75 Godiva Street | Afternoon

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It wasn't exactly the ideal anniversary conditions with Annie on bedrest and Diego being constantly ready to rush to the hospital at any moment, but today was the day so they had to make do. He got food delivered (Chinese food, spicy for Annie because he read that would help induce labor), and stopped by J,GOB to get a tiny cake for two (or four, rather). It wasn't a trip to another country or a fancy dinner, but they were going to celebrate, damn it.

"Heeeey," Diego said as he came into their room, arms full of food. "Happy anniversary."

[For the wife and allllll the Sunday SP]

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"You serious?" Diego asked. "Like a sex journal? Marking when they have sex? What if someone finds it? Or maybe they use codes."

Drawing of a heart on the calendar = sex happened.

[defenderofdesmoines]

An impossible code to crack.

"They probably use codes," Annie speculated. "'Cause like, we got lucky with our whole 'let's see what happens' approach, but people track ovulation and stuff to make sure they nail it? But also, like, how unromantic is that? 'Hi, honey, take off your pants, I'm ovulating and we have to bang right now.'"

...Annie could have made that work, actually, maybe.

[knife_bender]

"I don't know, I'd be into it." Shocking absolutely no one.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You don't think it'd take some of the fun out of it to have it like, listed on a schedule?" Annie asked, lifting a brow. "I feel like it'd make it seem more like an obligation. Or a chore."

But then maybe part of the fun was making it so you didn't care about that part, once you were into it?

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"Huh. Didn't think of it like that," he said. "I was mostly thinking about being ordered to take my pants off."

Typical.

"But we're going to have to, like, plan that kind of stuff after the kids are older, right?" At least if they were planning to do it somewhere other than the bedroom.

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And even then.

"I think this is why most parents sign their kids up for after-school stuff, and like, sleepovers with their friends," Annie mused, nodding. "So Mom and Dad can have date night."

Read, scheduled sex all over their house that they'd probably been looking forward to all week.

[knife_bender]

"Oh that makes sense!" Diego said. "That is totally why parents are willing to drive their kids everywhere for sports and stuff."

[defenderofdesmoines]

Well, some of them also needed to live vicariously through their children's achievements and/or superpowers. Annie was pretty sure her folks hadn't been banging on the stairs while she was at tae kwon do, anyway.

(Ew.)

"And why kids go to summer camp," she added wisely, nodding. "I feel like that's the biggest thing people have warned me about, in a way -- I keep hearing we're gonna lose all our privacy."

And sleep. But that was almost like a joke at this point, the way she'd been warned about how tired they'd be.

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"At least there's only two of them?" Diego said. "Because despite how big my house was growing up, there isn't hiding from seven kids."

[defenderofdesmoines]

Or from their dad's many, many cameras!

"Only two," Annie echoed fondly, giving him a little look. "But you're right -- that'll help keep it in perspective. Your mom had it way harder."

His mom had kind of been built for it, literally, but that was not the point.

[knife_bender]

"Hopefully the twins will be friends. That will give us a break," he said. "They seemed like friends when we met them, right?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You remember the margarita, right?" Annie replied, smiling at the memory. "Friends and also, like, partners in crime."

Who were also maybe psychic! Annie hadn't ruled that out entirely.

[knife_bender]

"Oh, yeah. We're in trouble," he said with a dramatic sigh. "We better enjoy this time while we can."