a/n: wow! you guys really liked the last svech fic 𼚠thanks for the love! have some more lol. title is lyrics from songbird by fleetwood mac and i am atrocious at coming up with titles so đ¤ˇđźââď¸ writing for svech is so fun and is definitely shaking loose some of my writerâs block so iâm going to ride the wave as long as possible. also this got wildly long whoops
tw: some sexual innuendo, but nothing crazy graphic. also a lil bit of a breeding kink (sorry not sorry) and extreme cuteness and girl dad!svech if thatâs something you need to be warned about đ
summary: you and the baby surprise andrei at a game
Evie fights her nap, pushing her pacifier from her face and kicking her little pajama-clad legs in the air. You sigh and stroke her downy blonde hair, âEvie-bug, come on. Mama needs to get things done and you need a nap.â
âNo!â Evie squeals, her favorite word. âNo, no, no,â she chants and youâre starting to feel a little crazy.
Sheâs been fussy lately, in a sleep regression and fighting her naps. So youâre both a little overtired and cranky. You cross your arms over the crib railing and drop your head to rest on your forearms, accepting that youâll probably just have to let her freak out for a bit until she wears herself out. Hopefully that doesnât mess with your plans for the rest of the day.
A warm, broad hand lands in between your shoulder blades and the spicy scent of Andreiâs cologne surrounds you. âSheâs being cranky, still?â he asks and you nod.
âIâve basically given up,â you mumble. âA one-year-old on nap strike is my Waterloo.â You turn around, leaning your back against the railing and get a good look at your husband. His face is pulled into a sympathetic frown and heâs half dressed, blue suit pants sitting low on his hips. His hair is slicked back, getting a little long so it flips out into the cute little wings behind his ears. You love those little wings and reach up to twist your fingers into the ends of his hair, feeling your stress melt away with his proximity and the body heat coming off of his bare chest.
He chuckles a little at your joke and says, âLet me try,â leaning forward to kiss your forehead.
You scoot to the side, flinging one hand out in a âbe my guestâ kind of gesture and watch as Evie immediately starts giggling happily when Andrei bends into her line of sight. The little traitor.
Not that you can blame her. Youâve been a giggly mess in Andreiâs presence for years now.
âEvgenia Svechnikova, are you giving your mama a hard time?â he says, clearly trying to maintain a stern tone, but fails spectacularly and ends up speaking in a baby-talk coo.
Evie giggles and reaches for him, babbling âDa, da, da,â until he lifts her out of the crib and settles her into the crook of his arm like sheâs a six-pound infant again. Your ovaries twinge with want at the adorable sight - youâre never going to get over seeing Andrei be the best dad to your baby. She turns her little face and buries it against Andreiâs skin, immediately quieting and relaxing.
He bounces on the balls of his feet, humming a little under his breath. You pass him the pacifier Evie had discarded and he takes it, fluidly nudging it into her mouth when she yawns. Her eyelids grow heavy as Andrei rocks her, covering up the brown eyes that match his exactly. One hand pats her bottom gently and rhythmically and you watch, more than a little awed, as Evie slips right into sleep. He looks up and catches your eye, grinning smugly. He winks at you and you scowl playfully, flipping him off. A laugh bubbles in his chest, but he visibly smothers it so he doesnât wake Evie. He sways for a few more minutes, still humming, and you watch him watch her. There are faint dark circles under his eyes from all the travel and the late nights with Evie when he is home, but his lips are curled in a soft, sweet smile and he just looks so right holding your daughter.
Once heâs satisfied that Evieâs fully asleep, Andrei carefully transitions her into the crib and you pull her little blanket up over her body. She shifts and you both freeze, staring at her as if sheâs a ticking time-bomb, but all Evie does is sigh softly around her pacifier and relax into the mattress, flopping her arms to the side in a starfish position. You breathe a sigh of relief and click on the baby monitor before tiptoeing out of the nursery, Andrei hot on your heels. He pulls the door partly shut and turns to you, looking supremely satisfied with himself.
âUnbelievable,â you mutter, not even annoyed and just glad Evieâs down for a nap.
âSheâs a daddyâs girl,â he replies smugly, laughing while he pulls you in for a hug. He kisses your temple and you inhale his scent.
âSheâs not the only one,â you tease, kissing his sternum. Thereâs not even close to enough time before he leaves for the arena to do anything fun, so you make yourself content with a very long hug. Andrei laughs and pinches your side a little, getting you to wiggle against his front.
