Beverly Hills - March 2021
Karlie whips her head around at the sound of the bedroom door creaking open, a brilliant smile overtaking her face when she sees Taylor tip-toe inside.
"Congratulations baby!" Karlie whisper shouts, practically vibrating with excitement from her position perched at the top of the bed, propped up against a couple of pillows. She sits up taller so that she can angle their son closer to Taylor but that's made more complicated due to the fact that he's still latched on to her for a midnight feed.
"Look Mommy's home!" She smiles, her gaze shifting between the bundle in her arms and her wife who is almost within touching distance. She moves her other arm underneath him to support his weight so that she can reach out with her free hand for Taylor as soon as she's within touching distance. Taylor dodges around Karlie's outstretched arm, depositing her Grammy on the bedside table and doing her best to ignore the confused pout on Karlie's face at her evasion.
"Karlie, no," Taylor whines swatting Karlie's hand away. "I'm gonna go take a shower, stay there."
"Fine, but be quick," Karlie sighs dramatically, showing her impatience.
"I'll be 10 minutes tops, don't move!" Taylor says as she ducks into their adjoining bathroom and closes the door behind her.
"Where does Mommy think we're gonna go, huh buddy?" Karlie asks the newborn nestled in her arms, shaking her head at her wife's antics.
Some time later when the baby has finished his feed and Karlie has him perched on her shoulder gently rubbing his back, trying to get him to burp before he falls asleep again.
"One thing you need to know about your mommy is that when she says something is going to take ten minutes, it's more like twenty or even thirty," Karlie says quietly just as Taylor re-emerges from the bathroom.
"Are you bad mouthing me to our kid already?" She asks, with an eyebrow raised at Karlie as she takes a seat at the head of the bed beside Karlie, close enough that their thighs are pressed together.
Taylor leans over to press a slow kiss to Karlie's lips, mindful of the baby in her arms between them.
"Hi," Taylor breathes against Karlie's lips when they pull apart, smiling too wide to continue the kiss, watching as Karlie's eyes flutter open.
"Hi yourself," Karlie mumbles, tangling her free hand in Taylor's still damp hair, holding her close.
"There are my babies," Taylor sighs, tearing her gaze away from Karlie's face to fix on the baby in her arms, fingers reaching out to trail over his soft, downy brown hair.
"Congratulations babe, we're so proud of you," Karlie whispers as she leans over to place a soft kiss against Taylor's cheek.
"Thank you," Taylor whispers, ducking her head with a shy smile. "How was he?" Taylor asks, reaching for her son and Karlie transfers him to his mother, taking care not to jostle him too much as Taylor takes over burping duty.
"Perfect," Karlie says softly, her heart swelling at the sight of her wife cradling their baby. "He fell asleep about an hour in though."
"How does it feel?" Karlie asks, tearing her gaze away from the newborn to look back to Taylor.
"It feels pretty good," Taylor responds, laughing softly.
"We weren't expecting you home so early," Karlie observes, the digital clock on the nightstand indicating that it's only just after 1 am.
"There isn't anyone else in the world that I'd rather celebrate with," Taylor shrugs.
"Your Mommy is a sweet talker baby boy," Karlie chuckles and she shifts closer to Taylor. She wraps her arms around Taylor's waist from behind, encouraging Taylor to lean back against her until she's nestled against her chest.
"Pity we can't celebrate properly," Karlie mumbles, trailing her nose along the curve of Taylor's shoulder before following that trail with her lips over her shoulder and up the side of her neck. Karlie smiles at the shiver she can feel course through Taylor.
"Rain check?" Taylor asks hopefully, turning to meet Karlie's eyes over her shoulder.
Karlie hums her agreement into the soft skin of Taylor's neck, pressing a kiss there. "I'll be all over you in 4-6 weeks."
"Can't wait," Taylor whispers, turning to brush a kiss to Karlie's temple before returning her gaze to the little bundle in her arms, both women entranced by their son as he slowly falls asleep.
