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[nuevaspider]

[ yeah, he's used to gwen blowing up his phone with texts like this while he's at work. and also the weird food requests, but those are a much more recent development ]

it's fine, sunshine. I'll bring you a whole cartload of cheese puffs if you promise me you'll also eat something decent today

[gwenzelle]

i made myself a smoothie before
i used chocolate milk as the base but it also had strawberries and blueberries and bananas in it so i think it still technically met the definition of what makes a smoothie a smoothie.

[nuevaspider]

close enough

[ he's not really worried about the amount of junk she wants to eat, not as long as some of what's going in has actual nutritional value. and if all else fails, cheese puffs are better than nothing at all

the combination of weird cravings and equally weird aversions have resulted in a more pragmatic approach to these things, obviously ]

and how are you feeling now? better?

[gwenzelle]

i'm so boooooooored.
although i know that's not what you're asking.

i'm feeling better.
just tired now, not dizzy
but my giant butt is staying parked on the couch for the rest of the day.
promise.




as long as i get my cheese puffs

[nuevaspider]

so you just want me to come home so I'll bring you cheese puffs and keep you entertained, is that how this works now?

[ normally he would suggest getting her out of the apartment, but he knows that she's tired. he'd probably end up carrying her home — which isn't a terrible thing, but she'll rest easier on the couch or in bed ]

[gwenzelle]

those aren't the ONLY reasons why i want you to come home
i kinda always want you home
and the baby definitely likes hearing your voice way more than mine at this point.
plus my body pillow doesn't hold a candle to you when it comes to couch snuggling


the puffs are just a bonus.

[nuevaspider]

I don't think you can prove that they like my voice better
but we do have some very interesting conversations
sometimes while you're asleep

alright, I'll add baby whisperer and pillow duty to the list

and I'll be home soon. I'm leaving work now

[gwenzelle]

is that so??
consider me fomo'd

although i will say i did get some solid quality dance party time with them around lunchtime
before the whole dizzy thing
baby likes paramore this week
i don't make the rules



oh!! so now like
actually now
like walking out the door now or
packing up and attempting to leave now......

[nuevaspider]

it's uncanny how the baby's musical preferences line up so perfectly with yours, but I'm not questioning it

like walking out the door now. they know that I'm not putting in any overtime unless something is literally on fire
that only I can put out for some reason
even then I'd have to think about it

[gwenzelle]

isn't it!!
baby's got great taste, what can i say?

aw
it means the world that you would ignore a poe-specific fire for me.

can't wait until you get home
and not just cause of the snacks
maybe the baby can feel how much i miss you and so it makes me feel like i'm missing you twice as much
which is so mushy but it's true

[nuevaspider]

more mushy than me missing you two while I'm at work?

you know at some point I'm going to have to take some time off
at least from this job. I know that means I'll be hanging around the apartment more often, but you can kick me out whenever you need some space, it's fine

[gwenzelle]

hmm you're right it's probably pretty equal in mushiness.

no way! i'm not going to kick you out.
although i can't promise i won't give you a reason to want to go out on your own
that's for sure a thing i'm almost positive will happen.
but whenever i need space i'll proooobably just end up taking a nap.
that's my version of needing space.

[nuevaspider]

I can deal with that
getting out for fresh air and the napping part, you know how I feel about naps
maybe I could work from home for a while? we could cuddle on the couch a lot more and I'd still get my reports in

[gwenzelle]

as much as i love the idea of you spoiling me like that now, i'd much rather you spoil me like that when the baby's here to enjoy it, too.
... not that you have to wait until AFTER the baby gets here to start working from home.
but if there's possibly some kind of limit on how long you can do that? i'd rather save it up for then.
idk how real full-time jobs work

[nuevaspider]

money isn't an issue, babe. and they have to work with my schedule, not the other way around, unless they can dig up some other geneticist that's about a century ahead of everything they're doing. even if they could, family comes first. always.

I didn't realize that there are so many different types of cheese puffs
does it matter what color they are? are they actually different?

[ he'll just send her a picture rather than trying to list them all off ]

1/3

[gwenzelle]

ORANGE

[gwenzelle]

please

[gwenzelle]

the one all the way on the left
i know it says "party size" but
it's a party-sized craving

[nuevaspider]

[ normally he might make a joke about how much she eats, but that seems like something she might be irrationally sensitive about right now. better to avoid it ]

I got you
anything else?

[ it won't take him long to get back to the apartment now, since this is clearly the bodega just down the street ]

[gwenzelle]

your booty on this couch with mine.

[nuevaspider]

booty is on the way

[ As promised, it's only a few minutes later when he's coming through the door with two paper bags, including, of course, the promised cheese puffs, as well as a few other snacks that he knows she likes. He might have cheated a little bit by swinging along some of the back alleys, but that's nothing new. Especially now that he tends to get recognized in a crowd these days, and he doesn't want to get sidetracked by any of that today. ]

I come with an offering.

