#trans selina skyle

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An Unexpected Suprised

Summary: Edward feels insecure about his weight gain, and Selina is there to make him feel better. However, something else is on his mind. Characters: Edward Nygma, Selina Kyle, Jonathan Crane, Jervis Tetch Ships: Riddlecat, Hattercrow, Scribbler(past) CW: Trans Pregnancy Word Count: 2,970 Note: This was written back in 2021 and originally posted on Ao3

"Selina, don't you think I've gained weight?" Ed mumbled while looking at himself in the mirror. 

Selina looked over from her spot on the couch to take in the appearance of her long-term lover. With a towel wrapped around his waist and his hair stuck to his forehead, it was clear he just left the shower, finally. The amount of times Catwoman has to remind the Riddler of his basic needs is astonishing. He was, according to himself, the smartest man to walk the Earth after all. 

Selina's eyes trailed down Eddie's reflection in the body mirror. When he had moved in, he was unnaturally thin from the number of times he worked himself to near starvation. All the meals he would skip, all the microwave dinners he would make because it was quick and easy. Selina made sure her lover was well fed now. 

With a hum coming from her throat, Selina got up from her seat and walked over to wrap her arms around his waist. Ed leaned his head back against her shoulder as she rested her head against his shoulder as well.

"You saw yourself when you got here," Selina mumbled, tilting her head to press small kisses on his neck.  

"You've increased the amount of food I've been eating, yes. But I feel like I've gained more than I should," Ed mumbled, tilting his head to the side to give Selina more access. 

Selina looked in the mirror to get a better look at her lover. The weight was mainly gained around his stomach and hips. Small love handles came out from the towel wrapped around him. His chest seemed to hang down a little more than normal, not that his chest was that big, to begin with. 

The black-haired woman's hands explored Ed's body as she started to kiss up to his lips. After a soft kiss, Selina pressed their foreheads together with a small smile on her lips. Her hands landed on his hips. 

"You look fine, kitty," she told him. "In fact, I think you look better with these." Selina gave his love handles a quick squeeze, causing a squeal to leave his lips. 

"Seliiiinaaa," the Riddler whined.

Selina couldn’t help but laugh as Ed tried to wiggle away from her grip. The woman placed a hand on her lover’s cheek to make him look at her. Their lips met in a quick kiss.

“Go get dressed, kitty. It’s your turn to pick the movie,” she said with a small hum before letting him go.

