Sooooo...... it's been a while since my last Snowdrop Conception Fic blurb..... I want to get back in the mood and since Illusio is back... <3
Zayne still can't believe his wife is pregnant. Pregnant. With his child. Conceived... on his recent birthday.
It was a very memorable birthday indeed... one he certainly would never forget. From that moment on the couch... to the bedroom... the way he had her—
She pokes at his cheek, teasing him and asking why his ears are red.
He tells her she is mistaken, and she pouts at him. He chuckles, finding her more adorable than usual. Sulking, belly barely rounding, and still very much a brat around him.
But his.
His brat.
His wife. His. His. His.
And now she is the expecting mother of his child.
He is over the moon, feeling like everything he could have ever wanted is coming true. A new chapter in their life together is beginning, and he is more than ready to step into the future with her by his side.
He checks on her, asking if she's tired. The first trimester is always the hardest. He knows she's been feeling a lot of fatigue lately, and they had been out around the city all day long.
She tells him she's not.
A lie.
He looks at her sternly, and she sheepishly admits she is, but just as quickly, she tells him she doesn't want this day to end yet.
His eyes soften. It had been a while since they were together like this, and for the next few months, these will be their last moments alone together as a couple before they become a family of three.
He reassures her they still have a lot of time together. A whole lifetime, he insists, but he smiles at her unrelenting pout.
She's still not pleased. It's going to be different, she mumbles.
Uh oh. He smirks, sensing the first sign of her pregnancy hormones clouding her usual rational judgment.
"Are you having second thoughts?" he teases her, but she really is not as quick as she normally is.
She panicks and now it's her turn to reassure him she's happy about the pregnancy, but she is still feeling bittersweet about losing their time alone together. She is rambling, completely word vomiting, and only stops when Zayne starts laughing. Her face is red as she realizes he was messing with her.
"How mean," she sniffs, "You shouldn't be making fun of a pregnant woman..."
Crocodile tears. He calls her out on it, knowing her enough to recognize when she's faking it to mess with him.
She huffs, embarrassed by both her earlier emotional outburst and now being called out on her fake tears. She turns her head away, arms crossed over her chest. She pretends to ignore him.
Her pride is wounded, and now she doesn't know how to recover to face him like before.
Zayne apologizes.
She ignores him.
He laughs to himself. Okay. He knows what to do next.
"Are you hungry?"
She pauses. She is hungry, but she doesn't want to give in to him so quickly... so easily.
She ignores him. Again.
Zayne smiles. How stubborn.
He looks at his phone, and starts suggesting some restaurants nearby.
Hamburger?
Silence.
Okay. Ramen.
She huffs.
Zayne smiles.
Pasta.
Her stomach growls.
"Does the baby want pasta then?" he teases her.
"That's not fair... the baby is like the size of a seed right now..."
"Then do you want pasta?"
She pouts at him once more.
"Use your words, my love," he orders playfully.
She glares at him. "You're so mean today."
"Then why did you look so happy just now?"
Busted.
Okay, she'll meet him halfway.
"Zaynie, I want an omurice!"
He chuckles at her abrupt positive attitude change, and he looks at his phone again, searching for a restaurant with that dish on the menu. She also tells him she wants karaage too, and she lists so many other dishes she likes. Curry, tonkatsu...
"What about your morning sickness?"
She's fine. Mostly.
"You'll help me finish what I can't, right?" She is all bright-eyed again, practically grinning at him, already knowing the answer.
He sighs. Somehow he had turned into her garbage disposal husband recently. Then again, perhaps it's just like when they were children and he helped her finish those extra helpings of food his mother had served her. Maybe he should stock up on some digestive tablets again...
"Yes," he answers solemnly, surprising her. He holds her chin gently, his eyes meeting hers. His whole future is right in front of him. The rest of his life is here.
He is ready to spend the next several months doting on her, pleasing her, indulging in all of her whims, and care for her just as he had promised during his wedding vows.
She is giving him the greatest gift she could ever give.
Their child.
So, he wants her to know just how loved and cherished she is. How he would give her everything she wanted and more.
😔 I spent all afternoon writing wholesome toddler fics, so the absolute mood whiplash now knowing their fathers have all at one point were slutting it up on a stage—
Can't access my laptop for a few days even though I have finished things I want to share 💔 instead, here's something silly from my notes app 🥲
LADS TEENS & THE INTERNET
Snowdrop: most likely to livestream playing video games while casually helping you with your college homework (he is 14). the tips he receives is enough for him to rent his own small starter apartment in Linkon City (his parents do not know his latest hustle), but he just enjoys shooting zombies in the head while drilling people with complex math equations.
