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Nick squirmed in the bed, curled around his belly as the baby slowly shifted down. He kept his face pressed into a pillow as he moaned and groaned, not wanting to be too loud, even if he couldn't help it. It was another couple of hours of labor before Nick felt like he had to push, sitting himself up with a slight pant. "You gotta check me, I feel like I gotta push," he muttered, reaching out to grip Brad's hand.

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The request had come right at the itme when the doctor had gone out to take a phonecall - she had another patient about to give birth. The call had come since her patient's labor had picked up and they were urgently calling for instructions.

That left Brad to do the job. He swallowed and looked at the veins popped up on Nick's neck, realising how urgent matters had become, and nodded uneasily. Lifting one lithe leg of Nick, he looked at the opening that was way too small for a baby to pass and slipped his finger in, reaching deep to feel the opening of the cervix.

"That's..." he widened his eeys. At the end of the birth canal, he was feeling a head.... "Full dilation... i think. the head's right there!"

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Nick took deep, shaky breaths as Brad checked his dilation, glancing nervously at the door, hoping that the doctor would come back in soon. "Okay, I--fuck," he panted, shifting into a comfortable position to push. "I'm gonna push, I gotta... You need to watch, okay? At least--at least til the doctor comes back," he replied, taking a deep breath and giving a push, groaning at the feeling of the huge baby beginning to move down. "Oh, shit, he's so big," Nick gasped, squirming to try to get more comfortable.

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Brad nodded frantically, pulling hsi fingers out. he held his breath, watching nervously at Nick who was beginning to gather his strenght. It was hard, and the ice crawler, who was almost always pale in complexion, was flushing so red with the exertion as he made the first proper push.

"Keep that coming, yes.... oh..." Brad said - aside from some liquid dripping out, there was still little to see from the outside. Just when he was beginning to get a feel of things, seeing his opening flaring open at the push, Nick stopped and was squirming. "i'm not seeing anything yet." he commented innocently, indirectly admitting that .. yep, the baby's big, it would probably be a lot more pushes before they could see any progress.

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Nick couldn't help but groan at Brad's innocent comment, knowing it would probably be a while before the baby would be out. "Okay, okay," he panted, taking a deep breath before pushing again, feeling the head continue to press down. "God, this is probably your fault. You're so buff and healthy you made our kid huge," Nick complained before another contraction took hold of him, moaning and tossing his head back as he pushed once more.

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"I...." Brad widened his eyes and stuttered. well, it wasn't his fault he was big! that was partly because of the serum and... well, he had been a sickly child but since then his genes had undergone such massive change, he couldn't help it himself.

"Alright... just push Nick. " he rolled his eyes and swallowed his exasperation - there was no point arguing with his boyfriend when he was trying so hard to push their baby out.

"Good job... take a breath." Brad said rubbing along Nick's back, while the ice crawler huffed and puffed. He saw a small puddle began forming between his legs, and went ahead to change thepaper mat. "i'll.... " he said moving near Nick, when his arm was grabbed in this tight grip even the Leutenant's face twisted at the force.

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"Don't move me. I can't move," Nick growled in his small break between pushes. "I appreciate the gesture, but I can't--I can't move," he muttered, curling in on himself as he pushed again. "God, how long is that phone call gonna take? I'm shoving our superbaby out here!"

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Brad whined in pain when he nodded frantically. "Ok, ok! no moving you... god. Nick.... i'm..." he said whining, trying ot pry Nick's fingers away from his wrist.

Then there was another push and more fluids splashed to the floor. The head had fully entered the birth canal and the headproved to be so big, with the baby going so many days after the due date. The head crashed into his canal and started crowning, bringing along the ring of fire while the doctor was still oblivious to the stiuation.

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"Sorry, sorry," Nick breathed, letting go of Brad's wrist, moving his hand to grip at the bedsheets. He groaned when he felt the baby begin to crown, hesitantly reaching around to touch the head. "Am I hallucinating or is it there?" he asked, chest heaving as he tried to catch his breath. "Get the doctor, Brad, please, I'm scared."

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Brad was equally panicking, and scrambled to grab the doctor who was just outside. He could see the head but what he didn't know was as the contraction passed, the teardrop-shaped head slipped right back in. This would be a tug of war that would continue for a long while considering the size of the baby.

the doctor was alarmed by how pale Brad looked, and with what he told her, she was also surprised with the quick progress. going off the line, she returned and got to work.