The rest of the night went well with a lot of reassurance from Selina that Eddie looked just fine. His mind seemed elsewhere during parts of the movie, but it was always brought back with Selina’s attention.

~~~

The next morning, Ed woke up before Selina. He left before she could wake up, leaving a note telling her where he was going. To an apartment about fifteen minutes away, the apartment that belonged to Jonathan Crane and Jervis Tetch.

The weight he was gaining was normal. Of course, someone as brilliant as him understood that as he ate more, he would gain weight, but add the fact that he had also felt ill. Eddie held tongue yesterday as it was date night, but the doctor could help him or at least advise him.

“Oh, Edward! What a surprise!” Jervis smiled at him as he realized who was on the other side of the door. “What brings you here?”

Rubbing the back of his neck, Eddie explained, “I needed to speak with Jonathan.”

“Hm?” Jervis let out a small hum while looking at Ed’s expression before his smile turned into a small frown. “What’s wrong, Ed? Is everything okay?”

Jervis motioned him inside. The pair sat down on the couch after Jervis told him that Jonathan went for a walk with their dog.

“Ed, is everything okay? Selina, is she-”

“Selina’s fine. This isn’t about her… not directly,” the Riddler said with a small shake of his head.

Jervis's shoulders loosened as he let out a small sigh of relief. He then looked the taller man up and down, checking for any injury. There was one. Edward Nigma looked surprisingly healthy for a man who could barely feed himself alone. 

"Then what is it?" Jervis asked with a head tilt. 

Edward shifted in his seat, leaning against the arm of the couch. Jervis waited patiently while the younger tried to find his wording. He watched as Ed opened and closed his mouth multiple times before speaking. 

"My birth control ran out a month ago, and I haven't been able to get any more yet. Selina knows this, and we've been even more careful lately. We haven’t slept together recently, only for our anniversary which was a few days after I ran out,” Ed spoke sheepishly before pausing.

"Ed, you're not about to say what I think you are, are you?" Jervis leaned slightly closer while Ed looked over to meet his eyes.

"I think I may be pregnant," Ed confirmed Jervis's suspicion and explained why he was there in the first place. Jonathan always kept medical supplies at home for the rogues who needed help. From his time together with the older man, Ed remembers pregnancy tests were included.

“You what?”

The two turned to look at the entertainment of the living room. A lengthy man stood looking at them. Beside him, a dog, mixed with a german shepherd and something else, panted while waiting to be released from his lease.

Edward shifted in his seat, looking away from the oldest. “You have pregnancy tests here, right?” he mumbled.

Jonathan knelt down to unhook the dog, who ran over to greet the other two in the room. Jervis reached out to pet the dog, who liked his hand in return. The dog turned to Ed and sniffed at him.

“I do,” Jonathan confirmed after a while of silence. "I thought you were infertility. I remember you telling me."

Ed shifted a little before standing up and pacing the room. "I thought I was. My period was always irregular, even on birth control. It became more regular shortly after moving in with Selina."

Jonathan started to walk towards the other side of the apartment, motioning Ed to follow. Jervis stayed with the dog to give the two some privacy.

"Any notable changes when you moved in together?" He asked.

Ed glanced down at his body. His clothes were always a little on the baggy side, but now they fit just right, getting a little tight around his stomach. But other than that, he looked less sloppy. 

Ed looked back up at Jonathan. "She's been making me eat more regularly. Something you failed to do," he teases. 

A chuckle left Jonathan's lips. "I'm glad you are now. If it's about your weight, you know-"

"I know, I know. Weight gain is expected with me now eating three meals a day, but it's not just the weight gain that makes me think I'm expecting," Edward cuts him off.

Jonathan paused at the door and turned to look at the younger man. "What else?"

"Nausea, being more emotional about simple things… hush, I said more of a reason, and well, I missed my period that has been regular for months this month."

Jonathan nodded to himself as he opened the door. Behind the door was Jonathan's workshop. Full of dangerous chemicals and fear toxins to test. Many tables were covered in paper with the doctor's own chicken scratch on them. In the far right corner, however, there was where he kept his medical supplies. 

Ed crossed his arms while Jonathan dug around one of the boxes he had with typically feminine use products. He mumbled under his breath before looking through another box. A few minutes later, Jonathan finally found them, pulling out three pregnancy tests. He handed them to Ed.

"Take all three to be safe. These are faulty at times," Jonathan notes before explaining how to use them. He then motioned Ed to the nearest bathroom. "I'll be waiting with Jervis."

Jonathan left the room and headed back to the living room, where his lover looked up at him. The older one sat down and allowed the large dog to lay his head in his lap, asking for attention. 

The two sat in silence as they waited for Edward to come back into the living room. The dog panted happily while climbing into Jonathan's lap, enjoying the attention that he was getting. 

Jervis looked up at Jonathan. "So, what are the chances that he is?" He couldn't help but ask.

Jonathan turned to look back at his lover. “The chances? With everything both Selina and Ed have done in their transitions, I would say fairly low,” he explained, ruffling the fur on the dog’s head. “But not impossible. I don’t know all they have done. Especially Selina.”

“You helped Ed a lot, didn’t you? Isn’t that how your relationship started?” Jervis wasn’t jealous, despite how the question seemed. He has known both Jonathan and Ed throughout their relationship, and he knew they were still close when he and Jonathan started dating.

Jonathan nodded. “He came to me, asking for help getting hormones. He pretty much used me as a pharmacy back then,” he chuckles softly.

“I’d say I still do.”

They turned to look at the entrance of the living room. Ed leaned against the door frame, fiddling with the three used pregnancy tests in his hands.

Without saying a word, Jonathan and Jervis shifted to give Ed a spot to sit between them. As Ed sat down, the dog shifted to lay his head in Ed’s lap. He smiled a little at this as the dog licked his elbow, seeming to feel his discomfort with the whole situation.

“So?”

Eddie shifted a little before slowly flipping over each test, one at a time. Negative. Jonathan glanced at Ed’s face. With his expression, it was easy to tell that he already looked at all of them. Positive. Jervis looked up at Ed. Ed was staring down with glossy eyes, biting the inside of his cheek. Positive. Ed let out a shaking breath beside the two while he placed the three tests down on the nearby table.

“Fuck,” Eddie said with a shaky breath. “I got the negative one first. Then…” His voice trailed off.

Jervis wrapped his arms around Ed to comfort him while Jonathan wrapped an arm around his shoulders. Ed doubled down a little as he let out a small hiccup. He wasn’t completely crying, but he was close.

In any normal situation, Ed would be excited. He had the chance to be a father. To prove to himself that he would be a better father than his own was, but that thought was always before he turned to a life of crime. Before he got emotionally involved with criminals. Before Selina came into his life.

Selina. Did… did she want children? They had never talked about it before. It was never thought of because they thought it was impossible. They were always safe when it came to that part of their relationship, but they never thought anything like this would happen. How would she react?

“Eddie, Eddie, look at me,” Jonathan said in a soft voice, bringing Ed’s attention to the older man. “You’re going to be okay. I know you’re scared, but you’re going to be okay.”

“Yeah,” Jervis said, causing Ed to look over at him as well. “You have Selina. I’m sure no matter what happens, she’ll be there for you. Both Jonathan and I will be as well.”

Just after Jervis said this, Ed’s phone rang in his pocket. Jonathan shifted away to allow Ed to pull his phone out to see who was calling. ‘Selina <3’ was on the screen. With a shaking breath, Ed answered.

“Hello?”

“Eddie, how long have you been gone? I’ve been awake for an hour now,” Selina asked him.

Ed pulled his phone back to check the time before putting it back against his ear, “Not much longer. I’m about to head home. I need to tell you something.”

“Is everything okay?”

“Yeah. Well, I guess that depends. I’ll see you soon.”

