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Forwhether it would be aard for hi that only one of them had created her Thankfully, from the moment she made her appearance in the world, none of his insecurities seemed to matter Only her It was a blessed relief fro lately

Noith Luke’s hand in his, Cole felt the security of the love he’d embraced sowhy he worried so much

“You think Sierra’s ready to see us yet?” Luke asked, glancing over at hi into Luke’s hazel eyes, seeing the pure joy on his lover’s face “Let’s get her so his hand before pulling away

To his absolute shock, Luke grabbed his hand, linking his fingers with his onceto face him completely “Don’t pull away from me,” Luke demanded and Cole felt the tension in his words

Their relationship had taken a turn in the last feeeks, probably because Cole had revealed more of himself than he truly expected to He loved Luke with every piece of himself, and he accepted Luke and his inability to say how he felt, but there were ti this side of Luke, the s, even in public, sent his heart soaring higher than he thought it could possibly go

Squeezing Luke’s hand onceanywhere, they released one another and turned toward the gift shop

Three hundred dollars and practically every gift the tiny gift shop had to offer later, Cole and Luke were once again heading back to the labor and delivery floor where Sierra was

After gently knocking on the door to announce their presence, Luke pushed it open, and they bothup in bed, Hannah cradled in her arhter stared back at one another Cole’s breath lodged in his chest He wasn’t sure he’d ever seen anything as perfect as the picture they presented

When Sierra’s eyesher perfect lips, Cole couldn’t contain his own grin

“Hey, baby,” Luke greeted Sierra as hebeside Sierra’s mother Veronica while Cole moved to stand on the opposite side of the bed, closest to the door

“Never better,” Sierra said sweetly, cupping the back of Hannah’s tiny head and looking up at Luke

Cole’s heart swelled as he stared down at his girls, then back up at Luke A few hours ago, they’d been standing in the sa her hand as she tried stoically to suffer in silence To his a after the contractions began to increase in their intensity No ht they were, it had been brutal to watch

But when Hannah was born, Sierra’s tears of joy streaainst her chest, the weight of the world lifted Moh without coh the final piece of the puzzle was now in place, co the three of them in ways they hadn’t expected

Cole watched as Sierra stared down at Hannah, the baby’s pretty blue eyes roa briefly before her lids slid closed as she dozed Their baby girl, so utterly perfect, was the little piece that solidified what they had started so o

“So, how does it feel to be fathers?” Veronica asked, glancing back and forth between him and Luke At this point, Cole had no idea how to explain the feeling

“It’s a bit surreal at this point,” Luke ad to leave the four of you alone to bond for a little while Xavier is on his way over, and I told him I’d meet him in the lobby We’ll be back soon”

Cole watched as Veronica kissed her daughter on the forehead, then her granddaughter before slipping out of the roo understandably tired as she looked between hiive her up, but I will” The smile on her face lit up the entire roo sh the elation of Hannah’s birth hadn’t worn off, and he hoped it never would, Cole couldn’t help but wonder whether Hannah actually would change the way he and Luke reacted to one another Up to this point, it didn’t even appear to be an issue, but his fears still lingered down deep He knew Hannah’s birth had changed hied Luke as well, maybe more so, he just wasn’t sure how yet