Sunshine jolts awake with a gasp and shoots upright in bed, his chest heaving as he glances around the barely lit bedroom to try and regain his bearings as his shaking hands tightly clutch the blanket that was covering his lap and his sleeping husband. He sighs softly and shakes his head as he carefully stands up, sliding his slippers on before making his way down the hallway towards his son’s recently finished nursery to calm his nerves. What the hell was that dream about? It felt so real and seemed like it had gone on for so long but he couldn’t actually remember anything that had happened in the dream other than a few vague images of places he had never been and people he knew but with noticeable differences about them, it reminded him of the strange dreams he had after going to Soleanna with Cobalt for their honeymoon. Hopefully he’d stop having this dream soon too, he really needed his sleep right now.
He yawns softly as he stands near the empty crib that stood against the wall near a small window, it wouldn’t be long before his son would be sleeping in this crib. A small smile crosses his face at the thought and he rests a hand on his round stomach, feeling his son moving around gently before seeming to settle back to sleep and going still again. He was going to miss that feeling after his son was born, but he was also excited to finally be able to hold his baby in his arms after feeling him growing and moving inside him for the past few months. His baby was one of the only things that had kept him going while Cobalt was missing, he had almost given up on the hopes of ever seeing his husband again or that the war against Eggman would ever come to a favorable end but he couldn’t bring himself to give up on his child’s future so he kept up a brave face and held out for the sake of his unborn son.
A pair of arms snaking around his waist startled Sunshine from his thoughts and he looks over his shoulder to see Cobalt’s sleepy face smiling at him. “Hello, handsome. What are you doing up so late? You should be resting” The blue hedgehog greets his heavily pregnant husband, resting both of his hands on the other hedgehog’s belly and gently rubbing it to comfort him “Are you having nightmares again?” He asks softly as Sunshine leans back into his embrace with a sigh.
“Not exactly. I don’t really remember what actually happened in the dream but it woke me up, it’s like those weird dreams we kept having after our honeymoon” Sunshine explains, his face scrunching up a bit when a dull twinge of pain passes through his stomach. He had been feeling similar twinges for weeks now so they didn’t really phase him anymore, he knew that they were just a normal result of his body preparing itself for the baby’s arrival.
“No use dwelling on it while we’re both still half asleep, let’s head back to bed and try to get some sleep while we still can” Cobalt says when he notices his husband’s discomfort, gently guiding him back to their bedroom and climbing back into bed with him. He knew that the pains were normal but he couldn’t help worrying every time he saw one happen, especially now that his due date was getting closer. He hated seeing Sunshine in pain regardless of the cause, but now it put him on edge. He just wanted to be ready when it really was time for their son to arrive so he could be there to support his husband. Cobalt still felt guilty about not being around for most of Sunshine’s pregnancy and wanted to make up for it even though his husband had assured him repeatedly that he knew his absence wasn’t his fault and that there was nothing he had to make up for, he was just happy that they were together again.
“Something’s bugging you too” Sunshine says after a moment of them laying together in comfortable silence “And I know that you’re not just worried about me, you looked like you were thinking about something. You know that I don’t blame you for not being here, you were being held captive against your will. I know that you would have come back to me sooner if you could have, what matters is that you’re safe now and back home where you belong” He smiles softly and hugs Cobalt close, running his fingers through his quills to help the blue hedgehog relax. He hated that Cobalt blamed himself for losing to Infinite and ending up as a prisoner on The Death Egg, they had no way of knowing how strong the jackal would be and no time to prepare a proper strategy to take him down. None of that was Cobalt’s fault.
“I guess you’re right…I just feel so bad about leaving you here to deal with everything by yourself, I’m grateful that our friends were able to keep you and our baby safe but I should have been here for you too” Cobalt sighs, leaning into his husband’s gentle touch and shutting his eyes as he slowly began to relax. He had really missed being with Sunshine like this during those six horrible months he had spent aboard The Death Egg, being apart for so long was the worst part of his imprisonment. The thought of being reunited with his husband was the only thing that gave him hope of being rescued and kept him motivated to keep trying to escape on his own until that happened. He had to remember to thank the rookie that had helped him escape the next time he saw them.
“I know I’m right so please stop being so hard on yourself, I hate hearing you talk like that” Sunshine replies as he tries and fails to suppress a yawn, earning a sleepy smile from Cobalt as the two of them start to slowly drift off to sleep together in the comfort of each others arms “G'night, Sunny” The blue hedgehog mumbles softly, his sentence trailing off into a snore as Sunshine just gives a quiet grunt of acknowledgement before they both settled into a peaceful sleep for the rest of the night.