~~~

Selina placed her phone down on the table after Ed hung up. One of her many cats let out a meow while rubbing against her hand. The woman smiled softly while petting the cat.

“I’m fine,” she said. “Just worried…” She admits to herself.

It would take about twenty to twenty-five minutes for Ed to get back with morning traffic that was starting. He sounded like he was almost ready to cry over the phone. Did something happen? Did Crane do something? Did Jervis? Did she?

Selina shook her head as she walked into the kitchen. She decided she needed to do something to keep her busy for the time being. Starting with a cup of coffee, she walked over to the bookshelf in the living room to pick some to read. 

Reading wasn't really her thing, but it was Eddie's. Eddie collected book series like his life depended on it. If Selina did have the urge to read, she knew she would find something interesting in the different genres. Her favorite was mysteries. They reminded her of her love. Mystery also happened to be Edward's least favorite genre because he would always figure it out before even reaching the halfway point.

Selina picked a murder mystery and sat on the couch to eat it. She just finished the first chapter as well as her coffee when she heard the door lock being fiddled with. She looked up to see Ed walking in and locking the door again behind him. 

Edward glanced at her before turning away to place his keys down on the table by the door. He slipped his jacket off and hung it up before taking his shoes off. Finally, he walked over and sat down next to Selina, who just placed the book down to turn to him. 

"Kitty? Are you okay?" She asked, reaching out to take his hands into hers. He pulled them away. "Kitty? Eddie, are you crying?!" Her voice raised a little as she saw a single tear come from his eye. 

Edward said nothing as he handed her three sticks from his pocket. His hands were shaking, and he couldn't look her in the eyes. Selina looked at him before looking down at the sticks that she was given. 

She stared at them for a while as she processed what she was looking at before her eyes became wide. Selina looked up and down the sticks to the Riddler for a while, trying to find the right words. Her mouth spoke before her mind could catch up. 

"Is it mine?"

Edward tensed at this before snapping his head towards Selina. "I know, I slept around a lot in my younger years!" He got defensive. "But for you to think I would cheat is offensive! Why would I cheat when I have the most beautiful, the smartest, stunning woman I know all to myself?! Do you think I, the Riddler, would be that-"

He was cut off as Selina realized what she had just asked. She slammed her lips against Edward's to shut him up. After a few seconds, she pulled away and pressed their foreheads together. 

"I'm sorry, Kitty. I didn't mean it like that. I just…" 

"... didn't think you could get me pregnant?" Eddie finished. 

Selina nodded, reaching up to run her fingers through Edward's red hair. Ed leaned into the touch and reached over to pull Selina closer to him, craving her touch. The younger one shifted herself so that she was sitting in her lover's lap.

"I didn't either, but things weren't adding up. The weight gain was expected. The amount was not. Then add to what seemed like a persistent stomach bug that wouldn't go away, and things didn't add up," Edward explained. 

"Last week," Selina noted, "you threw up at the smell of me cooking. Then I threw up again after eating."

Edward nodded, leaning down to press his head against her chest. If he had the ability, he would be purring at the feeling of Selina's nails on his scalp. 

"I thought it was just a stomach bug, but I've been awakened with the urge to vomit a few times since. You are such a heavy sleepier," Edward explained. "Then I've been extra tired as of late. Last night was the final straw. So I went to Jonathan, knowing he kept pregnancy tests on hand for any of the female rogues who needed them. I never thought I would need them…"

Selina placed a hand on Edward's cheek, causing him to look up at her. She leaned down to pull him into another kiss. This one was less forceful than the last. It was almost more comforting. 

"Do you want the child?" Selina mumbled against his lips. 

"I do."

"Then we will be the best parents to our baby. We're in this together after all."

Edward smiled, and it was his turn to pull Selina into a kiss. His kisses were sloppier than Selina's, which neither seemed to mind. 

"I love you, Selina."

"I love you too, Eddie. Now, we aren't giving the baby a name that starts with E. Don't give me those eyes… fine, I'll give you the middle name. The middle name can start with an E."

Edward chuckled softly, leaning his head against her shoulder. He closed his eyes as he felt Selina's hand in his hair again. He knew he was going to be the best father in the world, and Selina would be the best mother in the world. But first, nine months of hell.

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