thneedmas art for @sweetredbeans of the Red Onceler! I heard he likes chocolate 🍫

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY! IT'S MY BOY! I LOOOOOOVE HIM THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Happy Thneedmas @the-red-onceler ! I was your Secret Santa ! I’m sorry this is so late, but it was my first time doing this sort of thing so I was a bit nervous to post ^^; Anyway, here’s my anime-boy version of Red!

And a money version. lol.

I hope you like it! And I hope you have a great 2022!

Britton is, of course, posting his son all over Pinterest

Red peers over Britton’s shoulder. 

“Those pictures are precious <3″

The Little One

May we present our son:

Adriel Ambrose Altaha

Born: June 25th, 2018 at 7:04 PM

Weight: 5.74 lbs

-sniffs-

Isn’t he just the most beautiful baby you’ve ever seen?

I’ve…I’ve never been happier in 3000 years…

M!A: End

-POOF-

Visiting Zel

She let out a breath. Ok so there were things like that for demons, she was glad. She had been extremely worried that Red going to a regular doctor might end up like something from Rosemary’s Baby or whatnot.

She absent-mindedly stroked her own stomach before continuing to sip her milk as Red spoke.

“Addy was a precious little boy, I’m sure this baby will be just as special…oh the ONLY Sin/Demon child ever? Wow” She was impressed “Guess the Sins aren’t usually into demon kind, but of course there’s no one like you Red. Demon or Human or otherwise you’re pretty awesome” she winked again.

“I do wonder about that sometimes… the offspring of the previous Sins… I wonder if they’re technically related to our kids too, maybe like half siblings or something? Mm, I don’t know, I haven’t been around that many centuries, that’s probably more something that you could figure out”

She nodded at her next words “Yeah of course. Parenthood is really… weird, especially being a mom. It’s important of course, but it does take it’s toll… I’m not sure if you’re going to go through the symptoms a human would, but for the Sin parts” she gave Red a weak chuckle “I do remember being… extremely unsatisfied ALL the time with Marie, so best of luck with that;;”

Red nodded, “Well, typically demons aren’t allowed to have children at all. I suppose the universe made a special consideration, given that Britton’s a Sin...” she stopped herself before explaining more--Zel probably didn’t need to know all the stipulations behind that particular issue.

As for the “are they related” question, “I honestly don’t know? I know a lot about ‘mythical’ beings, and even I don’t know how the Sins work when they change who they are.” She mused, more to herself than to Zel, “I suppose the library might know...but that’s something that would take a lot of research...”

Red was pulled back out of her thoughts by Zel’s next comment, though. And she had to admit, “Being a parent--well, it isn’t exactly something I ever thought would happen to me...and since it hasn’t happened to anyone else like me, there’s really no way of telling how things will go.” She was definitely nervous about that particular notion, but gave a wry smile when Zel mentioned being unsatisfied.

“I am...shall we say, certainly feeling more aspects of Gluttony than I’m used to.” She sighed a little, “And that’s probably only going to get worse.”

Visiting Zel

She was tensed at the thought of a baby (possibly Adriel?) all alone with only one parent, but Red’s words calmed her down. Slightly. And the Pride relaxed her, reminding her that everything would be alright. She just had to help them out a little bit, and everything would be fine.

She let go of Red and returned to her seat, this time her eyes boring into her friends. She absolutely knew that Red would cherish this baby, she just hoped she and Britton understood exactly what parenting meant.

“I’m really happy for you guys… I am.” she acknowledged “A baby is a LOT of hard work,especially a newborn. I think you’ll be up to the task though, you don’t even sleep at all so that part should be easy” she gave a small smile.

“So is it going to be half demon and half Sin? Do your kind have some kind of doctors or something for that? Is there some- I dunno, netherworld hospital? Or daycare?”

Red took a deep breath, glad that Zel had calmed down a bit, and smiled a little bit back at her; she also realized that she’d said the words “I promise” to keep Addy safe--and although Zel couldn’t feel it, Red felt just a tiny tingle in the air as the universe bound her to that promise. 

“Thank you Zel--and yes we know.” She gave a real smile about the sleep comment, “Yes that’s true. I figure Britton can take care of him during the day, and I can at night, so neither of us ends up too completely exhausted.”

“As for the rest...” she gave a sort of half shrug, “We honestly don’t know too much. We assume that since Addy, when he was here before, was basically half demon half Sin, that’s what will happen now too. There’s not really a test you could do for that, partially because it’s never happened before.”

“But there is, in fact, a sort of netherworld hospital--we went there when I got tested, to make sure that I was actually pregnant,” she stumbled over the word a little, still not used to it. “Although it’s less netherworld and more...people who would make human doctors suspicious. There probably is a daycare somewhere too, but I don’t actually know. That wasn’t in any briefing I ever got, as you might imagine.”

She sighed softly, and looked back at Zel, “To tell the truth though...I don’t know that I was entirely aware of what I was getting into...it’s a little...” she searched for a good word, “Overwhelming.”

Visiting Zel

sprightlysleuth:

Red started to comfort her, “No, Zel--don’t you fret: it’s completely all right, you were just stressed out...” but Zel jumped right on to the next thing--the fact that Red was pregnant.

She blushed deeply, but nodded at her excitement, especially the bit about Marie and Roy (and the new baby) having a cousin. Red was so looking forward to introducing them all..

But then Zel skipped straight on from exhilaration to worry--Red was honestly having a hard time keeping up with her moods. 

“I didn’t think I could...but I assume because Britton is a Sin it worked out some how...”

She tried to stop Zel’s words, but there was nothing she could do until her friend had finished--there was no stopping the Protective Mamma, “Woah, Zel, woah...” she reached up to rest her hands on Zel’s, still on her shoulders, “Britton and I wouldn’t have tried this if we didn’t have a plan.” She smiled softly up at her friend, “Because Britton is a Sin, it means that I’m more or less married to royalty--he protects me from any repercussions, okay? And he promised to keep me safe.”

Red patted Zel’s hands, “And I promise, Zel, that I will do everything I can to keep my baby safe too, okay? And...I am actually working on finding my Once-ler again too.”

Visiting Zel

sprightlysleuth:

Red didn’t mind that Zel didn’t finish her first sentence–she understood. And she was happy to listen to her go on about herself, although she did smell slightly worse as she did so, and Red had to work hard to not wrinkle her nose. Fortunately, the general smell of donuts meant that she could focus on that instead.

“That’s all right–I understand,” Boy did she understand, “Ahhh congratulations Zel! I’m so happy for you. Britton and I had wondered if that might be the case,” she smiled, her eyes sparkling.

She paused, and then looked just a little nervous before staring down at the table and murmuring, “I am…too.”