Baby Mine.

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For Hand Holding prompt 1. tiny hands in big hands


Ziggy had been out for the day and came back to the townhouse early in the evening. Greeted by the cats and the sound of Mick quietly playing his guitar. The Anthean brought his little sister along for the evening. She was getting bigger and needed to spend time with others to develop properly, a quirk that wasn't likely to be unique to Anthean children.

“Mick?” He called as he closed the door and shifted his sister in his arms. She was cooing and playing with the flpped up collar of his jumpsuit. Seeing Mick, Ziggy went to kiss his cheek and let Zayda greet her brother. Always, she grabbed his hair and Ziggy laughed while trying to work the tiny fingers out of his partner's hair. There were feelings this moment pulled to the surface. The desire to be a family, to start a family with Mick. Of course, that was for the future but it didn't stop the flutter in Ziggy's heart when he thought about it.

“How was your day, Zig?” Mick asked while taking his free hand for a squeeze.

All he could do was smile and lead Mick toward the livingroom and the plush couch. When Mick sat the Anthean crawled into his lap, holding his little sister in his lap. It felt good to feel Mick's arms around him and he leaned into the human's shoulders. Ziggy was playing with Zayda's tiny fingers when Mick wrapped both of their hands in his larger one. There was a daintiness to Ziggy's long thin fingers in the human's hands. He stared at their hands while watching their fingers intertwine and Zayda's even tinier hands wrapping around their fingers while she made the high pitched baby talk of an Anthean.

Mick nuzzled into Ziggy's cheek and pulled them both closer. The singer glanced at his guitarist out of the corner of his eyes, smile broadening to the point his cheeks ached. If true happiness existed, without pain, then this was a part of it. Ziggy took a breath and watched Zayda lean into Mick's chest with his bigger hands still around the delicate fingers.

“Mick?” Ziggy asked after a few moments.

“Hmmm...?” Mick looked to his girlfriend, kissing the Anthean's temple.

“Someday... maybe we'll sit like this with our little girl?” Ziggy couldn't keep the thoughts inside. He looked forward to the future. “...or maybe a boy who can be covered in mud like you were? You'll be a good father to our children.”

Mick blushed bright across the cheeks until Ziggy giggled. “I love you.”

“I love you too, Mick.” Ziggy leaned his head on the human's shoulder watching his little sister in their lap. This was perfect.

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"I'd like that, mate. For us to sit like this with our little bundle of love. Boy or girl--they'll be perfect whatever they are. I wonder if they'll have red hair like you or be a little blond like me."

Mick's mind now swimming in cute and adorable images of their baby together. Of course this would be in the future after they got married but Mick had been thinking about it ever since he held Zayda for the first time. Being a father...the idea just caused the guitarist to swell up with pride.

"After we get married we could think about a family once the tour is finished for the year. Of course it'll be up to you, love. Your biology and things---I'm still unsure how that all works regarding a baby and stuff."

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"My father's a blonde." Ziggy mentions while touching a bit of Mick's hair hanging over his shoulder and tucking his head against his partner's neck.

Ziggy couldn't help but think about it now that he watched his father and mother with a child. He could sense their happiness and joy, the closeness it brought to them.

"Married?" Ziggy giggled and blushed at the thought of being married. He shook his head while letting his sister snuggle between them. "I'm not old enough to have children yet."

No one was really sure when that would happen for Ziggy, if at all. He tried not to think about it and went on with his life as though one day he could.

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"Oh yeah he is. I nearly forgot that he was for a minute there, love."

Mick smiled fondly as Ziggy tucked some of his soft hair behind his ear. Sitting together like this felt perfect and having little Zayda with them made all the difference. How far they'd come since their first audition together where Mick had nearly let society and nerves snatch all that away from him.

"Married, yeah. You and me sort of husband and wife, like. I've been thinking about it for a long time actually. Just----never really got around to telling you."

What with the tour and crazy schedule Mick had just put it to the back of his mind as a romantic thought for the future. Now that he'd allowed time since Hiroki's passing he thought now might be the time to broach the topic.

"It means a lot to me if we do get married, mate. I know you were engaged to Hiroki so---I gave it time for you and his sake's sort of thing."

He was being caring.

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Ziggy thought about what Mick was saying while absently playing with the buttons on the front of his shirt. "We'd have to marry here or in one of the Scandinavian countries."

