(For context read my writing from yesterday “Father’s Day?” A work of fiction of characters I’m fleshing out for a larger story.

CW: pregnancy, slut shaming, non-monogamy, cursing)

Judge me if you want, but hear me out. When Summer told me that she was pregnant AND I could be ONE of the two possible baby dads, I felt protective of her and her unborn child. Even if said child wasn’t mine. I know most people would be all “screw her. She’s a slut”, but like it is different for me. Summer and I have been friends for a while before we started hooking up. She makes me laugh all the time and for a few years I only saw her as a friend. But we got drunk on the 4th of July and went skinny dipping and that all changed. I guess I can’t judge her for sleeping around because I do too. I truly think monogamy just isn’t for me. And I know…just KNOW…everyone that knows she has two possible baby dad’s for her baby would automatically label her a slut without a second glance. (Ok almost everyone because I know Story wouldn’t because of their twin bond and all that jazz. But everyone else.) To which I say, “Fuck them!” And that is why I feel protective of her. Because I want her to know that sex is not a bad thing and sex with multiple people isn’t a bad thing. It’s just a thing. But we live in a world that only normalizes sex with one partner at a time. And this unborn child…I feel protective of them because, well, what if they ARE mine? And if they aren’t mine, they are still being born into this fucked up world where there is only a few acceptable ways of living life and that sucks. They’ll be born to a person I admire and love as a friend and human. I want them to know the world doesn’t have to be just one way. They can love and move through the world in many different ways.