Birdie: most likely to hack EVER successfully as her weekly practice. her true goal is hacking Onychinus, but she has yet to surpass her father, and instead Sylus hears all the way from his study the biggest "FUCK." from the Darling of Onychinus as her laptop is accompanied by a voice-over Sylus had previously recorded: "Oh, no. Not there yet, my little birdie. Better luck next time."
he is smirking before he resumes his shady business phone conference.
Starlight: most likely to have a homebody vlog channel with 2 million followers tuning in to watch her lounge and eat takeout food while living her best girl life (the entire all-boy high school next to her all-girl high school are loyal subscribers, calling her their "coquette princess" / "the sleeping beauty of Linkon City").
No one ever tries to doxx her because she has the dirt on everyone. If she's going down, she's taking everyone with her. Is besties with Auntie Simone... Xavier is not exactly happy with this.
Coral: most likely to be behind on new lingos. he often wonders why his father is better versed in his generation's trends than he is... he dabbles in some social media with a decent number of followers, but there is a lengthy period between posts, resulting in his followers joking that he has forgotten his passwords... (He did. And his accounts.)
Little freeloading fishie is busy out here touching... water?
Pilot: most likely to have a cooking channel........ where he yaps about random things in his life. He's not trying to teach you how to cook, but he is spilling all of the secrets about Uncle Gideon's love life and Auntie Tara's "accurate" fortune telling. Always down to collab with other content creators. Seems to know everyone... May or may not be on the Farspace Fleet's watch list.
Deity!Snowdrop who is a near perfect physical clone of the God of Annihilation, but he has the Goddess of Niava's mischievous genes, so he's always acting (extra) cute around his father to get his way (getting out of naptime and bedtime, eating carrots...). (RESULT HAS VARYING SUCCESS RATE WITH GOA, BUT WORKS 100% ON THE GODDESS OF NIAVA)
When it comes to secret-keeping, you can divide the toddlers into three groups:
Snowdrop and Birdie are the best at keeping secrets. No amount of bribery, threats, or coercion can break their steel resolve. Nothing is slipping past those lips.
Coral is also good at keeping secrets. He won't spill the beans, but he would be miserable the whole time. In fact, he would prefer you not share secrets with him. The only secrets he can handle is his and his Mommy's time with the stray cats around Mo Art Studio. But it's also because for some reason Rafayel is too oblivious to the whole thing.
Pilot promises he will keep your secrets, but 5 seconds later, he forgets and accidentally starts telling stories involving the secrets because little boy here is a certified yapper. 😔 On the other hand, Starlight does not care about your secrets, and if they come out, they come out 🤷♀️
the idea of zaynemc having twins is honestly *chef's kiss*
snowdrop as an older brother 🥹🥹🥹🥹
would I be indulging you too much about this plot bunny if I asked:
snowdrop was carefully planned, would pregnancy 2 be as well or it'd be like oops 🫢
and the most important question of all:
how would they react upon learning they were having twins??
you don't need to answer if you don't want, it's fine, it's just that as much as I love the idea of zaynemc having their one little treasure, picturing them with two more and having a full house like that made me so happy. they deserve it so much. 🥹
🥹 lowkey hoped someone would ask~ This plot bunny has been sitting in my brain for too long. I really want to yap lol
☆-— The second pregnancy is both planned and unplanned, in the sense that both Zayne and MC have noticed how much time has passed and Snowdrop is already getting bigger and would start preschool and later grade school, so they're feeling the early signs of empty nest syndrome.
☆-— Zayne is holding it together well. He's feeling bittersweet about it, much like in the second to last scene in 'Keep It Icy,' but MC, on the other hand, is a little more visibly sad about her baby growing up. She's happy, of course, but still. This is her baby. She just wants him to stay little for a while longer. </3
☆-— So, one night, they are cuddling in bed, talking about their day, their son, and eventually it leads to them both admitting how bittersweet it feels that each day Snowdrop is becoming more independent and needing them both a little less. They're happy and proud that he's growing up as a happy, self-assured, and bright little boy, but it's so hard to reconcile this with their memory of the day he was born and he was just so small, and now he would soon be taking his first little steps into a new world where they won't always be the center of his.
☆-— Eventually, they both reach the same thought: "Should we try for another baby?" They're not trying to fill this sudden empty hole, but also realizing how they also want their son to grow up with a sibling. They can certainly afford a bigger family, and they both love the life they have built together so far.
☆-— But they also agree that this time, they're not rushing like with Snowdrop. They're relinquishing control to the Universe. They won't be using protection or being cautious, but they also won't be actively trying to get pregnant like the first time. If it's meant to be, then MC will get pregnant with another baby.
☆-— Cue some time later, MC notices her period is late. Zayne, too (of course). She also complains about how tender her breasts feel (Dr. Zayne to the rescue with some TLC for the titties). She's also more tired lately no matter how often she sleeps.
