Can we get pregnant Flambae in a similar fashion to the pregnant Sonar story you did a while back? I think it’d be neat.
I decided to merge some ideas from the pregnant!Robert Flambert route (og post, discovery, FttC au merge, cryptic vers) + was inspired by this beautiful prompt of Flambae getting hit with a cryptic pregnancy.
Chad and Robert meet as they do in the original route.
Chad sees a sad little man getting dragged away from the sketchy bar by five men, and decides to make it his business. Said sad little man bites the ear off one of his assailants before Chad can even get a punch in.
Their first date is technically a brawl, followed by the rest of the Z-Team dragging Robert along for their club crawl.
Robert and Chad dance, laugh, and fall into each other's arms.
Through the searing kisses and burning touches, there's talking. Why a man like Robert seems so unbothered by how empty his personal life is, and why he fights like a trapped animal? Why Chad felt the need to step in for a complete stranger?
A pair of brown doe eyes, the other a gleaming yellow, are lost within their connection.
Chad will admit, he was a little reckless that night. But how could he say "Nah, I doubt you have heat-resistant condoms on you" to those sad brown eyes?
Eh, he figures it's okay. SDN medical has all of them on a shit-ton of vaccines and preventatives to prevent accidentally exposure to anything nasty.
Besides, he's infertile. Every doctor he's had since he was able to bleed told him that. His internal fire runs so hot that it destroys nearly all foreign bodies, including what his lovers leave behind.
Chad brute forces his way into Robert's life via text messaging. There he learns that the man works some sort of engineering job (tank tops and oil stains - very sexy), and that he eats like a child told to pack their own lunch (that is, terribly).
Robert finds tupperware containers of food delivered to his apartment - the lids labelled with "Eat Up Bitch - Chad <3". Robert smiles. He has no idea what the dishes are, but they taste better than anything he can remember eating in a long time. Sometimes the chef is so bold as to knock on the door himself, and barge in to share his bounty and funny videos on his phone on Robert's (now lightly-singed) mattress. Chad has dated introverts in the past, so he's going to make the effort to bring some light to Robert's dark hollow.
But as much as Robert finds himself falling in love affection for the firestarter, he can't let him fall into Shroud's sights.
Robert leaves Chad a voice mail explaining that he's "sorting something out with family" and that he'll get back to him as quickly as possible.
He goes radio silent for months.
"Fuck you too, Robert" Chad thinks to himself. It's better to believe the man lost interest and disappeared rather than the alternatives.
Chad continues as per normal; working with SDN and the Phoenix Programme, going out with Alice and the Z-Team on the weekends, slowly rebuilding his relationship with his family after prison, all that good stuff.
But in terms of his romantic and sensual life, he's haunted by those stupid doe brown eyes. Even when he tries taking a similar set or two home with him to quench his hunger, they linger in his mind's eye.
"Fucking stupid Robert ghosting me like a bitch." He grumbles into his drink as Alice listens, supportive as ever.
What's worse, is that in addition to the mental annoyance, Chad's back has been killing him recently. He can't be getting out of shape already! He lifts and stretches almost every day! Alice thinks he pulled a nerve or some shit that takes longer than normal to heal. He trusts her judgement.
At least until the pain shifts to his lower abdomen.
(*text message chain*)
Chad: "Fucking pain moved to my crotch. Hurts like shit."
Alice: "Ooof. Best get that checked out Bae. Could be a kidney stone."
Chad: "I sure fucking hope not. I've seen photos of those things. Terrifying."
Alice: "If it is, just stand in front of Sonar for a bit. They blast the mfs with sonicwaves to break them up."
Chad: "Nah, I don't trust his stanky breath. I'mma go to medical and ask for a referal or some shit."
Alice: "Good luck boo. Update me!"
Chad: "I will."
(*Chad goes silent for an hour or two*)
Chad: "good news or bad news?"
Alice: "Ooo, good first."
Chad: "not a kidney stone."
Alice: "Bad news?"
Chad: (*sends photo of himself exhausted, hair loose, lying in one of the medical bay beds, holding a tiny newborn baby against his chest*)
Chad: "bigger"
Alice: "YOU FR!?!?!" 🤯
Chad: "I am way too doped up rn to explain. Its been a weird day."
The "Bae-by" (as Alice dubs them) is small but feisty. Tiny tuff of sable-brown hair, and light skin. And once the colour settles, Chad finds himself staring back at the same set of doe brown eyes that have eluded him for months.
"Fucking Bob Bob" he mutters under his breath. He has no dna proof, but the math on point.
If only he can find the bastard.
Chad gets a sudden notification on his phone.
Robert: (*sends photograph of himself lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to multiple machines*)
Robert: "I lived, bitch"
Chad: "WHAT THE FUCK BOB BOB"
Robert: "Talking to the family didn't go as planned, lol"
Chad: "send me the hospital address NOW, I am coming to see you"
Robert: "simp <3"
Robert about to get punched in the mouth with kisses.
Blazer is mortified that one of the Phoenix Programme's top heroes has been pregnant for most of his time in the field! She's trying to do PR damage control as much as possible. Flambae smugly brags to the rest of the Z-Team that he's now immune from cutting because of this fun fact.
Sonar tries to make a case that "having a surprise baby" counts as cheating the leaderboard. Prism tells him he can try replicating it if he's so sure. Sonar seriously considers it.
Honestly debating what sounds best; Chad having the kid before Robert wanders back into his life, or after Robert starts working at SDN. Either way, this man is shocked and unprepared for his (sorta) Ex's reaction to being a dad.
Chad: "I'm so fucking mad."
Alice: "Why?"
Chad: "Introduced Bob Bob to the Bae-by."
Alice: "He a deadbeat?"
Chad: "Worse. He's all in."
Chad: (*sends photo of Robert holding the baby, looking at them with a beautifully warm smile on his face*)
Chad: "It makes me fucking furious."
No matter what, this relationship starts out with Chad/Flambae being tsundere. Even if there's an entire baby in the mix.