[gwenzelle]

[ although it could be argued that gwen's expression always lights up this way when presented with snacks, it's clear that right now she only has eyes for poe dameron, eyes filled to the brim with ilovehimilovehimilovehim. she shifts a bit, fully motivated to stand up so she can greet him there, just inside the apartment, because it might not be that far from where she's on the couch, but maybe she's feeling that impatient. however, her shift is more like a wobble before she manages to stand up, hands immediately moving to rest on her hips, in a bit towards her lower back. she's almost gotten used to the constant state of achy she seems to be in, but maybe she's been planted on that couch longer than she thought. so she doesn't move to meet him like she wanted to, instead taking a long moment to stretch her back, even moving her arms up over her head to stretch even more.

and it's seriously fortunate that she has her extra balance, because she's still not used to the weight of carrying a baby, but she's steady on her toes as she lifts for one more big stretch. ]

Hello, handsome.

[nuevaspider]

[ Poe's been making an effort not to coddle her too much, she'll fuss at him is he hovers too much, but it's not an exaggeration to say that he would be there in less time than it takes to blink if she ever does tip over a little too far, even if she's entirely likely to catch herself just as easily. He's allowed to be protective, isn't he? But this time it just slows her down from the usual bounce that would have launched her into his arms, giving him the time to set aside the bag in favor of having two unhindered arms to wrap around her by the time he's gotten to her. Greeting her with an enthusiastic warm kiss has been the standard for a while now, but maybe there's something even deeper to it lately. It was inevitable that he would have a staggering amount of feelings over their baby, but even knowing that didn't really prepare him for this.

And every day it feels like they're all bonded even more closely, despite said baby having a fairly limited amount of input. Still big enough to constitute a distinct presence now though, rather than the more nebulous existence while she was barely showing, and there weren't any actual pictures to dwell over with an amount of joy that he'd never quite understood before.

But it's not just about the baby. The way he lets that kiss linger is just for the two of them, just for a moment at least. ]

How are you literally more beautiful every time I look at you?

[ Alright, he's frequently guilty of flirting shamelessly, but he's being serious this time. ]

[gwenzelle]

[ honestly, a good amount of gwen's confidence that she actually is ready for the baby's eventual arrival is due to the fact that poe's so openly becoming more and more enthusiastic about it every single day. because it might've been one thing to share enthusiasm over trying to make a baby, it was a whole other set of emotions that came along with that positive pregnancy test. and while she never doubted for even a millisecond that poe would be an incredible father, there's no denying that the closer they get to her due date, the more warm and supportive and nurturing he's become. somehow. he's always been warm and supportive of her, but this is a whole new level. a far cry from the energy he carried when he first dropped into her world.

and it's true, it's become all too easy to develop a whole new set of feelings for the baby, to pair with what she already feels for poe. and while he's pouring an extra bit of affection into the way he kisses and holds her, she's giving it right back. as if she's loving him for two. of course she knows, logically, that the baby isn't actually actively adding any amount of anything towards her feelings either way, but she's sure they must feel all the love poe's been giving them.

they? him? her? who knows. does it even matter, really? gwen and poe are already obsessed with them.

so he kisses her in that way that makes her melt, keeps his arms around her tight enough that she has to tip her head back to look at him properly, and then follows it up with that. she whispers, as if what she's about to say is very]

Honestly, I'm just reaping the benefits of the little one's glow-up. [ she lifts to give him another peck on the cheek, but it's obvious she doesn't plan on putting any space between them in the immediate future ] It's all a ruse. They're using me to win you over.

[nuevaspider]

[ Poe hums in an acknowledgement of her answer, not necessarily an agreement, he's just distracted with the way she pulls herself in, not that they could get much closer than they already are. He's leaning down toward her already, it's very easy to shift his hands around to rub her lower back as she stretches up, having a fairly good idea at this point where the tension tends to linger, even if all she's been doing today is sink into the couch. It's a casual massage that'll eventually work further up as long as she stays close enough, while he's content just to nuzzle in against the side of her neck, as her hair brushes against his cheek. He is obsessed, and it would be hard to draw a line between the love he feels for her and for their baby, but he's pretty sure that both have grown past anything he thought possible.

He never thought that this would be where his life ended up. Given where he was when he first stumbled almost a century into the past, it was hard to believe that he would be here. He still can't believe it sometimes, despite having Gwen as a constant, very real reminder every morning he wakes up next to her. To say that he's lucky would be a massive understatement.

It's hard not to shake the feeling that being this happy, and having so much here, makes him even more vulnerable than ever, but that's something they both grapple with. They've talked about it too, and come to the inevitable conclusion that they can't let that stop them from living. It's like giving up before they've even started a fight, and they don't do that. ]

You won me over all on your own. [ He eventually murmurs, as he scatters slow, affectionate kisses along her neck. ] It's just getting excessive at this point.