☆-— They suddenly look at one another, like, "Maybe???"
☆-— A few tests later and they're both shocked, because she's gotten pregnant much quicker than they both had anticipated. And then they're stupidly smiling and laughing, because, what do you mean they're now going to be a family of four????
☆-— Snowdrop, of course, is the first person to hear this news that "Mommy is going to have a baby. You're going to be a big brother soon!"
☆-— And sweet little Snowdrop is happy, because he senses his parents' happiness. Of course, he also hits them with an innocent "How did the baby get inside Mommy's tummy?"
☆-— MC says she has to go get reacquainted with the toilet because of her morning sickness, and abandons Zayne in a heartbeat. "You're a doctor, Zaynie, you have all of the answers. I just know how to shoot wanderers in the head. Bye~"
☆-— One awkward hour with a very inquisitive toddler later, Zayne is carrying Snowdrop in his arms as they go find MC, saying they should all go out and celebrate this news.
☆-— As the weeks pass during her first trimester, it kind of occurs to MC how she seems to be growing faster than during her first pregnancy. It seems like her bump is already showing, but Zayne reminds her how each pregnancy is unique. She shrugs and accepts his reasoning.
☆-— They soon find out just how unique this pregnancy is during one of her checkups.
☆-— They're floored. They wanted to try for a second baby, and they succeeded. Too well. Because, hello???? Did the doctor just say they heard two heartbeats? As in, twins??????
☆-— One ultrasound later, and they're driving home and MC is looking at the photo in her hands and then her bump and back to the photo before she starts laughing. Zayne is also still wrapping his head around the news and how overjoyed he is in this moment. It seems their family is jumping from three to five just like that.
☆-— Snowdrop, once again, gets first dibs on baby news. And once again, our darling little boy is very curious about some things. "Where did the second baby come from?"
☆-— MC conveniently forgets her marriage vow once more and abandons her husband during a hard time. "You're a doctor, Zaynie—"
☆-— "You can't keep using that excuse."
☆-— She still abandons him, reminding him that thanks to him, she's going to have to push out two babies this time. Zayne knew she would pull a dirty move like that. Cue him silently planning her future punishments.
☆-— Halfway through her pregnancy and they learn the twins' gender. They have Snowdrop with them during this checkup, so everyone learn that MC is pregnant with both another boy and also a girl.
☆-— Zayne and MC share a look, and she can just see the love in his eyes. He kisses her forehead and he's just whispering praises only she could hear.
☆-— Snowdrop is excited because he's going to have a little brother and sister. He asks them innocently, "Will they like me?"
☆-— Zayne and MC laugh. They're kissing his cheeks until he giggles, and saying the babies will love him so much, because he's their big brother. They also add that they love him so much, too, and won't ever stop or love him less, but now there would be more love to be spread around for their growing family.
It's missing the babies hours here 🥺. I've been wondering: what kinds of students were the babies?
OH, ALRIGHT.
I know I touched upon Snowdrop a bit. 🤔 But I think academically-wise, all of them are good students and top of their class, but uh...
Snowdrop — He's really too smart for his own good smh Little guy here has been hustling his classmates on the school playground since the age of 8. He's an all-around ace and golden boy, who knows how to use his wits and cuteness to get what he wants.
By the time he is 14, he is tutoring people during gaming livestreams... college students. He is tutoring college students. While shooting zombies in the head. We love our little multitasking king 🫶
Starlight — The "It" girl. All of the girls want to be besties with her and all of the boys have crushes on her. She has the natural making of a leader, but... she does fall asleep in class a lot. And during lunchbreaks. And recess time. At this point, the school is concerned, but her parents have literal medical reports to show that she is fine. She just likes napping. 🤷♀️
Coral — Little daydreamer with his head in the clouds. 🥺 He's constantly fantasizing about life outside the classroom and gets distracted by the most innocuous things like a leaf in the breeze or a cat napping on a rooftop. But he's too sweet for teachers to be upset at, especially since he does get good grades in class and seems to understand the lessons just fine.
Birdie — Some time during the middle of grade school, she tries so hard to fit in, but is subjected to being outcasted. The faculty knows she has a powerful father, but her classmates view her as "a spoiled rich girl". After several attempts to fit in (and accidentally endangering her life), a lengthy talk with Sylus helps her realize she doesn't need to fit in. She is perfectly fine the way she is. As she enters middle school, she channels the same energy as her parents and that makes her stand out and now others want to get closer to her.
Pilot — Overly enthusiastic certified yapper has to spend one hour daily being quiet during lessons and not allowed to answer questions, because as his teachers learned, this boy will go down rabbit holes about the most insane topics ever. At one point, his teacher was late to class, so he started teaching his classmates himself... he was quite good actually. 🤔
