You're Beautiful To Me

After Mikey hands the baby back and Frank takes Anna into his arms, sitting beside the bed and settling her in his lap I stare down into his big eyes that are looking up at me in amazement and I say softly "What do we name him Frankie?" Frank thinks about it before saying "What do you like?" "I really don't know, I'm running through names in my mind but they just don't match his face." Frank lets out a soft chuckle and says "Yeah I see what you mean" before adding "Miles?" "Miles" I say out loud, trying it out and the baby makes a small noise, shifting in my arms and I smile as I say "You like that huh?" And he makes another soft noise. I turn to look at Frank and he smiles wide and says "So what do you think?" "Miles Anthony Iero." "Really?" Frank asks, his face lighting up like I've only ever seen once before when we named Anna. "Is that ok?" Frank nods frantically as he stands up, cuddling Anna against his chest as he leans down and presses a soft kiss to my lips. When we pull apart again Mikey says "What's with the name?" "Well Anna got her middle name for Franks mom and Anthony is another Iero family connection, it's just something that is tradition for the guys in their family." "That's cool" Mikey says and Frank nods and chokes out "Its very very cool" before turning his attention solely on me and saying "Thank you."

Later that afternoon Mikey tries to take Anna home but she fusses and doesn't want to let go of Frank so after a lengthy argument Frank reluctantly leaves to take her home and promises he will be back first thing in the morning. "Miles and I will be fine babe I promise" I tell him and he nods and leans in for one last kiss, pressing a soft kiss to Miles' forehead as he sleeps against my chest before whispering "Thank you for being so incredible and giving me two beautiful baby's." "Thank you for saving me and giving me a better life than I could have ever dreamed of" I whisper back and we share another soft slow kiss until Anna shrieks to get our attention and we pull apart and smile at her. "Alright little miss, you certainly got daddy's impatience" Frank scolds her playfully as he bounces her on his hip and I say "Hey that's totally a you trait Frankie." Mikey starts to laugh as he says "Come on you two, I'll treat you to dinner on the way home" and Frank smiles and says "Sometimes I think I married the wrong Way." "Hey" I exclaim, feeling a little hurt and Frank chuckles before saying "Aww baby you know you're my world" and I stick my tongue out at him, unable to flip him off because Anna is watching the exchange intently, unable to understand the words but smiling at the sound of our voices. Once they're gone I slowly slide out of bed and lay Miles in his bassinet as a nurse comes in with a tray of unappetising looking food. I settle back on the bed and pick at it, atleast making the effort to eat something and in that moment I smile as I realise just how far I've come
and I actually have the urge to eat regardless of what I'm being served and I can't wait to tell Frank. After I've eaten everything I can stomach I push the tray away and settle down in the bed, trying my best to get comfortable and the physical strain of everything today catches up with me and I let my eyes drift closed, feeling exhausted and on the edge of sleep when Miles lets out a little scream and I drag myself up, stumbling over to him and picking him up, gently bouncing him as I hold him to my chest. "Hey little man daddy's here" I say softly to him and he quietens down, his little lips pursing like he's trying to suck. "Oh you're hungry too huh?" I ask as I turn to cross the room to find a nurse to get him some formula when one comes in to collect my tray and she tells me she'll be right back, coming back a minute later with a perfectly heated bottle and I settle on the bed and start to feed him, his little eyes drifting closed again as he sucks, eating until he falls asleep again.

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