FUTURE FUTURUE FUTUUR EE
he’s always been scared of having children of his own, the responsibility to fuck them up is just too big but it’s the middle of the night and there’s a small little thing on top of riley’s chest and he can’t explain how much he loves them. “come here, you lovely little thing,” he mutters softly and lifts the sleeping baby off the other’s chest to place them on his own. he’s not sure if riley is awake or not, but there’s an unsatisfied frown on riley’s forehead and chris has to hold back a chuckle as he looks at the boy. “come on then, let me cuddle you as well, baby,” he smiles into the darkness and wraps his arms around the curly haired man to pull him as close as possible into his side.
it’s surreal that he’s got his own family now, no matter how much he hated his own and no matter how wrong riley and him might be for each other, now they’ll always have something that connects them. it’s gross and wrong to try and save a relationship like that but having a baby was never their plan to try and fix things. “do you even know how much i love you ??” chris whispers into the darkness and he doesn’t know to which one of them he’s talking, he just knows that he does and that there’s no way he’s going to let go. there’s no way to be certain, but he likes to think that a smile spreads over riley’s lips and for now, that’s enough.
