When I realized that 'Puck' being 14 meant he was born 'this year' I decided to write this. I didn't plan it very well, so excuse any inconsistencies.
Baby Daddy: Mother's Day
[Sebastian]
When Kurt walks back into the room, hanging up the phone, Sebastian frowns at him before turning back to their daughter who was still dressed from going to the park earlier.
Sophie was just over 14 months and was absolutely perfect. It's kind of hard for Seb to even remember a time when he'd thought he didn't want children. God, imagine when she's all grown up? Just picturing her dating makes me want to break out in hives. I wonder if I could get away with locking her in a tower like Rapunzel? She loves Tangled.
Sebastian glances over at Kurt again to find him standing by the window, glaring down at the street, arms crossed over his chest. After making sure that Sophie is distracted enough by her shoe to not cause trouble, Seb stands and walks over to his boyfriend. Stepping up behind him, he wraps his arms around Kurt's middle, under his elbows, and puts his chin on his shoulder.
"If it upsets you that much, we don't have to do anything for Mother's Day, but I still think you're being ridiculous. Just because you aren't a woman-"
Kurt huffs, elbowing the taller boy. "That's not my problem. If you guys want to slot me into the 'mother' role, I don't really care. I just hate the stupid holiday."
Blinking at him, Sebastian asks, "Why? You love Father's Day. You 'helped' Sophie make me that card and lumpy clay thing last year, even tho all she really did was try to eat various bits, and you spend hours on Skype with Burt every year..."
Rolling his eyes, Kurt steps out of Sebastian's hold and turns to him, arching an eyebrow. "Exactly. I love holidays. I love going overboard and being stupidly excited about people or things on a certain day... but every year, I'm reminded that I don't have a mother to gush all over or spend time with."
Noticing the uncomfortable look on Seb's face Kurt reaches up to flip his slightly too-long hair out of his eyes. "Do you remember elementary school? In like third or fourth grade, near the end of the year? What did you guys do?"
Only thinking about it for a few seconds, Sebastian winces. "We made cards and gifts for Mother's Day." When all Kurt does is stare at him blankly, Seb points out, "Yeah, but they had to have known about your mom, right?"
Kurt scoffs. "Sure. Some teachers let me sit at the back of the room, or off to the side and read. Others made me participate and told me to give it to whoever 'was like a mother to me'. Those gifts went in the trash, right there in the classroom. I wasn't about to remind my father of something he was already hurting over."
Seeing how tense Kurt is, Sebastian reaches for his hand and pulls him toward the couch, pulling him snug against his side. "Okay, I get that this holiday is going to have some emotional minefields for you, but have you thought about what it's going to be like for Sophie? She'll not only have no mother, but two fathers. And by Father's Day, she'll be out of school, so she's on her own. I can come up with at least ten reasons why you should take this holiday and run with it, the main one being I'm terrible at crafts. At least she'll get to make your stuff in school with supervision."
Kurt huffs and leans against Seb more. "It's fine, you're right. I just... it's going to take awhile before I can get used to this. I mean, I called Noah to make sure he'd take the flowers I ordered to my mom's grave, since I can't be there this year... but it kind of feels like I'm letting her down."
Sebastian tries to keep the complete confusion off his face. "Uh, babe... I really doubt she'd think you're letting her down by staying in New York to raise her granddaughter instead of running back to Ohio to put some flowers down for her."
When Kurt sniffs quietly, Seb leans down to look, and finds the smaller man crying. Panicking slightly, he rubs his hand up and down Kurt's arm and continues, "Besides, think about how excited she'd be that you're starting back at NYADA this fall."
His intention of distracting Kurt works a little too well when the pale boy immediately surges up off the couch and grabs his phone. "Oh god. I forgot to call NYADA. I can't put that off, what if they don't let someone in because I forgot to tell them?"
When the smaller man darts out of the room before Sebastian can say another word, he turns to look at their daughter, who is still trying to figure out how to take her shoe off and asks, "What the hell was that about?"
Her gurgling laugh is his only response.
Later that night, as Sebastian is studying, he sees Kurt chewing his lip on the couch. Figuring that Sophie was asleep now and it was safe to talk to him again, Sebastian closes his book and sits next to Kurt.
It takes the thin boy a minute to realize he's there, and when he does, he jumps a little. "Shit, Bas. You scared me."
Cocking his eyebrow, Seb reaches forward to rub a hand over Kurt's knee. "Sorry, babe. I just noticed that you've seemed... off all day. What's up?"
Kurt sighs heavily and then turns to Sebastian. "I um... wasn't going to tell you until after your last final... but since apparently I'm turning into a crazy person... I'm um... pregnant. Again."
Seb stares at him for a few seconds before leaping forward to hug him. "Oh my god! What? How long have you known? Are you sure? How far along are you? Have you seen a doctor? What-"
Suddenly stopped by Kurt putting his hand over his mouth, Sebastian stops talking and tries to remember to breathe. We're going to have another baby! I'll actually get to be there for it this time! Holy shit, no wonder he's been acting weird.