Taylor is unsure how much time has passed, she could spend hours looking at her son's face but she glances over to Karlie and sees that she has drifted off where she's sitting against the headboard.
"Mama's asleep," Taylor says quietly to the sleeping baby in her arms. "We should get you to bed. You'll be up for another feed in no time."
Taylor carefully extracts herself from Karlie's arms, careful not to wake her wife or her baby. She walks around to the bassinet that sits on Karlie's side of their bed, laying the newborn down, making sure to tuck his blanket around him securely. She's broken out of her reverie staring down at the sleeping infant when she hears Karlie shifting on the bed.
Taylor walks back over to her side of the bed and crawls back into bed beside Karlie. She gently shakes Karlie's shoulder loathe to wake her up, but the position that Karlie has fallen asleep in can't be comfortable, her neck bent at an awkward angle.
"Karlie, sweetheart you should go to sleep," she whispers in the taller girl's ear.
"I am asleep," Karlie whines, refusing to open her eyes.
"Babe you'll get a crick in your neck, lay down," Taylor says quietly, nudging Karlie until she relents and shifts to lie down on the bed facing Taylor, close enough that they're both sharing the same pillow.
Taylor wraps her arms around Karlie and begins to trail her hand up and down Karlie's back, her fingers drifting under the loose material of Karlie's shirt, trailing aimless patterns against smooth skin. Karlie hums in contentment and snuggles closer to Taylor's side. Taylor smiles and turns her head to brush her lips against Karlie's temple.
"Kar?" Taylor whispers and it echoes in the silence of their bedroom. "Baby," she presses when she doesn't get a response from her wife.
"Mmmm?" Karlie mumbles, cracking open a bleary eye to look at Taylor. Something in Taylor's expression pulls her back from where she had been teetering on the brink of sleep.
"I just wanted to say thank you," Taylor whispers.
"For what?" Karlie asks, her brow furrowing in confusion and Taylor thinks for the hundredth time that night how lucky she is.
"I didn't get to thank you properly earlier, so thank you for putting up with me and always supporting me and loving me. I wouldn't be able to do any of this without you and I want you to know that I appreciate everything that you do for me," Taylor whispers.
They had discussed what Taylor was going to say in her speech beforehand and even though they both know who Taylor was really referring to as the person she plays all her music to first, Taylor still wants to make sure that she thanks her properly and that Karlie knows how grateful she is for her constant love and support, even if it can only be privately for now.
Karlie doesn't know how to respond to Taylor's sweet words so she leans in and presses her lips against Taylor's, kissing her softly once and then again for good measure. Karlie wraps her arms around Taylor's waist and intertwines their legs under the covers.
"Baby, of course, we're married, it's kind of in the job description," Karlie says teasingly, enjoying the way Taylor smiles at her.
"Yeah well, you do it particularly well," Taylor says softly her lips brushing against Karlie's with every word before she steals another kiss, wanting to make sure that Karlie knows how much she means what she's saying.
"You're welcome, anytime," Karlie mumbles patting Taylor's back distractedly before turning over on her other side facing away from Taylor.
"But Taylor, I swear if you don't let me go to sleep before our kid wakes up again, I will kill you," Karlie threatens, only half joking.
"Sorry, sorry, go back to sleep," Taylor whispers as she shuffles closer to Karlie so that her front is pressed against Karlie's back.
"I love you," Taylor whispers as she presses a soft kiss to the back of Karlie's neck.
"Love you too," Karlie mumbles back and Taylor can hear the smile in her voice even though it's muffled in her pillow.
Taylor wraps an arm loosely around Karlie's waist, smiling when she feels Karlie reach down to lace her fingers with Taylor's and tugging her hand up so that it's nestled under her chin. Taylor presses one last kiss to the back of Karlie's neck before closing her eyes. She lets the gentle in and out of the breathing of the two most precious things in her world lull her to sleep, golden grammy statue discarded on her bedside table.
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