Delighted to meet you all

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She was so tired. Her whole body hurt and ached in places that she had never thought existed. The pain had stretched and hurt her, changed her inside and out but this time she wasn't broken inside, this time she was happy. Delighted even. This time at the end of it all she had two beautiful little fairhaired children crying angrily at her or

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John stuck his head inside the door, careful to note that all was well and nobody was asleep or screaming bloody murder before he came the rest of the way inside.

"Hey," he whispered to mother and child, padding towards the bed like he might break the peacefulness of the scene if he was too loud. "Hey mama, you up for a visitor?"

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Delirium shifted Daniel so he was pressed against her shoulder. His blue-green eyes wrinkling up, grumbling slightly as she rubbed his back gently. Del smiled and nodded happily at brother Alice as he whispered and padded into the room. Normally silenced hurt her inside and out but now it was perfect. Blissful.

"Ahuh, Daniel's all fed and I think he's finished up spitting things up on me. He likes doing that," Delirium said adjusting his little blue and rainbow hat. "Want to hold him Uncle Alice?"

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"Can I?" His wife might have been the one bursting with hormones right now, but damned if John's eyes didn't tear up at the offer. "I'd love to. Frell, he's so little."

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"Of course you can Alice but your head man has to keep his hands to himself unless he's corporeal and then he could. But only then," Del said, kissing his little head before she gently and very carefully passed him across to John. Del didn't let go until she was sure that he had him safely. Daniel was a lot less wriggly and squirmy than his sister. Del wondered if it had been Abby that had kicked her all those times and made her need to pee. "Make sure you support his head. He's very small yes but I'm told that's normal for humans. They start off small and pink and wriggly and grow into well people. I just started as people."

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"Don't worry, Harvey's scared of babies," said John, and then he was shutting up as Daniel was delivered into his hands.

Frell, but he was small, and soft and warm when John cradled him between arms and chest. He supported his head with care, wondering how many days it'd be before he was holding his daughter in just the same way.

"God, Del," he said softly. "Look what you did. You made him."

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"Your Queen is very wise. They are very scary, my heart keeps fluttering when they sleep and I think they've stopped breathing but they haven't. I think they do it on purpose," Delirium said smiling as he held Daniel in awe. Daniel was much easier to hold, Delirium was sure Abby would just slip away sometimes. "I know, they're both so beautiful. They have my eyes. Soon they'll have a friend to play with."

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"They sure will," said John. "A little girl to hang with yours. Frell, maybe she and Daniel will even end up getting married," he sighed, full up with dreams now no person missing the requisite estrogen ought to be envisioning.

"Wouldn't that be awesome, Daniel?" he asked softly, hoping the boy would open his eyes so he could get a look at them.

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Normally the M word would have sent her into a fit of trying to swallow the word down without vomiting it back up along with her heart. Now it no longer froze her inside, it made her pause for a moment but she was okay. It didn't hurt anymore now when she had the twins to love and give delight to.

"They could, if that is what they wished." Delirium said simply, reaching to touch Daniel's stomach as he was held in John's-Alice's arms. Daniel yawned his eyes closed before opening, slightly unfocused. "They can't see things very close until they are bigger. We are just warm, soft, nice smelling blurs to them. It is so strange for them not to simply be as I was. There was nothing and then there was me. No being held or fed when I was young. Just love and delight."