"How could they do this to me, Wayne." Eddie says, distraught, to Wayne who shares a look with Steve.
Who only sighs, shaking his head at the tantrum Eddie will work himself up to and turns to watch the tv show the nurses left on, a blue cartoon dog on the screen talking in a funny accent.
"Wayne you don't get it, our son was supposed to be born on Halloween. October 31st, which is in a few days." Eddie continues, voice getting more distressed. As if he was the one who was in active labor for a full 8 hours.
"And then he came out on the 26th." Wayne finishes, repeating what Eddie had been wailing and moaning about since their son was born.
Devon Wayne Munson was born on October 26th, approximately five days before the due date, which was, coincidentally, October 31st.
Eddie was over the moon at the thought of their son (both of them having teared up when they realized they were having a son) being born on Halloween.
As Steve's own birthday was on Christmas, Eddie thought it would've been perfect if their son had a holiday birthday, too. Even though Steve's hated his birthday for years. You know, with absent parents not caring about him and all.
But the idea was sweet and Steve was also a little excited at having a Halloween baby.
Alas, Devon wanted out. And he made it known when Steve's water broke right when he and Eddie got back from buying extra party supplies for their early Halloween party before Steve's due date.
"And he came out on the 26th," Eddie mourned, dramatically throwing himself in the chair that was by Steve's bed.
"Give him a break, Eddie. The upside to this is that I'm being discharged tomorrow, and we'll be allowed to take Devon. Aren't you happy we'll be spending Halloween together at home instead of the hospital." Steve said, trying to reason with his husband.
Wayne was the only one visiting due to everyone planning on coming in a couple days for the party, and since only family was allowed in. Steve knows if Robin - who was planning her wedding with Vickie - and Dustin - who was in New York with Suzie in college - heard, they'd be yelling and making a worse scene together than Eddie.
Steve will never forget how Wayne looked when Eddie, who finally managed to stop his crying and flailing around when given their son, gently put him in Wayne's arms and told him his name.
It took Devon finally being taken by the nurses for anything being wrong with him since he was a Premature baby for it to finally hit Eddie that he wasn't getting a Halloween baby.
And he's been insufferable since, bringing it up to anyone who'll listen, mainly nurses who just nervously smile after checking up on Steve before scurrying out. He even called his friends to complain. Steve heard cackling and knew it was Gareth giving Eddie shit for all his bragging about having a baby on Halloween.
When Eddie starts his rant again, jumping from the chair to make his way to the ward where Devon was at, Steve and Wayne share another look, knowing their beloved feral raccoon was now going to just stare at the newborn in awe while the nurses tried to find reasons for him to go back to Steve.
They both decide they'll let the nurses deal with him for a while.
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