## Preface

Welcome, Little One
Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/23548102.

Rating:
  Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning:
  No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
  M/M
Fandom:
  僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Relationships:
  Dabi/Takami Keigo | Hawks, Takami Keigo | Hawks/Todoroki Touya
Characters:
  Dabi (My Hero Academia), Takami Keigo | Hawks
Additional Tags:
  Kid Fic, Babies, Hatching Baby, like from an actual egg, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Dabi is Todoroki Touya
Language:
  English
Series:
  Part 1 of Tales of Little Tsubasa
Collections:
  BNHA Books I Recommend Out Of My Heart
Stats:
  Published: 2020-04-08 Words: 2,254 Chapters: 1/1

# Welcome, Little One

by minatsukinoamayo, Rubien

Summary

> They waited for it for months, and Dabi still thinks he's not ready.

Notes

> Kii: This actually just started with the impulse to write something for a wonderful artists who's struggling with too much work, but still never fails to bring light into these dark days with such wonderful ideas such as Baby Keigo, aka baby Tsubasa. Go have a look at her beautiful art and give it all the love it deserves!

> This is for you, Ada (@1950sHousewife_ on Twitter)! ♥ I hope it cheers you up!!

> And somehow I managed to drag Rubien into this and ... there's that. And where this comes from, there's still more, so... we'll see where our heartbreak-couple will take us.

> I hope you enjoy this, even if it's not beta-read and probably full of mistakes!

See the end of the work for more notes

## Welcome, Little One

It was just a matter of seconds, nothing more. And it wasn't even intentional.

Dabi had been awake all night, because Hawks had been restless, moving around in their bed - or better to say: nest, shuffling and rearranging pillows and blankets. He had frequently asked for other blankets and pillows, bigger ones, flufflier ones, red ones, white ones, then again again fluffier ones and bigger ones… and so on.

Dabi had felt like he had spent his family's entire fortune on the perfect blankets, but it had been definitely worth it, when they had finally gotten them right and Hawks' eyes fell closed peacefully and contend after he had formed and molded them into the perfect shape for the egg to lie safe and sound. It really was a rough night and he was exhausted beyond what's humanly bearable.

So this was probably on him… He said he'd take over the egg…. It was a perfect opportunity for just a little bit of rest. All he wanted to do was to close his eyes, only for a few seconds... just to rest them a little. Nothing more.

He didn't really mean to fall asleep while keeping the egg warm.

But he did.

And now he has been woken up by a thud and a loud crack.

Ripping his eyes open, he sees that the egg is not in its spot on the pile of blankets and pillows anymore. His heart rate is up to dangerous pace in a second when Dabi sees the egg lying on the floor of the foot end.

"FUCK!!! KEIGO!!!!!" he hollers in a panic that he had never known in his entire life.

As he quickly jumps out of bed to reach for the egg, Dabi hears breaking glass, presumably from the kitchen, where he knows Hawks went to stretch out his wings and get a cup of tea. Dabi insisted on Hawks doing so, because he's been in the nest for a week straight.

He doesn't hear any steps but within a second or two, Hawks bursts through the door, two long feathers in his hands, eyes sharply looking for any potential threat to their egg, wings spread widely.

What the former hero doesn't know is that the "threat" is the man who was with the egg in bed only seconds ago.

Dabi's hands just touch the egg, gently. It's still warm and smooth until he runs his hands across it and finds a thin crack.

Dabi freezes with terror. He stares up at Hawks, hands trembling. "I… I swear, I didn't move… I don't know how it got there. I- I only fell- I didn't mean to, I didn't… I didn't sleep for long!" he stutters, thoughts running quicker than his mouth could form words.

He gulps audibly, retreating his hands when Hawks reachs for the egg. Now it wasn't just his hands shaking, but his whole body. "I'm so sorry…."

The blond lets his feathers fall onto the ground and tenderly touches the egg and it jerks slightly.

Suddenly, the frown between Hawks' eyebrows disappears. There are still dark circles underneath his eyes, but there is a huge smile on his lips.

"It's happening!" he exclaims loudly, voice full of excitement, his thumbs caressing the egg.

"What?" Dabi asks, dumbfounded. Everything seems to stop in this moment while his brain obviously refuses to digest the new information.

Hawks laughs, absolutely carefree and stupidly happy. "It's hatching!"

