It’s terrifying how small she is and is this really what 7 lbs looks like? Is that normal? Michael knows she must be around the same size as his nieces and nephews were but he doesn’t think he’d held them when they were this tiny, this new. Ryan held her before he did, cooing and smiling and tickling her tiny feet. “She’s beautiful” he whispers and Michael breathlessly agrees. He wants to laugh and cry and puke all at once. His mom squeezes his shoulder, tells him to sit down, that she’ll grab him some juice. So far fatherhood feels just like the first time he had blood drawn. “I can’t believe she’s so small.” He whispers to no one in particular once the colour returns to his face, once he’s finally holding her.
Serena chuckles, “Anything would look small in your hands”
“Still” and Michael doesn’t stop staring down at her face until his mom and Serena demands a picture of three of them.
***
They call her Fiona.
She grows up tall and smart and with borderline super-human hand-eye coordination.
She has Ryan’s smile and Ryan’s nose and Ryan’s allergies but she’s got Michael’s quiet humour and in the end she’s all their’s.
It’s terrifying how small she is and is this really what 7 lbs looks like? Is that normal? Michael knows she must be around the same size as his nieces and nephews were but he doesn’t think he’d held them when they were this tiny, this new.
Ryan held her before he did, cooing and smiling and tickling her tiny feet. “She’s beautiful” he whispers and Michael breathlessly agrees. He wants to laugh and cry and puke all at once. His mom squeezes his shoulder, tells him to sit down, that she’ll grab him some juice. So far fatherhood feels just like the first time he had blood drawn.
“I can’t believe she’s so small.” He whispers to no one in particular once the colour returns to his face, once he’s finally holding her.
Serena chuckles, “Anything would look small in your hands”
“Still” and Michael doesn’t stop staring down at her face until his mom and Serena demands a picture of three of them.
***
They call her Fiona.
She grows up tall and smart and with borderline super-human hand-eye coordination.
She has Ryan’s smile and Ryan’s nose and Ryan’s allergies but she’s got Michael’s quiet humour and in the end she’s all their’s.
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