He could already hear the Scandinavians, especially Aarne and Hunter, going out of their mind over the idea of a wedding. It was enough to make Ziggy giggle quietly. The thought was nice and it didn't hurt as much as it once would. Along the way somewhere Ziggy had gotten over the death of his fiancé. It wasn't that he had forgotten or that the pain was gone. He would always bear that pain until the end of his life but it was a numbness now instead of a knife in the heart.

"Thank you." Ziggy whispered, grateful for Mick's thoughtfulness on his past. "I want to, but slow. I don't know if the pain will come back and I don't want that to taint anything that should be happy for us." The pain he could see coming back was that of loss.

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Looking down at Ziggy's fingers playing with the buttons of his shirt he nodded and knew that they would have to get married somewhere outside of the UK. Same sex marriage or anything like that was still not legal or accepted in their own country so perhaps one of the Scandinavian countries would accept them.

"I wouldn't mind getting married in Norway or Finland. Somewhere it's nice and cold for you. I'll bring thermal undies so I don't freeze my bollocks off."

Mick was teasing in a playful way but he was totally serious about marriage and had been for many months now. Yet, the loss Ziggy had suffered regarding Hiroki---that was a major blow and the blond knew that time would be the greatest healer in this case. Mick kissed Ziggy on the cheek and sighed softly, just grateful he had his girlfriend after years of hiding.

"I know, love. Yeah, slow. The pain---it must be hard for you and I want to be here for you. You're not alone now. Don't worry, you always make me happy, Zig. No matter what."

He gently stroked Ziggy's cooler hand with his larger one; the other gently cupping one of Zayda's tiny ones in his own.

"Those Scandis---Hunter and Aarne. I can see them going bloody crazy for a wedding."

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Ziggy giggled as they talked about the cold. "Maybe Aarne can get you some warm clothes?"

Ziggy was glad to be here with Mick and even if he missed Hiroki dearly some part of him wondered if that would have meant never being with Mick. That was a dark place to go in his thoughts so he tried to focus on other things. Zayda must have sensed it because she started to coo and tug on his collar.

"I know you are." He nuzzled into Mick and pulled the little one in closer. She gratefully pushed her face into Mick's chest too. "Thomas says our kind feel the pain for a lifetime. He's been helping me learn how to deal with the emotions."

Ziggy squeezed Mick's hand and then watched as he held Zayda's. It looked so huge with her tiny hand in it. "Leopard print and fireworks is all I can think of with them planning."

He laughed and then glanced up at Mick. "I think some of the others have the same idea you do. I can feel it on them sometimes. The way they're in love and even hints of thoughts about wanting forever."

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"Warm clothes? That could work. Thermal undies and a vest might help. Not too scratchy though otherwise I'll be up all night itching."

Mick was wondering about material like reindeer fur and if it would irritate his fair skin. Otherwise, he was up for using anything the Fin gave him because he didn't want to freeze to death in the ice hotel. No doubt Ziggy would feel right at home regarding the cool temperatures. He smiled when Zayda pushed her small face into his chest a little more.

"I want to help ease your pain, love. Take it away and fill your heart with love and hope. That's what your kind came to Earth for, isn't it? To give the human race hope and to teach us about our bad ways. You taught me about mine and now I want to give you something back."

He kissed Ziggy softly on the corner of his lips and then pressed a small one to the top of Zayda's small head. She was so sweet. Then, the blond was smirking. Hunter and his bloody awful leopard print.

"That bloody Swede and his leopard print. Aarne will probably do something crazy too. But I want them there, mate. All of our Scandi friends and everyone else. If they want to get married to then all the merrier."

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"If you stay dressed all night." Ziggy giggled where he laid against Mick.

His eyes turned up to Mick and he shook his head a little. "You do help, but it doesn't take the pain away. You help me get through it though." His tone turns a little serious, sad even. "Thomas came here to save your planet and hoped the Antheans could come here and live with humans. What happened to him though, that's not an option. I heard him when I was far away. I heard his pain and hopelessness and that is why I came here. I came to try another way, with a different type of people."

He giggled though and nuzzled against Mick. "If Aarne doesn't do something completely fucking crazy with Joe at our wedding then I will be disappointed." He could only imagine what they might get into. "I think Vars is going to ask Viktor. I can feel it sometimes with he looks at him. There's a longing he has when he looks at Viktor."

