forum Broken Dreams and Haunting Memories// Closed!// 16+

Started September 19, 2020 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

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Simon stayed close to Astral’s side. He’d had what felt like too much excitement that day to want to stray far.

Astral sat down next to Simon, taking a moment to lift Mia and Leo out of his pocket to set them on the table next to Simon's room. He hummed softly, laying down and gently pulling Simon close.
"Good night."

Simon looked over at his friends for a brief moment, his heart aching at having to see them trapped like that. He rolled over, moving closer towards Astral’s side, the sight of his friends too upsetting. “Goodnight…” he mumbled, hoping he’d actually manage to sleep.

Astral gently put his hand on Simon's head, running his fingers through the man's hair to help him calm down to go to sleep. He closed his eyes, keeping Simon close to himself.

Simon closed his eyes, falling into a restless sleep. Thankfully by morning he got his friends back, back to their human forms. And a week later, their room was back where it belonged. But Simon was still very careful of what he said and did around Astral. It had been about a month of this, and Simon was slowly getting to be more at ease. On this particular day, Simon was sitting in his room when he felt a sudden pain in his stomach. He cried out, partially in pain and the other part in surprise.

Mia looked up from the book she was reading when she heard Simon, worry setting in as she sat her book down and came over.
"What's wrong?" It obviously had to be something to do with Astral. What else could it be?
Astral made a small sound of surprise as his hand came to his stomach while he worked, looking up. He knew what that was. He sat his tools down and took off, barely pausing to grab a towel to clean up as he hurried towards Simon's room.

“I don’t- I’m not sure…” he frowned some, looking down at his stomach in confusion. It had grown in the past month. He wore hoodies practically all the time in hopes of forgetting it was happening.

Astral was soon at the bedroom door, knocking. Leo looked up from his spot on the floor, making his way over to hide behind Simon. He still didn't like the god.

“Can you get that please?” Simon asked Mia. He wasn’t sure if he should be moving or not. He rested a gentle hand on Leo’s head. “It’s okay.” He whispered reassuringly, kissing his head.

Mia nodded, moving over to the door to open it. Astral was grinning, which couldn't be a good sign.
"The baby kicked," he said confidently, stepping in and over to Simon's side.
Leo leaned into the kiss before retreating some from Astral.

“Oh that’s what that was?” Simon was relieved that there wasn’t any problems. “That kinda hurt..” he mumbled, mostly to himself.

Astral nodded some, still smiling.
"I was quite surprised when I felt that," he admitted. He sat down on the floor next to Simon's side, letting out a breath.
"This might be… different than a normal pregnancy, especially if the child takes after me and my abilities…"

“Oh…” that worried Simon for sure. Just how bad would this get? “Do you think everything will be okay?” He asked nervously. Astral was almost certain to blame him for any problems that came up.

"I'm sure it will be," Astral said. He moved to set his hand on top of Simon's, offering a reassuring smile to him.

Normally Simon wouldn’t really like it but right now he needed the reassurance. He nodded, taking a deep breath. Before, of course, feeling another kick. It was about the same as the first, so he just flinched slightly.

Astral smiled softly as the baby kicked again, giving Simon's hand a small squeeze.
"Is it alright if I..?" Astral motioned towards the baby bump. He wanted to put his hand on it to feel the child kick.

Simon hesitated a moment before nodding. “Yeah go ahead.” At least Astral was nice enough to ask. Simon knew he probably wouldn’t always be that lucky so might as well get used to it now.

Astral nodded, moving his hand to gently rest on top of Simon's baby bump. He hummed softly, his other hand still holding Simon's. Being around the baby like this always seemed to put the god in a good mood.

Simon took a deep breath, not sure when or if the baby would kick again. Even though he wasn’t in control of that, he knew Astral would be disappointed if he didn’t get to feel it. Thankfully though, Simon didn’t have to worry much longer as the baby kicked yet again, this time with a bit more force. Simon flinched, squeezing Astral’s hand.

Astral rubbed small circles against Simon's baby bump, humming softly to try to help the baby calm. He looked like he might cry, smiling the whole time. He squeezed Simon's hand gently in assurance, looking up at him for a moment.

Thankfully the baby did seem to calm down and Simon did as well, trying to relax. It was a weird feeling, but he’d just have to get used to it. He didn’t let go of Astral’s hand, and smiled weakly when the god looked up at him.

"You're doing great," Astral said softly. "Thank you." He moved his hand from the bump after a moment, resting it on top of the one holding Simon's hand.

Simon nodded. “You’re welcome..I didn’t actually mind that too much but thank you for asking first.”

Astral smiled, nodding some.
"I get that it can be uncomfortable sometimes." The god rested his head to the side, content.

Simon was surprised that Astral could understand. “Yeah…so um yeah thanks for asking I really prefer that over you not asking….”