His voice is low in your ear when he whispers, âyouâre going to distract me, if all I can think about during the game is you.â
His hands are warm on your back and you press yourself closer to him, feeling the hardness of his thighs through his slacks. âHow about,â you say, âfor every point you get tonight, we try a new position.â
You pull back a little to look up at his face and Andreiâs eyes are twinkling like a kid in a candy store. He smirks, dimple popping, and says slowly, âone position for each point? Any position?â
âAny position,â you confirm, feeling a rush of arousal through your veins. âBut only if you get points.â
âDonât worry about that,â he says, confident and cocky. âI have motivation now.â His hand slips to your ass and he kisses you deeply, a promise of whatâs to come. You melt into his touch, until you remember that he has a game to get to, and pull away.
He pouts and grabs for you when you slip from his touch. âNo, no,â you remind him, âyou have a game to get to! I will not be on the receiving end of a Rod phone call because youâre late - again!â You squint at him, faux-annoyed.
âThat was worth it!â he points out, padding down the hall towards your bedroom so he can finish getting dressed. âThat was the afternoon we made Evie.â
Your entire body flushes when you think about that afternoon, nearly two years ago now. Heâs probably not wrong, but thereâs never been a way to prove it. And honestly, if Evie is the reward from the dressing down Andrei had to take, then youâd both do it all over again.
âWeâve made it almost two years without incident,â you recover. âLetâs keep the streak going.â
âWhatever you say, solnyshka,â he says, finishing the buttons on his shirt and making quick work of his tie. You reach up to straighten the knot and caress his neck and shoulders when youâre done.
You lean up to kiss him again and murmur, âbreak a skate, Drei.â
He winks at you, âget stretching while Iâm gone.â
You snort a laugh and he looks delighted with himself as he grabs his bag, phone, wallet, and keys. He shoves his wallet and phone in his pantsâ pocket and you canât help but watch the fabric strain. Andrei and his tight-ass pants is a duo youâre never, ever going to get tired of.
He gives you another kiss before he leaves and as soon as his carâs out of the driveway, you spring into action with a quick tidying up of the den and kitchen. If youâre lucky, Evie will be knocked out for at least an hour, which should be perfect timing. you take a quick shower with both the shower door and the bathroom door wide open and the baby monitor on full volume on the counter, just in case Evie wakes up. She doesnât, luckily, giving you time to blow dry your hair and put on a little make-up.
Youâre making an early dinner for yourself and packing some snacks into the diaper bag for Evie when the monitor crackles to life and you catch sight of your daughter wiggling around in her crib. Sheâs still quiet and seemingly content to entertain herself, so you take the opportunity to shove the sandwich into your mouth and finish packing the diaper bag. By the time youâve drained a glass of water, Evieâs fully awake and calling out for mama.
âHi, my little Evie-bug,â you coo, entering the nursery. Evieâs on her feet, holding onto the railing and bouncing, looking just like Andrei. âAre you ready to surprise Dada?â
âDada!â she squeals, nearly clocking her head on your chin when she bounces up and you duck down to lift her out of the crib. You wince at the close call and snuggle her close, peppering kisses all over her face to get the baby laughing. She giggles wildly, the sound music to your ears, and buries her face in your neck, snuggling you back.
âYep!â You grin, dancing her over to the changing table. âWeâre going to surprise Dada. Heâs going to be so excited to see you.â As you change her diaper and get her dressed in the teeny Canes jersey (#37 of course, with DADDY spelled out across her shoulders, you nearly cried when Elena bought it as a gift after you announced your pregnancy) and a pair of warm leggings, you keep up a running commentary of what youâre doing. While you were pregnant, you read that constantly talking to babies helps them develop a strong vocabulary, so thatâs what you do with Evie. You pull a little pair of Ugg boots over her feet and hold her hands so sheâs standing on top of the changing table. Evie shouts nonsense to you and you nod, agreeing. âExactly, you look so good in Canesâ red, my little bunny.â
You set her down on the floor of your room so you can change too - a pair of ripped jeans and a Svechnikov shirsey under a leather jacket, since youâll need to be able to move easily when dealing with Evie. You grab the diaper bag, which is doubling as your purse tonight and head out, grateful that Evie doesnât fight getting into her car seat like usual. Sheâs got one hand wrapped tightly around the Stormy plush that had been in the gift basket from the team when she was born. Stormyâs looking a little worse for the wear lately, grubby and well-loved. Before you get on the road, you make sure to text Andrei with your usual pre-game message at the normal, pre-warmup time (a red heart, a white heart, a black heart, and the tornado emoji) so he doesnât get suspicious. He shoots back a string of incomprehensible emojis in reply - also part of the usual pre-game routine - but follows that up with approximately twenty five eggplant emojis, which makes you laugh loudly.
