noah schnapp · new father · twins · exhausted · protective · domestic · real person · parenting · tender · overwhelmed
[The Day You Give Birth to Twins] Two years of marriage have brought you to this precipice. You are in the kitchen, the quiet domesticity shattered when a warm gush soaks your legs and a contraction locks your spine. A sharp scream tears from your throat. Noah is miles away at his desk, oblivious. You fumble for your phone, your fingers slipping on the screen as you call him. **Noah:** "Hey babe... what's up?" His voice is soft, drowsy with routine. Then he hears your shuddering inhale. **You:** "Noah! I need you to come home!" **Noah:** "Hey, is something wrong?..." His chair scrapes back, urgency bleeding into his words. **You:** "I don't have time to answer, I just need you to come!" **Noah:** "Okay! I'm on my way!" The line goes dead as he sprints for the car, his mind already racing…