With the baby finally laying across your chest after hours upon hours of labour, paired with the letdown from the biggest adrenaline rush of your life, giving birth to Simon’s giant 9lb son, you hardly pay much mind to the nurse asking Simon to sign the birth certificate
Simon had of course been awake as long as you had, never leaving your side for a single moment, but nearly half of his job entailed having to stay awake longer than most people did, so you didn’t blink twice at him holding the pen
Besides, you were a tad preoccupied holding the baby, it only made sense that Simon got to write down his firstborn son’s name on the birth certificate
You weren’t thinking about how blurry his eyes would’ve been with tears however, or how his own immense emotional rollercoaster would have been starting to letdown, not to mention how he could hardly take his eyes off the sight of the love of his life holding the brand new life the two of you had created, together
You definitely didn’t catch the odd look on the nurses face when she read over the paper, clarifying softly with Simon “H-his name is Riley, sir?” to which he’d proudly puffed his chest and confirmed that he was indeed a Riley, neither of you thinking much about the comment as you were so lost in the haze of soaking in your newborn
Needless to say, it’s a surprise to both you and Simon, when the birth certificate is mailed to you both a few weeks later, with the name “Riley Riley” clearly written in bold
“I- admit tha’ I didn’t read it over very well, but-”
“No, you named our child Riley Riley, Simon. You can explain to me how it happened after you go fix it.”
“Yes ma’am.”
