so very dapper

[temporal_affairs]

The Joker is awfully domestic, in his way. He makes pretty clothes. Nathan's perfectly happy to be a clothes horse for his sartorially-inclined mate. Some of the clothes are distinctly feminine, and Nathan does not wear those, although the Joker could probably talk him into a kilt, even if that's not a Manx thing but only their neighbors.

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[yourheartstrings]

Mmmm, predictable places.

Yeah, if she keeps the baby, she is definitely going to miss the sex.

[temporal_affairs]

About a week later, Nathan says, "This is the best time to ask if you've made up your mind."

[yourheartstrings]

"Hmm," she says, and thinks, and nods.

"Yeah, I'm keeping the kid."

[temporal_affairs]

"All right," he says, and kisses her. "What d'you want to name it? Do you want to hang out with the Golden Coven more so there's babysitters?"

[yourheartstrings]

She kisses him back.

"I dunno," she says, "babysitters like who? I guess the munchkin should have the opportunity to make friends, too..."

[temporal_affairs]

"Gonna be close to Henry's age, and if Rosalie gets her way, close to Henry's next little sibling's age. It'll grow past any wolf pups it meets but there's those around too," Nathan says. "Coven's full of people who'd look after a little half-vampire for a while. They make easy babies, they don't cry much, diapers are not called for, etcetera."

[yourheartstrings]

"Then sure," she says. "We can follow 'em around for a while."

[temporal_affairs]

"You got it, babe," says Nathan. "Names?"

[yourheartstrings]

"No idea," she laughs. "Your favourites still the same as last time?"

[temporal_affairs]

"Among Manx names, yeah, I could pick some from elsewhere in the world if desired."

[yourheartstrings]

"Nah, I think it's cute to give the munchkin a name from the same place as you," she says. "Unless they don't like it."

[temporal_affairs]

"All right. D'you remember my shortlist?"

[yourheartstrings]

"Mmm... there was an Ascon on there?" she hazards.

[temporal_affairs]

"Yes, that was one of the boys' names. Ascon, Kerron, Payl. Aedyt, Jony, Myghin."

[yourheartstrings]

"They're all cute," she reaffirms.

[temporal_affairs]

"You want me to pick a pair? Or you wanna have a look at the kid when it's born and see if it looks more like a Kerron or a Payl, or whatever?"

[yourheartstrings]

"Hmm... oh, if you leave it up to me, I'll end up waiting until the kid's old enough to have an opinion," she laughs. "So if you want something to call 'em besides 'Munchkin' before then, you better pick it yourself."

[temporal_affairs]

"Well, it might not actually take that long for an opinion to happen," Nathan says. "We could do that. But then I would expect a name like 'Superman' - or possibly 'Dracula'. I bet that's what you get when you let a week-old half-vampire name himself is a child insisting that his name is Dracula. Let's forestall that. I like Kerron and Aedyt."

[yourheartstrings]

She cracks up.

"And if our kid insists on calling themselves Dracula anyway, there's no way I'm not gonna run with it."

[temporal_affairs]

Nathan addresses her midsection. "Your name," he tells it, "is not Dracula, and I will not take responsibility for explaining why everyone you knew in your childhood calls you that when you are trying to go by Kerron or Aedyt again and asking a cute wolf to sit next to you at the Ultra Olympics."

[yourheartstrings]

The Joker giggles.

"I love you, honey."

[temporal_affairs]

"I love you," he tells her comfortably.

[yourheartstrings]

Snuggle time?

Definitely snuggle time.

[temporal_affairs]

After the Joker has been pregnant for twenty days, Nathan announces, "This is the best time to give Bella her day's notice and move back in with the capital. I believe they're in Jaipur yet."

[yourheartstrings]

"All righty," she says, and dresses and teleports them.