Not really realizing the words Hawks just spoke, Dabi sacks back against the foot end of the bed and lets out a deep sigh of relief. "Oh god… I'm so glad, I thought I broke it."

And there the realization of Hawks' words hits him like a shower of bricks.

"It's WHAT?!" Dabi yelps as he whips his head around, his voice getting shrieky.

Hawks laughs once more. "I know, I know, we expected it to take another month but… it's fine, Dabi, you've done nothing wrong."

Of course, these were only estimations since there weren't many occasions where two human males were trying to hatch their offspring… Which came in the form of an egg. This was very much unique.

There is a visible shift in Dabi's shoulders as some of the weight is lifted from them. If Hawks didn't have arms full of their little baby, he would pull his lover into a kiss. Like this, he can only smile gently and very cautiously lift the egg to move it back to the nest.

Dabi watches him move, not daring to come close to it again just yet. Only after Hawks set the egg down, he gets up and scoots closer to his man.

He puts a still shaky arm around Hawks, rubbing the spot beneath his wings, more to calm himself than to calm Hawks. When he sees how the egg moves and sways from side to side, he understands how it rolled off the bed.

"It's really happening… huh?" he asks quietly. His voice is trembling, too. He tries his best to keep it steady, but he knows that Hawks will see through it easily.

The countless times he had freaked out over becoming a father were still a very vivid memory. He gulps, the mild fear of becoming like his old man returning again like a boomerang that never rested. Even now he feels the impulse to run away as far as possible to keep them safe from himself, and his insanity and it probably shows in the little twitch of the fingers caressing Hawks' back.

But he stays, reassured by Hawks leaning against him full of trust and faith. Hawks had always calmed him down, never failing to find the right words to get out of his panic, back to them. Just like Hawks always had his back, he holds Hawks from behind now, because he wants to be there. Hawks is sitting, cross-legged, with the egg in his lap. Dabi has a feeling that if getting Hawks out of the nest was hard before, it'd be impossible now.

His thoughts are interrupted when Hawks gets closer to him, leans his back against Dabi's chest and settles there, while still holding onto the egg. The blond then reaches with one hand behind and silently finds Dabi's wrist. The raven-haired man lets Hawks guide it to the egg, covering Dabi's hand with his own palm.

"Can you feel it?" Hawks' voice is soft and tender as he asks.

His throat goes dry when he feels something moving and shifting under the shell. There's a little thudding against the shell every now and then.

"Oh my…," he gasps, mouth falling open in awe. His pulse picks up again. "This is really happening, isn't it?"

Hawks chuckles, one hand caressing the cracking shell of the egg. "You keep asking that question as if you couldn't believe it."

"I can't," Dabi doesn't deny it. A quiet laugh escapes his lips when the shell moves right under his palm.

He feels Hawks lean backwards some more, his blonde head resting slightly on Dabi's shoulder.

When there's a harder knock right under his palm, Dabi yaps in surprise and pulls his hands away, staring at it with his eyes wide.

"I swear, if this goes on for the four days of which the doc spoke, I'm gonna lose it," Hawks shakes his head in disbelief. Two to four days, said the doctor. And here he was, not even 10 minutes into the hatching process and he thought they were both already going nuts over it.

Another knock had both of them jump, but it came from the door this time.

"Is everything okay in there?" Toga asked, peeking around the corner with curiosity written all over the face.

"OUT!!!" Dabi shouts, showing his canines like fangs.

It is definitely the only warning she would get, as Dabi already felt Hawks tensing up again, hugging the egg closer.

"Okay, okay…," she grumbles, leaving quickly. Louder than necessary she says to herself, so that they can hear her, "Worse than a mother goose."

In the end, it is just as they both feared.

The three following days, they are filled with equal nervousness and exhilaration as the egg moves, slowly, the shell cracking more and more. Hawks refuses to leave the nest, and so does Dabi.

The others do try to visit them, however, Hawks makes it more than clear he doesn't want anyone near their egg. And Dabi is in awe every time he sees the fierce predatory traits of Hawks shining through, happy to know that he'll have the best parent at his side to do this.

The members of the League are only allowed to leave some food at the door, which Kurogiri often does. Hawks doesn't even want to eat, because it would mean not paying attention to their baby, but somehow Dabi manages to coax him into eating at least a little bit. It's the thing he can do, even if he's still afraid to fail the kid as a parent.