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Nick continued to struggle with the head, trying his damndest to keep it crowning, but it just continued to sleep back. He leaned back against Brad as the doctor kept telling him to push, his energy beginning to dissipate due to the baby's side and the time he'd been in labor. After an hour of pushing against the head and making barely any progress, Nick collapsed back against Brad with a groan. "God, he's never gonna come out!"

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"Nick you could do this! Brad, go ahead totake up Nick's legs. Hold them behind his knees...." The doctor wiped away the sweat forming on her forehead. THis was taking quite long, and the birthing father was obviously getting exhausted. She took a deep breath and told the pair. "Now lift Nick up, yes, keep him in the air, that would help wiht the gravitational pull... Nick, PUSH!" she said seeing the head again strained against Nick's tight opening, the baby almost to the point of full crowning with the forehead coming forth. If it wasn't Brad and Nick, this wouldn't be possible without their superhuman strength and Nick's superhuman malleability.. now hope this new way of pushing could help.

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Nick tried to catch his breath as Brad adjusted him, eyes closed. He groaned at the command to push, taking a deep breath and pushing as hard as he could. He sighed shakily once he stopped pushing, panting, feeling exhausted and breathless. "Did anything happen?" Nick asked, unable to feel anything but pain.

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THe doctor and Brad exchanged a look. Nothing... there was minimal progress and the baby was stuck at the ring, the stretch obviously not enough for the baby boy to pass. Brad was the one breaking the silence. "This isn't going to break through within just a few miraculous pushes... Nick, take a deep breath. this WILL pass." he said, tugging Nick's knees furhter up as more birthing fluid drips dwon between his legs. The smaller man was not losing hope but he was sweating profusely. His big bump was rising and falling rapidly wiht his heavy breathing, and the doctor was also getting worried.

Some ice chips were offered. The baby's head was beginning to have this ring on the forehead, like a crown, with Nick's tight opening holding him back. On the next push, the doctor interfered finally and held the skin back while Nick pushed hard, forcing his opening to widen.

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"Just... Thought I'd ask," Nick replied, voice breathy and weak. He continued to push with the doctor's commands, doing the best he could with his fading strength. He tried to find some comfort in Brad, longing for this to be over, wanting to hold his child in his arms already. Part of him thought of his mother, where she was and what she'd think of him now...

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At this point the doctor was worried. she looked at Brad and nodded, exchanging an unsaid message. "Next up I'm going to give you a hand, Nick...."that was all the warning she gave him, and on his next exhausted push, she pressed onto the highest point of his belly, forcing the baby to descend more into the canal, while Brad held Nick down and muttered broken words of comfort in this agony.

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"What d'you mean by that?" Nick asked, his question falling on deaf ears before he screamed in pain at the force on his belly and down his canal, unable to squirm or lash out in Brad's hold. Nick wept softly, his entire body feeling as though it were on fire, too exhausted to push. He let Brad and the doctor manipulate his body to try to get the baby out, only letting out whimpers as he resigned to his painful fate.

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Nick was so broken. Brad had never heard him whimper this pathetically and he was aching on the inside witnessing the torture his boyfriend had to go through to deliver the baby. His lithe body were awkwardly lifeless, only tensing up when the doctor pushed down and brought him another wave of excruciating pain.

"No Nick, you have to push along! my pushes aren't going to compensate for your own pushes...." The doctor said, her forehead sweaty now with the intensity of the situation. "on count of three... push!" she said and finally, the baby 's head lodged into Nick's opening and was no longer receding back into him.

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Nick let out a rough sob when the doctor told him he still needed to push, doing the best he could with the little remaining strength he had left. He couldn't tell if anything was happening, almost numb with pain, longing for this to be over. Nick didn't even bother asking if he'd made any progress, not wanting to hear the answer if he hadn't.

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Nick was bleeding. Despite the best intentions from the doctor, his opening had torn and he was beginning to bleed as the head surged forward to crown fully. The doctor quickly grabbed a cotton pad to apply pressure on his wound.

"Brad, take over to push on your boyfriend's bump, i need an extra pair of hands. On next contraction, shove down the belly, feel for the bottom of the baby, and work with Nick on moving him down - he NEED to be born soon." she said quickly, finding the color of the baby's head turning a bit too purple for her liking.