Kurt smiles at him and takes his hand away. "I've been wondering for a couple weeks now. I wasn't sure until today, when I took a home test. I think I'm only around six or seven weeks, but I won't know for sure until I see the doctor, and I made an appointment for next week. Again, I wanted you to get through your finals first, and I knew you'd want to come with me."
Sebastian takes a few minutes to process all of that before he swears quietly to himself. "Dammit, babe. You blew my surprise out of the water. I was waiting to tell you that I'm graduating early." When Kurt goes to speak, Seb covers his mouth, smirking, before continuing. "Between all my AP courses in high school and the extra classes I've been taking over the summers, I managed to finish a full year ahead of time. I was going to tell you on Friday, after my final. I had a big dinner planned, and now you've totally screwed it up."
Before Kurt can say anything else, Seb darts into their bedroom and comes out with the ring he'd hidden weeks ago. Sitting back on the couch, he opens the box and hands it to Kurt. "I was going to propose after dinner. We can get married whenever you want, I don't care if it's tomorrow at the courthouse or next year with everyone you've ever met there. It's your wedding, I'm just the guy that gets to keep you."
Kurt starts tearing up again and Sebastian isn't sure if it's the emotions or the hormones, but either way, he takes the small white gold ring out of the box and holds it up to Kurt in question. Smiling through his watery eyes, Kurt holds his hand out, and Seb slides the ring on.
After Kurt takes a minute to just stare at the ring on his finger he turns to kiss Sebastian. As he leans back, wiping his eyes, Kurt says, "I'm fine with waiting until next year. By then we'll be able to have both of our children in the wedding pictures and Sophie should be able to handle being the flower girl without an escort. It's just... what are we gonna do? We can't have two babies here, Seb."
Snorting, Sebastian looks around. "Shit, you're right. It was huge for just me, or even just the two of us, but it's not really equipped to handle two kids." Seb's penthouse had been technically a one bedroom, but it had come with an office. Once they'd cleared it out, there was enough room for a small nursery, and considering how big the rest of the apartment was, it had worked fine... but with another baby, there was just no way.
Kurt shifts uncomfortably before admitting, "Um... I've been thinking... I'm not going back to NYADA." At the shock on Seb's face, Kurt points out, "I'm pregnant again... It's not an easy thing for a dancer to bounce back from, sweetie. And frankly, I don't want to have a profession where I can't be at home with my kids if they get sick or something. If I were to graduate NYADA and go on to act on Broadway, I wouldn't be able to stay with them when I have shows. There are very, very few sick days in that business, and I just don't want to miss that much of my babies' lives."
Sebastian starts to point out that he can't really picture Kurt being a stay at home mom, but actually... he can. At least for the first few years, he could totally see Kurt staying home with their children and playing the doting house-husband. He'd taken care of himself and Burt for years before Carole came in to relieve him. He still calls his dad once a week to make sure he's listening to her and taking his meds. It's far too easy to picture when he thinks about it. Instead of saying any of that though, Seb grabs his left hand and twists the ring around his finger before asking,
"Okay, so what do you want?"
Kurt bites his lip and looks down at their hands. "It's selfish... I can't ask you to-"
Squeezing his hand, Sebastian cuts him off. "You're carrying my baby, you're allowed to be selfish. Just tell me."
Looking back up at him, Kurt admits, "I... want to go home." Continuing before Sebastian can say anything, Kurt admits, "Look, I love New York. I always have, and I always will. But when I think of New York I think of this bright future on the stage, and all these big important things I used to want. When I think of home, I think of my dad, and my daughter, and as stupid as it sounds, Finn, Noah, and the rest of the New Directions. I think of my dad's garage, and meeting up with you and Blaine in Columbus to go shopping. I want to move back to Ohio... not Lima, because I would never want our children raised in that much of a backwards town... but one of the bigger cities..."
Kurt trails off, and when Sebastian still hasn't said anything after almost a full minute, he says, "I know that you want to go to law school, which is why I said it's selfish. I can't make you choose between me and school. Just because I want to give up my old dreams doesn't mean I want you to. In fact, if you do, we're pretty well screwed. I can't exactly be a kept man if you don't have a good job to support me with."
Sebastian mentally pats himself on the back for keeping a straight face before he quickly stands and goes to get his laptop. He comes back to the couch and turns toward the coffee table, quickly looking something up. Within minutes he turns the screen to Kurt. "Well, good news. The best law school in Ohio is in Columbus, so we won't have to live somewhere we know nothing about. And we know that worse comes to worse, they have great private schools there. Now, Columbus is about two hours away from Lima, so it's still a bit of a pain in the ass for Burt to visit, but he flies around enough that he's there fairly often anyway. We can just find a cute little three bedroom house to hold us over until I'm out of school. It'll probably cost less to buy a house in Ohio than to rent a penthouse in Manhattan for the next three years, anyway."
It takes Kurt a few attempts before he regains the power of speech. Once he does, he's not only shrieking and hugging Sebastian, he's crying again.
Oh, shit. He's going to be such a pain in the ass for the next eight months.