Riot never planned for children, they knew their fertility was low at best, being albino and intersex seemed to be the cause and having a child with a werewolf made things even more difficult but when they woke one afternoon in Rexus’ arms, and he said they smelt sweeter than normal they knew they had to test themself. A werewolf's nose never lied, and sure, Rexus could be smelling something else, but Riot tested themself any way, starting with the most likely, even if the chances were almost impossible.
They sat on the bed, in a mix of shock, confusion and fear. “I'm pregnant...”
Rexus sat up at that and moved next to Riot so he could hold their hand. "Seriously?” He swallowed nervously when the vampire nodded, not daring to look at him. "We have time to think about this, it's your choice on what we do.”
Riot sighed and blinked, wiping away the water in their eyes. “I didn't think I could have kids, I...” They swore in French and ran a hand over their face. “I would love to have a child with you, and I know we'd be able to protect it. But I'm worried about losing it, what if I can't carry it Rexus? What if I lose it? I don't even know how to look after a child.”
Rexus shushed Riot softly and made them look at him. “I have seen you look after orphaned and injured animals, sure a child is different, but I know you'll take to this like a duck to water.” He stopped to sigh and pulled vampire onto his lap. "The other part... I can't say anything about, all we can do is hope that things work out. I'll be here every step though, no matter what.”
“I'm glad you can see reason.” The paler one grumbled. "Okay then we.” Riot stopped and swallowed back tears. “We keep it and see how this goes... Pray that it goes well.”
Rexus nodded, laying down and pulling Riot close to his chest. He let them cry, let Riot process their emotions and fall back asleep.
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One month in and everything was going well, Riot was more tired than usual, but their appetite had increased, and they seemed to be keeping food down much better than before. They were already showing, a good sign that the baby was growing well and seemed to spend much of their time nesting or making bedding while Rexus got help from one of the women to make a cot.
All four of them were relaxing Infront of the fire, Riot was purring as they read, lent up against Rexus with one of his arms around them and resting on their belly while they read.
"Never thought there'd be a kid in this house.” Alexandra stated, she laid flat on her back with her head in her mate's lap. “Still can’t believe we're gonna be aunts.”
Cain hummed and nodded, her hand stopping in the female Weres hair. “Not sure if you pair are really lucky or really dumb.”
“You're just jealous.” Rexus teased playfully, laughing when he got flipped off by his twin.
Cain chuckled and grabbed Alexandra's hand gently. "A little, I've always wanted a kid of my own, but Alex isn't ready. I'm more than willing to wait but this is a strange feeling.... Good, but strange.”
“They might give us one.” Alexandra joked, laughing when she got confused looks from both the orc and vampire she lived with. “Rexus and I are twins, both our parents were twins. That's a dominant gene.”
“Oh shit.” Rexus laughed. “I didn't think of that. It would explain why you're so large for a month in.” He yelped playfully when his ear was pulled.
“You asshole. You knocked me up with twins!” Riot frowned at him. “You're so lucky we're not human. If I had to wait nine months instead of four, I would have castrated you.”
Rexus only laughed more, he knew Riot wasn't truly mad at him, but it was his fault for forgetting to tell them. He'd have to make it up to the vampire later.
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It had been four months and Riot was ready to have the twins any day now. They spent most of their time in bed, nesting or sleeping and only woke for food or the bathroom. The twins were getting restless, they were running out of room quicker than ever, especially since they had dropped down now.
Riot got up one day to go to the bathroom, hissing at the light that came in the window above the bath. Their eyes were even more sensitive to light now. They relieved themself, still half asleep. It took them longer than they cared to admit to realize the fluid running down between their legs and grumbled, waddling back to bed and deciding to sleep some more. They'd wake Rexus when it was closer to time to deliver.
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Rexus woke sometime around sunset to his arm being gently shaken and rolled over to his mate, asking something in Greek, his brain not awake enough for any other language.
Riot chuckled at that and kissed his head gently. “I need you to get clean towels.” The vampire had been sleeping on towels for the past week, just in case their water broke while they slept.
Rexus hummed and nodded, closing his eyes before sitting up suddenly. “Your water broke?” He asked and got up to get clean towels
“A few hours ago, not sure when but it was still really bright. I knew we had time, so I went back to sleep.” Riot grunted in discomfort at a contraction and let Rexus get rid of the soiled towels.
“Alright, any idea on how much longer this will take?” Rexus wasn't in a hurry or trying to rush his mate, he just wanted a rough idea of things.
“About an hour? Maybe longer.” Riot shrugged and held his hand. “Contractions are about five minutes apart.”
Rexus nodded and comforted his mate as best as he could, neither of them realized just how good Riot's estimation was because an hour and a half later he helped the vampire deliver two healthy boys and laid them on Riots chest to be held and fed while he cleaned up.
“We did this.” Riot said in amazement, not fighting back the tears of joy. “Our beautiful boys.”
"You did this love." Rexus affirmed. “You're the one who put in all the effort.”
“You looked after us though, I couldn't have done this without you." They purred, nuzzling the twins while they fed. “We need names.”
“In time love, just rest. I know you wanted to sleep again.” Rexus helped Riot get comfortable again and pulled the cover up to their waist'. “I'll look after you lot, just rest.” It didn't take any more convincing for Riot to fall back asleep. They deserved it after everything they had gone through.