can we please talk about mpreg eric and his bf randal,,,,
crying and hugging randal when he gets the tests back, going from anxiously wondering how this will change their lives to crying because he’s finally going to have kids -- something he thought he’d never get to do
randal just as happy, taking eric to his appointments, looking up baby names, using his skills from his job to help construct cribs and a nursery for their twins
eric holding randal’s hand tight as they tell derek, giving him the pictures of eric’s last ultrasound, randal ready to step in as derek stares at the pictures. taking his glasses off, eric flinching before he pulls him into his arms. crying as he tells him how proud he is, and how he’ll help in any way he can
eric getting cravings, randal finding himself making late night trips to the store for pickles, strawberry short cakes, and cheap ramen for eric to eat together.
eric seeing a therapist for his severe anxiety, slowly working through ways to cope with and after pregnancy, randal by his side, ready to support him. be it from panic attacks of raising their kids, to celebrating a day with no panic attacks or crying spells.
randal waking up one night to eric shaking him, their dog even helping by booping it’s nose against randal’s hip. the two getting him up as eric tells him his water broke. the dim bedside lamp showing the shiny stain as randal curses and rushes to get eric’s bags. eric changing slowly as contractions hit, breathing to calm his nerves and pain
derek swerving in and out of traffic as randal stays by eric’s side in the backseat, derek cursing at each driver to move as he hurries. even if randal and eric told him to cool it -- they’re only 10 minutes away and his contractions are still far apart.
eric being a wreck during his labor. sitting on a bouncy ball, tearing up as randal helps him stand and walk the pain off. panicking as he rambles about all the things that can go wrong, how angry derek will be if nothings perfect, how he’ll disappoint randal if nothing goes right. randal only taking his hand, kissing it, and saying how he’ll never be upset at eric helping bring two of their own into the world.
derek pacing around the room as he helps eric sit up, lean back, and lay down in his bed. smiling and yelling at doctors for anything eric needs, reminding him to breathe and focus on his kids. a sad smile on his face as he tells eric how funny it is that eric is giving birth at night just like his mom always had with him and his brothers.
randal helping calm eric as he pushes, the doctors watching, derek watching, as the first twin is born, than the second, both crying and healthy. derek crying as much as eric. randal keeping it together as well as he can as the two kiss. holding their twins -- a boy and a girl
eric stitched up and healing, holding his daughter as randal holds their son. randal praising eric over and over in his accent as eric cries again. not from pain, but the fact they’re here and everything went just as he wanted it to.