Justin needed a lot of distractions and to Brian that meant lots of sex.
Late Wednesday night, a week later, Justin was being distracted by riding Brian's cock when his phone rang. He scrambled off a startled Brian and grabbed his phone off his bedside table. It was Eden telling him that her water had broken and they were heading to Allegheny General.
Justin wanted to get dressed immediately and leave for the hospital. Brian was all for continuing their distraction before leaving. Brian lost that debate but did get Justin to agree to a quick shower before leaving.
Brian called the cottage to alert Alice & Charlie who came over to the house for the night. Justin told John & Peter the news and packed some snacks & water to take to the hospital. Brian got the packed suitcase with baby clothes into the car along with the two new car seats.
Less than an hour after the call Justin & Brian were on the road. When they got to the hospital they were able to spend some time with Eden before being relegated to a waiting room. Things slowed down in Eden's labor and they got to go back to her room.
The doctor said they were going to let Eden get some sleep and if things didn't get going on their own they would induce labor. There were three reclining chairs in the room and even Justin was able to get a little sleep.
Before sunrise Eden woke up with contractions. Brian & Justin went back to the waiting room. Just before 9AM a nurse came for Brian & Justin telling them the babies were about to be born. They stayed near Eden's head, neither of them interested in an up close & personal view of any vagina.
Their daughter was born first. A nurse put the baby into Justin's arms. Tears were running down his face. He quickly showed the baby to Eden before he stepped next to Brian leaning in to his partner. Brian looked down at the tiny baby awestruck. He was finally able to comment.
"Sunshine! She's beautiful, she looks exactly like you."
Justin leaned his face up for Brian's kiss. Despite the tears running down his cheeks Justin has a huge smile on his face. A nurse took the baby to clean her and another nurse handed Justin his son. Brian had his arm around Justin as they both gazed at the baby in Justin's arms.
Almost fearfully Justin examined Brian's face. He was relieved and delighted to see the look of wonder on Brian's face. It was just like the look Brian's had on his face when he held Gus for the first time. A nurse came over and took the baby.
"We are just going to clean up the babies and take them over to the NICU to be sure they are both okay. You know they are just a little premature but both have good weight, over five pounds each. If you two go to the room you reserved someone will be there shortly with an update."
Justin gave Eden a quick kiss on the cheek and both he & Brian shook hands with Chaz. When they got to their room they sat on the bed. Brian gathered Justin in his arms and held him tight. Justin relaxed against Brian's side.
"They are beautiful babies! I love them so much already, I can't explain it but I do. Wow this is really going to change our lives. Are we really ready for this?"
Brian chuckled.
"We better be ready! Too late to change our minds. When you look at our beautiful babies how can you feel anything but love."
"I saw your face Brian. I could see how much you loved them. I love you so much, you are such a great father. Our babies are so lucky.
Brian hugged Justin tighter for a moment.
I'm the lucky one Sunshine. To have you in my life and now our twins. I don't understand why I am so lucky."
"Brian I love you because you are such a special man. I fell in love the first time I saw you and I will love you for the rest of my life."
Brian cleared his throat and decided he needed to change the direction of this conversation.
"So, are we sticking with the names? You said you wanted to see the babies before you made a final, final decision."
"No changes the names are perfect. Lily Jennifer Taylor-Kinney and Liam Victor Taylor-Kinney."
There was a quick knock on the door and two nurses came in holding the babies. A doctor followed them into the room. The nurses suggested Brian & Justin take off their shirts to bond with the babies skin to skin.
Brian reached out for Lily. "Come to your Daddy, Princess. He is going to buy you everything you desire."
Justin chuckled as he took Liam from the nurse.
"Come to Papa, Liam. I'm the man who will prevent your Daddy from making you a spoiled brat."
The doctor assured them the babies were in perfect health and would be able to go home later in the day. They wanted to be sure the babies could feed properly before releasing them. A nurse told them she would be bringing them two bottles of formula soon.
When the nurses and doctors left Brian and Justin sat in chairs with grins on their faces mesmerized by the babies they were holding.
Justin called his mother, Molly & Debbie. Brian called Cynthia to tell her the twin's names and birth info. He asked her to get the birth announcements printed with the info. Once the printing was done the reception staff could stuff the pre-addressed envelopes.
Jennifer and Debbie arrived while the babies were getting their first meal from their fathers. Both women firmly stated that these were the most beautiful babies they had ever seen. They both cried when they were told the names Brian & Justin chose.