The elder man was panting into the crook of his arm and arching against the tub as he groaned, folding his legs beneath him,"Mmnngh..."He grunted, pressing his lips together and shaking his head again, leaning his head into James's hand,"Lift me up."He told him in a hushed tone,"Hurry."He reached for his hand, lifting himself up slowly with James's help until he was halfway in and halfway out of the bathwater. Tobias panted, he wasn't set on giving up, not at all, this wouldn't be his last time, this wouldn't be their last child. He was set on it now as he curled forwards over his belly as it hung between his legs and he groaned out loudly with a long, strong push, going silent at the end of it.
Watching Tobias suffer like this made James question why he continued to breed the human. He knew that as many as Tobias had delivered, it was taking a toll on his body, and he was growing older, no matter how much James denied it. He moves to stand behind Tobias, running his hands along the others body. His hands moved slowly along Tobias' back and along the swell of his stomach, it contracting under his hands.
"Don't look at me like that."He gasped out, tilting his head back against his partners chest and shoulder with a small grimace still, one of his hands gripping the other's knee. Tobias had his eyes shut, his thighs shaking from holding himself up for so long as he rocked his hips from side to side slowly and groaned at the start of another pain. The older man turned his head to bury his face in his arm,"Nngh..."He grunted out as he pushed.
James continued to run his hands over Tobias's stomach for a few minutes until the next pain passed. James moves down into the water soon after, not bothering with his clothes before he eased Tobias down onto his lap.
Tobias curled up in James's arms as he sat in his lap, looking only slightly comforted by the feeling when he did,"It's coming now. I feel it."He murmured into the wet fabric of his tee shirt, grimacing deeper and grasping onto him while his stomach tightened again. The man shifted, groaning and lifting his hips some, his hand kept grasping for his lover as he whined out loudly. Silent as he struggled with the labor, whimpering and pushing himself into James's chest more for stability.
James leans in to nuzzle softly at Tobias' neck kissing lightly every now and then. "Your doing great, even though it doesn't seem like it."
Tobias took comfort in the nuzzles and wanted to take just as much comfort in the words he spoke, but he wasn't sure how much he could accept as reality or truth. He smiled softly though at the well wishes and pressed his forehead into the others chest,"Thank you."He murmured, grimacing again and shifting forwards as he reached for the knobs of the tub that controlled the water. The man moaned brokenly between sobs of pain as his back arched and his thighs shuddered when he pushed as hard as he could again. Though no outward progress could be seen, the baby wasn't even close to being born.
James lightly kisses Tobias' cheek waiting until the next contraction passed before he shifted Tobias around slightly before James slides a finger into him, checking his progress.
The head of the child had shifted through Tobias's hips, though it was barely close to crowning, he had thought that the child before then was a the biggest he's delievered in a while. He now knew that was wrong, he wanted to give up, to just curl against James and...and... He couldn't finish that thought without feeling horrible, like his insides had all twisted up, he had tears flowing from his eyes. Even if he said nothing about it as he reached to wrap his hands around the backs of his thighs and bring them up slowly while he beared down.
James' fingers just do brush against the very top of the child's head. As Tobias pushes James can feel Tobias' body tighten around his fingers but he can also feel the baby's head inch forward slightly before retreating when Tobias would relax.
Tobias did curl up against James's chest with a small whimper, he felt the finger and shifted against it with a groan,"I can't, James... I can't."He shook his head, gritting his teeth as he turned his head away, gripping the edge of the tub until his knuckles turned white. "The water isn't helping."He said finally, shaking his head and pressing his face into the others chest, though he couldn't move more than onto his knees or into his lovers arms again.
They sit there for a few minutes longer before getting out of the tub. Tobias moves to lean fully against the counter while James dried him off, running the towel along his back and along his body.
Tobias leant almost at a ninety degree angle over the counter, his arms folded on the surface and pressing his face into the crook of his arm with a low groan. He moved his hips from side to side, his dripping anus, gaping as he stuggled still through the contraction, barely aware of anything but the pain. "My robe..."He reached for James to rest his head against the crook of his shoulder and neck, holding himself up with his help.
James finishes drying Tobias off before grabbing his robe and draping it over his shoulders waiting until the contraction passes before helping him slip it on. He lightly kisses Tobias' hair as he holds him.
Tobias held the robe around himself, standing up as straight as he could, pushing his arms through the sleeves slowly then tying it above the curve of his belly. The human had an almost permanent grimace on his face from the pain of gravity,"Thanks... I'm okay."He said and pressed his face into James chest slightly then pulled away, shuffling slowly out of the bathroom. He waddled awkwardly, almost limping with the pressure between his legs and leaving a hard aching in his pelvis.
James changes out of his wet clothes before following Tobias out of the bathroom. While Tobias continued to work through the contractions James went to check on the pups, finding them all in their beds asleep aside from Jasmine and Little James who were just sitting on the floor by their beds.
"Daddy, is Papa going to be okay?"Jasmine asked quietly, looking up at James when he came into their room and little James looked like he was asking the same question with his eyes. The oldest boy of the brood had adopted some of his other father's traits, a boy of few words, unlike his sister who may have just talked more than both James put together.
James makes his way over to them before kneeling down infront of them. "Yeah, he'll be alright, it just takes time."
"How much time?"Little James asked, he was playing with the wheels of his truck quietly, Jasmine pouted some at that and looked down at her feet. "Is the baby going to be okay too?"She tilted her head and her brother shushed her, knowing that she was asking too many questions now, she stuck out her tongue at him and he squinted at her. "Papa is strong, he made us strong too."He said and stood up to move towards his father and sit on his lap, the little girl rolled her eyes and stood up to climb onto her bed.
James lightly kisses little James' forehead before looking up at Jasmine. "How about I bring you two in to do a quick check up on Papa? Might make him feel better."