Hawks keeps reassuring him throughout the process, and it helps. He somehow manages to not freak out entirely, not even once. They just hold on and wait, filled to the brim with anticipation and excitement.

But by the fourth night, they're both exhausted and worn out.

Hawks, drained from the tension and the primal drive to protect, passes out in the early morning hours into a restless sleep. Dabi really wants to give him a little bit of time to rest, hugging Hawks tight as he holds their egg close to his heart.

But suddenly there's a loud CRACK and parts of the shell coming apart have him jolt and yell in something in between shock and surprise. Hawks is awake in the fracture of a second, a bit drowsy, but still alert, looking at the now opened egg in his arm.

A little chirping noise comes from under the cracked piece of shell, like a shy, little call out.

"Is it a bird?" Dabi jokes, despite his nerves worn thin and his tiredness.

Hawks just sighs, equally tired, but Dabi feels the warmth and amusement in his voice. "Let's just hope he doesn't get your smarts…"

Dabi nuzzles his face into the soft blonde hair and breathes in Hawks' smell. He asks gently, "How do you know it's a he?"

He sees Hawks caress the shell lovingly. "I just… know it."

There is another loud crack and a big part of the shell is breaking as their son is trying to find a way to his parents. Dabi feels excitement pulsing through him when he sees five very tiny fingers through the crack.

"Should we… help?" Dabi asks in a whisper, unsure of what to do and afraid to fuck it up from the beginning.

"No," Hawks shakes his head, smiling softly. "He's got this."

And he really does. It takes him a minute or two, but soon the upper part of the shell comes apart and two big, round, golden eyes peek up at them from under strands of fluffy white hair which look more like downy feathers than anything else. The little one blinks once, twice, then shuffles and reaches his teeny-tiny hands out to them.

"Oh… Look at that," Dabi whispers into Hawks' ear, "He has your eyes."

Hawks chuckles but the sound comes out more like a choked sob. He reaches to the little one, slowly, and tenderly touches the little fingers. Their son chirps quietly and the little fingers grasp around Hawks' one.

"Hey there, little one," Hawks chokes out and Dabi hears the tears of joy in Hawks' voice. "He's got your hair, look. Hi there, boy..."

It's the first time Dabi regrets not being able to cry. His heart clutches with Hawks' sob, which makes it all too real. All he can do is smile and grasp uselessly on Hawks' shirt and lean his head against Hawks'.

And as if Hawks knows what he's thinking, the blond says with a broken voice, "C'mon, touch him."

Dabi gulps. The baby is looking so fragile, simply looking at him with big, teary eyes.

He feels a too familiar surge of panic washing over him. Evil thoughts of what ifs and don't you dare. But when those wobbly golden eyes gaze at him with purpose while the small hand that doesn't hold onto Hawks' reaches out to him, those thoughts are all forgotten.

He reaches down to the small body, scooting it up, out of the shell on his palm, carefully supporting the fragile, light weight. The tiny human cooes and giggles as he's lifted and brought to Hawks' chest.

Dabi knows he'd be crying if he could. A tearless sob rips through him as he hugs Hawks as close from behind and holds the little being in his hand that squirms and and chirps and eagerly holds onto the fabric of Hawks' shirt. There are two very small and delicate looking wings on the little one's back, the feathers softer than anything he's ever touched when his thumb brushes gingerly over them.

He feels absolute adoration and devotion to the two birds in his lap.

"God, I love you both so much," Dabi whispers.

He holds them both close as he can and Hawks nuzzles his face against the white, downy hair, kissing the tiny head of their child.

"I love you both too," Hawks hums softly and kisses the soft white hair again. "Happy birthday, Tsubasa. Welcome home."

## Afterword

End Notes

> Rubien: My girlfriend asked me this morning if I wanted to write a little doodle with Dabihawks becoming parents of the little LoV family, their little babe coming after several trying months from an egg.

> Huge thanks to my co-author, Kii! Please guys, go and follow her on twitter if you are +18! Another thanks (and gifting this work) is to Ada! She makes one of the best Dabihawks fanart and is an actual sweetheart! Again, if you are +18, go follow her!

> Anyways, I truly hope you guys enjoyed this and if you do please let us know in the comments and leave some kudos!!

> As always, you can find me on twitter!

> (Kii's notes are at the beginning!)

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