Traffic is on your side, even though itâs a Friday night in early-April in Raleigh, and you make it to PNC in, if not record time, then at least plenty of time to park and get down to the ice before warm-ups start. You and Evie slip into the arena from the back and head off to the family room, a perk youâre never going to get tired of. Since itâs Friday, thereâs plenty of other families at the game and you say hi to everyone, passing Evie along to the moms with older kids who take any chance to get their hands on a baby that they can return. Evie loves the attention, showing off with the few words she knows and giving you a chance to set the diaper bag down in the corner and take off your jacket.
Itâs less than five minutes to the start of warm-ups, so you take a final bite of a pretzel and gather Evie up in your arms to bring her to the glass. Heather Staal settles a pair of giant red headphones over her ears and grins at Evie, âbetter safe than sorry, Evie.â She nudges your hip and heads out after her own kids, strolling along with the confidence of nearly a decade of motherhood. You can only hope to be as chill of a mom one day. But for now, you hold Evie on your hip and head to the glass, enjoying the way sheâs looking all around the arena at the crowds of people and lights. The kids are all pressed up against the glass, dancing along to the music and you grin at the sight. You canât wait until Evie is old enough to be running around with the rest of them, a little arena kid.
You shift her in your arms as the warm-up music begins and the visiting team - the New York Islanders - step onto the ice. Evieâs back is against your chest, supported under her butt with one arm and around the stomach by the other. She kids her legs out, Stormy clutched in one hand. Pyotr leads your boys out and then the ice is a swirl of red, white, and black. You keep your gaze trained on the ice for Andrei and watch him take a half lap, spotting the exact moment he sees you and Evie.
Even with part of his face blocked by his helmet and visor, his eyes light up and his entire face is transformed with a huge smile, all dimples and teeth. You grin back at him and bounce a little, getting Evie excited. He skates over to the glass quickly and stops with a spray of ice. Itâs too loud to really hear him, but you can see his mouth form the syllables of Evieâs nickname - zaychik - little rabbit, for the way her nose had twitched when she slept as an infant. His smile is so wide you can see the spot where is tooth is missing. You use the arm wrapped around Evieâs stomach to wave her hand at him and she takes over from there, kicking her legs and waving wildly, babbling for Dada.
Andrei flattens his gloved hand against the glass, tapping gently, and you lift Evie so her feet are on the top of the boards and she can pat his hand through the glass. âSay hi to Dada,â you grin, getting emotional from Andreiâs reaction. She squeals and kicks at the glass and Andreiâs eyes look suspiciously misty.
Some of the guys skate around, waving to their own kids and they jostle Andrei, clearly teasing him a little. Itâs the first time youâve brought Evie to a game and Andreiâs definitely surprised about it. He blows you both a kiss and skates back into the middle of the ice, having to warm up before the game. Even still, you can tell his attention is on you and Evie, whoâs now wiggling in your arms and trying to escape. You laugh a little and set her on her feet, still holding one of her hands to keep her upright. The older kids converge around her, delighted by how much she laughs and giggles at their antics. Itâs so nice to have such a solid community with the other wives and girlfriends.
Warm-ups come to an end, but not before Andrei skates over to the corner again and taps in the glass. You hoist Evie onto your hip and she waves Stormy at him. âSay âgood luck, Dada,ââ you prompt her and she just grins more, giggling when Andrei blows her another kiss. She tucks her face into your neck when he skates off and says, âDada,â in
a cute little voice. She chews on Stormyâs ear as you head back to the Family room and is content to curl up on your lap while the game starts.
Andrei has a zip in his skates immediately off the jump and sets Aho up with a nice pass, immediately putting the Canes up by one just thirty-five seconds into the game. On the screen, you can see him celebrate, holding up one finger to the sky - a message you know is for you and is confirmed less than ten minutes later when he holds up two fingers as he picks up a secondary assist.
Heâs such a menace.
Evie makes it to the end of the first before she throws a tantrum and you know thatâs your cue to leave. She fights you all the way to the car, but passes out before you even leave the parking garage, head lolled to the side and soft baby snores filling the backseat.
She transfers terribly when sheâs with you, so you just take off her little boots and put her in the crib with the leggings and jersey on, knowing you can change her if and when she wakes up later. You change into sweats and curl up on the couch with the baby monitor to watch the end of the game and scroll social media. The teamâs account posted a photo of Andrei and Evie grinning at each other, the corner of your own smile visible on the side of the shot. You screenshot the picture to have for yourself and repost the picture to your stories, tagging Andrei, the team, and writing âdaddyâs biggest fanâ with a heart-eyes emoji.
