Jumping ahead into the future! ~time machine noises~
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_u]Clare[/name_u] [name_u]Slate[/name_u] [3wks] and [name_m]Langston[/name_m] [name_u]Henry[/name_u] [name_u]Slate[/name_u] [3wks] are two of Egor’s cousins and the twins that have been the subject of many a conversation. [name_m]Born[/name_m] to Dr. [name_f]Della[/name_f] [name_m]Whitford[/name_m] and Dr. [name_u]Everett[/name_u] [name_u]Slate[/name_u] who initially started their relationship as a means of casual ‘stress relief’ among collogues until [name_f]Della[/name_f] found out she was expecting them. The relationship between their parents was initially decided to be platonic co-parenting considering they hadn’t even been dating before the baby news hit them and [name_u]Everett[/name_u] was still pretty hung up on [name_u]Pip[/name_u].
As her pregnancy progressed [name_f]Della[/name_f] was already preparing for Everett’s support to someday end when he got tired of her or if the moment ever came that he finally won [name_u]Pip[/name_u] over. It was a hard thought to come to terms with, she herself had very strong feelings for him but knew they weren’t on the same page. Though little by little she was proven wrong. [name_u]Everett[/name_u] would buy her ginger candy to help with her morning sickness, hold her hand at every prenatal appointment, and eventually started sleeping over more and more under the guise of “Driving you to work so you don’t fall asleep on the subway and miss you stop.” since her early pregnancy fatigue was pretty bad on account of it being twins.
He didn’t think it would happen, but [name_u]Everett[/name_u] found himself falling for [name_f]Della[/name_f] more and more. His interest in [name_u]Pip[/name_u] proved to be somewhat of a phase, although the two co-workers remain decent friends. During a sleepover at Della’s after feeling the babies move for the first time he was overcome with emotion and asked her to move in with him, accompanied by a pretty cheesy speech that he had fallen in love with her and their children. [name_f]Della[/name_f] agreed and sealed the agreement with a kiss.
Now officially dating and more than halfway through the pregnancy, or rather even closer considering how the doctors knew that twins are prone to early delivery. They set to preparing for the twins’ arrivals. Now living in Everett’s much larger apartment they prepared a nursery and settled on baby names, both of the children have namesakes for their middle names. [name_u]Clare[/name_u] is after Everett’s deceased mother, and [name_u]Henry[/name_u] is the name of Della’s beloved father.
Due to their hospitals low amount of maternity leave, [name_f]Della[/name_f] worked well into her third trimester. She was in the middle of a surgery when she started feeling contractions. She had a co-worker sub out for her as she hurried to contact [name_u]Everett[/name_u] and get to labor and delivery. After laboring for nearly 24 hours she delivered their two babies. Her and [name_u]Everett[/name_u] fell in love with their children instantly. Once again [name_u]Everett[/name_u] made another pretty cheesy speech, and asked [name_f]Della[/name_f] to marry him. [name_m]Just[/name_m] as before, she agreed with a kiss.