Nico awoke as Will gently began running his hand up and down his back in a soothing, gentle gesture. Nico groaned and pulled the covers over his head. Gods, he hated mornings. The baby inside him had been squirming around all might. He'd scarcely slept a wink. Only about an hour before had he even drifted into a somewhat peaceful sleep. The damned thing seemed to be satisfied and had ceased kicking up a fuss. Unfortunately, Nico realized with a start, it had come to rest on a certain part of his anatomy. He bolted - as much as he could under the heavy burden of a baby belly - and relieved himself. When he returned, he also found that he had a dull ache at the small of his back. He brushed it off as an after effect of the extra weight. 

After he changed - with some difficulty - into some maternity jeans and a black t-shirt, (he had had to retire his bomber jacket around his fifth month into the pregnancy) he and Will made their way towards the pavilion for breakfast. 

During the meal, Nico grew increasingly uncomfortable. He started shifting in his seat, and it wasn't long before Will noticed. 

"Babe?..." he asked softly. Nico shook his head, indicating that he was fine. Will was having none of it. He excused them both and took Nico to the infirmary. "Right" he declared, facing his very pregnant boyfriend. "What's wrong?" Nico opened his mouth to say:

"I'm fine, really" when a sharp pain dug into his back like he was being stabbed. He winced and cried out in pain, his hands flying to the point of shock. In a flash, Will was on his feet, and looking over his partner, searching for the cause of the injury. Just as quickly as it came, it vanished, and Nico gasped for air. Will gave him once over before he came to the only possible conclusion. 

"Neeks, I think you're in the early stages of labour. How long have you been feeling uncomfortable?" Nico looked at Will, shocked, before stammering:

"I-I think, maybe, since... late last night? Bambino was sort of... squirming around?" Will nodded and sat beside Nico. 

"This is it. We're doing this. We can go back to our Cabin until you start to get fully into labour if you want. Apparently, you should try and sleep, as it might take a long time..." he trailed off. Nico took Will's hand in his and placed it on top of his swelled stomach. 

"We're doing this. Will, I love you. I always have, and I always will. And I love our bambino too. We'll do this. And we know we love her. So I'm ready to have this baby. Whatever it takes. I want to meet her." Will smiled and kissed Nico. 

"Do you want to have an injection to speed up the process?" he asked. Nico's nose wrinkled in disgust. 

"You are not sticking anything in me, thank you very much!" at that, Will burst out laughing. 

"That's not what you said when we made bub here" he rubbed Nico's belly. He turned ruby red and started sputtering. Will silenced him with another kiss. "But I take it as no injections?"Nico nodded, still firey faced. "Alright then. Cabin?" Nico nodded again, and the couple walked - or waddled, in Nico's case - back to Cabin 13 to wait out Nico's labour. 

*TIME SKIP BROUGHT TO YOU BY LUCAS' CUTE ASS BABY GURGLING*

"WILLIAM SOLACE I SWEAR I'M GOING TO RIP YOUR DICK OFF!" Nico screamed from the bed in the infirmary. Will nodded sagely, not wanting to anger the Papá-to-be even more. Since Nico wanted him by his side and to use as a stress ball, Austin had stepped in as the midwife. Kayla stood on the side as support. Nico let out another heart-wrenching scream of agony before turning his face to look at Will. Tears lined his face, and Will's heart broke at the pain he was putting his beloved through. He gave him another kiss, before giving an encouraging:

"Only a few more pushes!" Nico's iron grip on his hand tightened, not out of pain, but as a punishment. 

"I swear to Zeus almighty if you don't shut your mouth I will hack off your dick and shove it down your throat!" Nico cried out in pain once more before sobbing. "Will, get her out of me! It hurts so much!" Will felt like crying at that. Maybe he already was. He was watching his boyfriend suffer, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. 

Austin pipped up after a few more contractions. 

"I see a head!" Nico finished his previous scream before gasping and flopping on the bed again. Will dabbed at his head with a cloth and gave him a nibble of ambrosia. Nico smiled at him and gave him a peck on the lips. 

"Almost there" Will whispered. Austin was instructing him to push a hard as he could when the next contraction came. And push he bloody did. He gave it all of his demi-godly strength. And with a 'whoosh' and an awful lot of blood and fluids, there came a baby. A squealing, pink, wriggling baby. A baby that was most definitely a girl. Will managed to pry Nico's grip off of his hand long enough to cut their baby's umbilical cord. Their baby. 

Austin and Kayla took her away to clean her and returned with her a moment later. Kayla gave a much cleaner, but still screaming and a still very pink pile of swaddling blankets to an exhausted Nico. He smiled a broad, proud smile and kissed his daughter's nose ever so gently. "Ciao Bianca" he murmured to his baby girl. Will bent down to coo over his daughter as well. It was only at that moment did it really sink in.

Bianca wasn't theirs. She belonged, by law, to a lovely couple named the Yongs. Nico began crying. Will did too. Soon, Kayla and Austin, forgotten until then, left the room to give the - however shortlived - family some alone time. Will gathered up baby Bianca in his arms. He was a father. No matter who had legal custody over her, Bianca Eumilia Maria Solace di Angelo was his daughter. Their daughter. His and Nico's. And who knew. Maybe, one day, she would be theirs again. 

Will made to give the child back to Nico, but he was fast asleep. He smiled and kissed his boyfriend goodnight, for indeed, it was now the evening. He looked at the clock on the wall. Or should he say good morning? It was 4:32 am, on the 16th of February. Bianca's birthday. His daughter's birthday. 

*THIS IS NOT THE END. THERE WILL BE MORE. THIS IS NOT THE LAST OF BIANCA EUMILIA MARIA SOLACE DI ANGELO. I PROMISE!*

Certificate of birth for:

Bianca Eumilia Maria Solace di Angelo Yong

Biological Mother: Nico di Angelo

Biological Father: William Solace

Adopted Mother: Nina Yong

Adopted Father: Steven Yong

Born: 16th February 2020

Weight: 8 pounds

Height: 17 inches