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Just a bunch of one shots featuring Nick and Charlie as parents :)
Nick and Charlie have 3 children born via their surrogate, Molly: Robin (born when Nick is 28 and Charlie is 26), and then the twins Ada and Ellis (born when Nick is 31 and Charlie is 29)
Leave a comment if you have any suggestions/recommendations of what you’d like to see! They’ll be posted in random order, so expect some time jumps. I’ve linked them in chronological order if you wanted to read them from pre-baby all the way to adulthood:
Chapter 28- ‘I want children. With you’
Chapter 1- first gender reveal
Chapter 21 - ‘So who’s the real dad?’
Chapter 7- nanny Sarah finds out it’s twins
Chapter 12- a toddler and two newborns
Chapter 19 - First Birthday Cake
Chapter 38 - the magic of Christmas
Chapter 9- uncle Olly comes to stay
Chapter 4- Tao and Elle babysit
Chapter 24 - ‘I thought ‘Charlie’ was a woman!’
Chapter 25 - First family holiday abroad
Chapter 6- ‘where’s my mummy?’
Chapter 20 - auntie Tori’s announcement
Chapter 5- meeting the girlfriend
Chapter 13- ‘our son’s girlfriend is sleeping over’
Chapter 18 - caught in the act
Chapter 32 - boy/girl sleepover
Chapter 11- ‘I think our son might be drunk’
Chapter 36 - surprise uni visit
Or if you want to read them in the order I post, then below is a short description of each chapter along with the word count
Chapter 1) First gender reveal (1,545 words)
Nick and Charlie discover the gender of their first baby
Chapter 2) First period (1,955 words)
Nick and Charlie’s 11 year old daughter, Ada, has her first period
Chapter 3) First birth (2,252 words)
Nick and Charlie welcome their first child, Robin, into the world
Chapter 4) Tao and Elle babysit (3,760 words)
With Tao and Elle in the process of adopting their own baby, they offer to babysit the 3 NelSpring children overnight whilst Nick and Charlie go away for their anniversary weekend
Chapter 5) Meeting the girlfriend (2,186 words)
15 year old Robin brings his first girlfriend, Lottie, over to meet his parents and siblings
Chapter 6) ‘Where’s my Mummy?’ (963 words)
7 year old Ellis realises that everyone in his class has a mummy except for him. He asks his daddy and papa why
Chapter 7) Nanny Sarah finds out it’s twins (1,733 words)
Nick and Charlie have just discovered that their surrogate is expecting twins, and decide to tell Nanny Sarah first
Chapter 8) Sports Day (2,122 words)
Robin is in year 6 and it’s his last sports day in primary school. The twins, are now in year 3 and it’s their first sports day in the junior school. Nick and Charlie are the biggest (and possibly most embarrassing) cheerleaders for their children
Chapter 9) Uncle Olly comes to stay (2,856 words)
22 year old Olly comes to stay at Nick and Charlie’s after an argument with his mum
Chapter 10) The Talk (2,645 words)
16 year old Ada has been seeing her boyfriend, Noah, for about 6 months now. When Nick and Charlie find a pair of his pants in the washing, they decide it’s time to give her the talk
Chapter 11) ‘I think our son might be drunk’ (2,469 words)
17 year old Ellis comes home drunk for the first time
Chapter 12) A toddler and two newborns (5,121 words)
31 year old Nick and 29 year old Charlie welcomed their twins, Ada and Ellis, into the world a few weeks ago. But now Nick must return to work, leaving Charlie home alone with a toddler and two newborns
Chapter 13) ‘Our son’s girlfriend is sleeping over’ (3,041 words)
16 year old Robin has his girlfriend, Lottie, sleepover for the first time
Chapter 14) Walked in on (2,098 words)
Nick and Charlie come home drunk after their monthly date day, but events at home lead them to buying locks for everyone’s doors
Chapter 15) Abortion (3,724 words)
Ada discovers she’s pregnant at 17 years old. After finally getting the courage to tell her dads, she decides she’s not ready for a baby.
Chapter 16) Swear words (2,803 words)
12 year old Robin teachers 8 year old Ellis some swear words
Chapter 17) A new cousin (2,322 words)
David and his fiancé, Hannah, have an announcement to make to everyone during family day at nanny Sarah’s
Chapter 18) Caught in the act (4,092 words)
Nick and Charlie decide to take advantage of a child-free house
Chapter 19) First Birthday Cake (2,509 words)
Nick bakes an elaborate birthday cake for the twins first birthday, Charlie and Robin help
Chapter 20) Auntie Tori’s announcement (3,643 words)
Auntie Tori and Uncle Michael have spent their 20’s and 30’s travelling the world for Michael’s career. They’d relocated to Switzerland a few months ago, so what was Tori doing knocking at the Nelson-Spring door when she wasn’t even meant to be in the country?
Chapter 21) ‘So who’s the real dad?’ (2,066 words)
It’s the start of the summer holidays, and Nick takes 10 month old Robin to visit Charlie at his new job
Chapter 22) Hickey (2,726 words)
15 year old Ellis has a hickey on his neck
Chapter 23) Parents’ Evening (2,236 words)
5 year old Robin has recently started Reception, and Nick and Charlie attend his first parents’ evening
Chapter 24) ‘I thought ‘Charlie’ was a woman!’ (2,535 words)
Weekends with the NelSpring’s usually involved ferrying their kids off to their various clubs, whether that be football, gymnastics, or dance. But a communication error with one of the dance mums leads to a bit of confusion, and some not so nice words.
Chapter 25) First family holiday abroad (4,618 words)
Now that their children aren’t babies, Nick and Charlie decide it’s finally time to take their first family holiday abroad. Of course, nanny Sarah is invited too.
Chapter 26) Coming out (3,744 words)
Ellis has discovered a lot about himself since starting uni - including his sexuality. On his first time back home since the school year began, he decided it’s time to tell his parents.
Chapter 27) First words (3,876 words)
13 month old Robin says his first words.
Chapter 28) ‘I want children. With you.’ (5,487 words)
The moments when Nick and Charlie realised they want children together.
Chapter 29) Wrong Number (3,711 words)
Nick and Charlie send some embarrassing texts to the wrong chat
Chapter 30) Boyfriends? (2,674 words)
A few months after coming out, 15 year old Ellis opens up about his blossoming relationship with Lucas.
Chapter 31) First grandchild (3,339 words)
28 year old Robin and his girlfriend, Lottie, introduce their first child to Nick and Charlie. The boys become grandads
Chapter 32) Boy/Girl sleepover (2,966 words)
15 year old Ada asks if she can have some of her friends sleepover. Some of her friends are boys
Chapter 33) First bra (3,162 words)
11 year old Ada is about to start her last term of primary school and wants a bra.
Chapter 34) Role model (3,812 words)
Nick explains to his class how he is married to a man after one of his pupils asks about the baby scan of their twins he has on his desk. What should have been a nice conversation leads to Nick worrying that he’s overstepped the mark and could soon have a hoard of angry parents complaining that their child’s teacher is queer.
Chapter 35) Sick day (1,925 words)
Nick and Charlie are wrangled into having a tea party with a poorly Ada and Ellis (aged 6), tutus and all. Nick reflects on his relationship with his own papa after receiving some news.
Chapter 36) Surprise uni visit (2,936 words)
Nick and Charlie decide to surprise Ellis at uni. They get their own surprise, too.
Chapter 37) Wedding Day (4,407 words)
The wedding of Ada Sarah Nelson-Spring and Gus Joseph Williams.
Chapter 38) The magic of Christmas (4,551 words)
With Christmas just around the corner, Nick and Charlie take their three children to visit Santa