[guitar_voodoo]

"Something tells me that I won't be keeping my clothes on at all even though we're staying in an ice hotel. Maybe I want this."

Mick shooting Ziggy a coy glance, trying not to think too many dirty thoughts when they had little baby Zayda with them. Two empaths and one horny human. The guitarist would have to behave until the little one was put to bed or given back to her mother. Still, it was a heart-warming thought to have Joe and Aarne create something crazy at their wedding and Hunter offer to add some decor ideas of his own. As for the punks? Well, Mick found it hard to imagine Viktor as a husband to Vars. Both husbands? There was no wife in the equation, not with two dominant men such as them.

"You reckon? They always seem to be punching each other. Is this some sort of ritual flirting they do? If they get married then we should all go to their punk wedding. Even if it is fucking crazy."

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"Maybe not." Ziggy giggled and stroked Zayda's back as the baby starts to fall asleep. An Anthean baby just feels the love between them and not the dirtier side of things. The warmth of the topic was feeding into both Antheans as Ziggy felt himself relaxing against Mick like he was asleep physically though his mind is still wide awake.

Mick's thoughts were right. There would be no wife in that relationship but that didn't mean it wouldn't be amazing and beautiful. He shrugged at the question a little.

"I think the punching is manly hugging." Ziggy laughed at the comparison. "A lot of the couples roughhouse. They just get extreme like everything they do." He thought about it and smiled while thinking about the happiness so many of his friends had found, were finding. "Maybe a Viking wedding?"

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Looking down at Zayda beginning to fall asleep Mick's heart began to melt at the cuteness of it all. She looked so sweet laying in both their arms happy and content feeding off both Mick and her older sister. The blond laughed a softly at the whole "manly punching" aspect of the punks' relationship and nodded.

"I think you might be right, love. Manly punching, yeah. Daft sods but they love each other. A Viking wedding? That sounds bloody good actually. Does this mean we all get to dress up? Imagine me in a tunic and leggings with furry boots."

That just caused Mick to snort out in laughter. Of course Mick wasn't a Viking so would probably dress in a smart silken suit or some other suitable attire.

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"They love each other so much. I can feel it." Ziggy looked up at Mick and kissed his cheek laughing. "I can imagine you in anything after that look you gave me over the glam clothes that first day."

Ziggy had fond memories of that first day even with the pain of Mick running away. There were so many good memories with Mick, even if they weren't together. As friends they were still close, still happy.

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"People show their love in different ways. That much I know since starting this crazy tour with you, mate. It's been a blast so far. Meeting punks, tarts and fuck knows who else. There's no one like you though, Zig. You're unique."

The guitarist offering the Anthean a wink and then gave little Zayda a soft stroke on the top of her head. She was so cute. As for Mick being dressed up in daft clothes? He'd gotten better over the years of becoming a glam rock star but still shied away from outrageous costumes, mostly because he was a down to earth bloke.

"My sparkly tights and bat loafers? Those I like. Fuck what people think of me. But yeah---I remember getting a fright when you told me you wanted me to wear make-up and sparkly stuff. Bloody nearly went white as a ghost. Weird did too."

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Ziggy leaned against Mick and smiled while thinking about the others. "So many of them found love here, us too."

He leaned up and kissed Mick's jawline. Ziggy tucked in with his sister and Mick feeling content.

"You did get pale." Ziggy giggled. "I'm glad you didn't faint."

[guitar_voodoo]

"Yeah, you're right, they did. All because of you, mate."

Mick was proud of that fact. That Ziggy and the Rebel Run Riot tour had brought together so many people from all walks of life to become connected and find love. Men, women. Everyone. The kiss felt good as the guitarist was careful holding Zayda while kissing the Anthean back.

"Pale? I suppose I did. Fainting? It'll take a lot more to make me faint, mate. I'm a tough lad."

The blond giggled and sighed.

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"I wasn't the only one." Ziggy smiled. "Gilly dating Hunter helped it along."

That was what opened the floodgates though Ziggy was a catalyst. Ziggy giggled where he was all curled up with his lover and his sister.

"If you hadn't run I would have made you faint." Ziggy was feeling sleepy here and yawned, something he rarely did. "Are you comfortable here?"