[018Luxio]

Ben nods slowly. "Alright." They begin their wait on the doctor to return.

[Lovebite]

"Mm..."Thomas laid his head forwards against Ben's shoulder while he held him by the waist and moaned into his shirt as his grip tightened. The wait for the doctor was long and soon when she returned she looked disheartened,"I'm sorry. I'm afraid there are no surgery rooms open at this time, there's been an accident downtown and they need them for the ICU patients."

[018Luxio]

Ben stares at the doctor for a moment before turning his attention back to Thomas. His hands ran along his back as they both swayed slowly from side to side, the movement helping slightly with the pain.

[Lovebite]

When Thomas was brought up to his feet to stand he whimpered into Ben's chest once more despite not wanting to give birth this way again he had no choice in the matter any more. He gripped onto his lover while he swayed them and he forced himself to breathe, whining as his knees buckled and he shook his head. "Mm... No. Ohh."He tilted his head forwards and kept forcing himself to breathe with the pain.

[018Luxio]

Ben sways them for a bit longer, them waiting until the last moment before Thomas would have to push. It was nearly another 10 minutes or so before the doctor checked him after having Thomas lay back down on the bed.

[Lovebite]

Thomas didn't like the method much, there was too much talking and checking and touching, but he was also scared that what had happened to their son may happen again to this baby. Though he refused to let that happen and so he let the doctor check him and let Ben help him upright even when all he wanted to do was lay down. Until finally, he felt the shift and instantly reached for Ben with a soft gasp as he arched his back with a loud moan. Toes curling and stomach contracting as he beared down finally.

[018Luxio]

The doctor continues to keep a close watch on Thomas as he begins to push. Ben held onto his hand as he did, him listening closely to what the doctor told Thomas to do.

[Lovebite]

The young man felt his belly tighten and took in a deep breath during the brief moment between pangs. His hand grapsing onto Ben's for dear life as he bore down as hard as he could despite the pain. Only thinking of holding one last squirming pink baby in his arms as he pushed harder and longer than before. Until he had to fall back against the bed with a groan, his free hand going from gripping the bed sheets to touching his middle.

[018Luxio]

The doctor checks him yet again, patting his knee softly. "Your doing great Thomas, just breath for a bit."

[Lovebite]

Thomas did breathe, slow and steady as he tilted his head back for a moment then curled forwards as he kept pushing as hard as he could. His stomach was hard with the contraction and his eyes squeezed shut as he struggled to birth the last triplet, gritting his teeth.

[018Luxio]

Thomas continues to push for nearly 10 minutes before the baby finally begins to crown. The doctor moved and began to clean around Thomas' opening as she took a seat between his legs. "Alright, we're getting close to the home stretch, breath through the next one for me then I want a big, big push."

[Lovebite]

Thomas's eyes were watering and his face was a bright red as he struggled to keep pushing at the same force he was for the last few times. He let go of Benjamin's hand and reached to grip his thighs tightly, curling forwards as he grunted loudly while bearing down. Though quickly stopped when she said to breathe through the pain, nodding and falling back again gently as he panted. Then went quickly into the same position and bearing down just as hard once more.

[018Luxio]

It took nearly five big pushes on Thomas' part for the head to finally pop free mid push with a gush of fluids. The doctor moved quickly to clean its airways, it beginning to turn soon after before Thomas was once again pushing to get the shoulders free.

[Lovebite]

He was exhausted already, though he knew the baby still needed him and whimpered softly, giving short burst pushes for now throughout his contractions. As he panted and moaned, his head tilting to the side as he reached for Ben with one hand again, bearing down once again.

[018Luxio]

By the time the baby is finally born Thomas is left panting on the bed, the doctor laying the newborn on his chest as its cries fill the room. Though the entire moment was short lived as the door busted open to reveal Joel, quickly followed by a few police officers who moved to quickly restrain Benjamin before removing him from the room.

[Lovebite]

The still bloated male collapsed back onto the bed, his vision blurry with tears as he wrapped his arms weakly around the child. He smiled down at it and checked between it's little legs as it let out strong wet cries,"We have a boy. Another boy."He murmured, it helped him process if he could still think of the stillborn as their son, he had to or he would break down again. Just when he was going to give the small boy over to his father to be held, the door was opened by his husband. Thomas was afraid instantly, holding the squirming, wailing baby close with one arm and trying to keep Ben close with his other to no avail. "Joel! Joel, please!"He was too weak to get up from the bed, even as all the commotion woke Taylor and Bella who came over onto the bed with her father quickly. Taylor crying from her clear bassinet beside Tom's bed but he wasn't focused on that,"Leave him alone!"He couldn't do much else but scream at the men as they dragged his partner away, sobbing in defeat as he laid back against the bed. His daughter held herself to him and the babies cried for attention, but he was too exhausted to do anything any more.
"This is what happens when you disobey me."Joel snapped at him and he barely responed as his eyes closed.

[018Luxio]

Ben fought against the men that drug him from the room, Tom's cries could be heard throughout the halls until they were out of the building and the cries stopped all together. As they placed him in the back of the police car he didn't really pay attention to where they took him, his mind back at the hospital with Tom and the kids.

[Lovebite]

It was an entire six months before he could see him again and in that time it showed, when he was taken home with the two new borns and Bella. Joel wouldn't stop talking about the one he had lost, like he was some bad luck token. He had never lost a child and it broke him to have the child's death be shoved in his face repeatedly. Day by day, even as tears trembled down his cheek the man wouldn't stop and he was helpless to do anything about his own situation. He was trapped. The young man couldn't even work up the courage to defend himself, he simply stayed silent with the babies clutched against his chest and Bella in his view. They were never separated.

[018Luxio]

Thomas would catch glimpses of Ben on the news every now and then, him standing at his father's side silently. He was always gone, his father keeping him away, especially from Thomas. The media never got word of any of it, Ben going to jail, anything, it was all kept under lock and key.

[Lovebite]

It was no secret that he missed Benjamin, his stomach ached everytime he saw him on the tv screen. Almost as if he was a world away, especially when his middle grew with child again, he knew it wasn't Ben's. Everytime he felt the baby move though, he thought about him and wished that he wasn't the bitch of this old, fat man. He wasn't content with being the young, beautiful wife of him anymore, his silence was making him sick. Even more than the morning nausea was, enough to make him stop wearing his wedding ring and take Bella and the two surviving triplets out of the house whenever he could.