You doze off a bit during the second and intermission, but wake up in time to see Andrei score what turns out to be the game-winner halfway through the third. By your count, heâs at a four-point night, tallying a primary assist on a goal during the second. He clearly can count too, because this celly involves holding four fingers up in the air. You shake your head a little. âWhatever gets you going,â you mumble to yourself. Evie calls out for you on the monitor and you head back upstairs to change her into pajamas and give her a cuddle back to sleep. She passes out within minutes, deadweight in your arms and looking incredibly like Andrei while she sleeps. Her eye shape and lips are exactly his, with a teeny little dimple in her right cheek. You trace your index finger lightly over the slope of her little nose, the one thing she inherited from you. She makes a soft little noise and smacks her lips, just like she had when she was a newborn. Honestly, you really canât believe how blessed you are to be sitting here with your daughter while your husband gets to live his dream in the NHL. Whenever you think about Andreiâs journey, it makes you a little teary-eyed.
Youâre just glad you get to be by his side during it.
Later, after Evieâs solidly asleep and back in her crib, you crawl into bed, exhausted from the day. The post-game is airing, but you know Andreiâs already on his way home. Should arrive any minute based on his text as he was leaving the arena - just a simple âI love you.â Sure enough, you can hear the front door open a few minutes later and then all at once, Andrei is in your room, a stupid grin on his face.
âYou really surprised me,â he says, leaning against the doorframe.
You beam at him, taking in his damp hair and slightly disheveled suit. âThat was the plan, Mister Svechnikov. Iâm glad it worked.â
âEvie in that little jersey,â he trails off, shaking his head. âI canât believe it. Itâs all Iâve ever wanted. You, her, hockey.â
âYou deserve it all and more,â you say softly, sitting up and crossing your legs pretzel-style. Raising an eyebrow at him, you continue, âand a four-point night, on top of it all.â
Andrei loosens the knot of his tie and shakes his head. âSolnyshka, I donât care about new positions.â His voice lowers and his eyes turn molten. âI only want the position that will put another baby in you. I want another baby, let me give you one.â
âOh,â you gasp, feeling warm all over. Andrei very deliberately takes his tie and jacket off, unbuttoning the cuffs of his shirt and rolling them up his forearms. You love his forearms.
âWill you let me put a baby in you?â He asks, coming over to your side of the bed and cupping your face in both hands. His palms are warm and a little calloused. His eyes are dark and you nod up at him, a hand already drifting under the covers and under the waistband of your sweats.
He grins, puppy-dog enthusiasm underneath the desire in his tone. He dips you back and kisses you, hot and hard and oh boy, youâll give this man as many babies as he wants. His hand curls around the back of your neck and tongue sweeps over your lower lip. You lock your hands around his neck, holding on for dear life. Andreiâs knee comes up to rest on the mattress, dipping under his weight and you slip further down on the mattress, hooking one leg around his hip. Just as his hand slides down your side and up under your shirt, the baby monitor crackles and Evieâs little voice breaks through the haze of lust enveloping the both of you. Andrei pulls back, blinking, and shakes his head. âIâll get her,â he says hoarsely, kissing your forehead before heading off to the nursery.
Still dazed, you climb out of bed to join him, eager for another hit of Andrei as a dad. Heâs got Evie in his arms when you get to the nursery, her cheek against his shoulder and if you thought seeing him hold her shirtless earlier, itâs got nothing on the gut-punch to the ovary that is seeing him hold her while in a button down with rolled up sleeves.
You linger in the doorway while he sings softly, and a little off key, swaying in place. He doesnât realize that youâre there - he canât, otherwise he wouldnât whisper, âdo you want to be a big sister, zaychik? A little brother or sister? I think Mama will let us give you that. A best friend for you, like I have Uncle Geno?â
Evie blinks sleepily in his arms, mumbling for Dada, which Andrei takes to be a yes. He laughs quietly. âMama and I will work on it,â he kisses the top of her head and you back slowly from the room, giving Andrei his time with Evie.
He turns before you can get very far and spots you, not surprised in the slightest. With his free hand, he gestures you forward and opens his arm for you to step in. You tuck yourself up against his side and he kisses the crown of your head while you sway to lull Evie back to sleep. The little girl reaches her hand out for you and you hold your fingers out for her to grab. She sighs contentedly and you stroke your thumb over her soft skin.
âGive me a whole hockey teamâs roster of these little mini-yous,â you whisper up to Andrei.
âAs many as you want,â he promises seriously, eyes twinkling.












