JP - Sorley would make a good Father

Taking his hand, Gelf happily headed off to check on the kids with Sorley. They were all happy to see the pair, some even wanting Sorley’s attention a lot.

Sorley was always surprised when kids were happy to see him, probably because so much of his own childhood had been unhappy.

One of the kids was giggling and hugging Sorley’s leg, calling him big brother. Others held his hands and all of them had fun little stories to tell him about what they did for the day. It was adorable and sweet how much they loved being around him.

Gelf watched with a smile, loving seeing how much Sorley was admired by the children. It just reminded her of what a good man he was.

Sorley caught a look with Gelf. He could not get over how happy the kids were around him just being himself.

“See?” Gelf told him with a smile. “You’d make the perfect father.”

”What?!” Sorley nearly dropped the Etch-a-Sketch one of the kids was showing him.

“What what?” Gelf looked confused.

“W-where did that come from?” Sorley asked, flustered. He had always been careful with Gelf, always using protection. Him becoming a father had never come up before.

Gelf shrugged. “It’s just something I’ve been thinking about. I mean, once we’re married we could work on…you know…maybe having a child one day?” She blushed.

Sorley stared at Gelf, not unlike how he looked that day in Ikea when he learned what the dogs were annoying Kiana about. He was blushing so red. A child next to him was proudly saying “I know where babies come from!” but Sorley could not hear that. “Uh.” He was panicked, remembering his foster sister bleeding out on the bathroom floor. He reminded himself that Gelf was a healthy adult but he still felt like panicking. “C-can we t-talk about this?” He stammered.

“Of course,” Gelf told him and walked over, taking his hand in hers. “I was wanting to talk to you about it because…I’m not sure if you wanted kids or not.”

Sorley squeezed Gelf’s hand as they walked to a quiet room. “I don’t know… I was always more worried about something bad happening to you if I wasn’t careful and you got pregnant so I never gave it much thought.” He admitted, blushing. “Do you want kids?” He suspected the answer by how happy Gelf seemed playing with the kids.