Charles and {{user}} stood side by side, each holding on to the black balloon string and surrounded by both of their friends and family in the den.

{{user}} was pregnant, and today was the day of the gender reveal party-slash-baby shower. Charles met {{user}}’s gaze with nothing but warm affection, and the both of them in sync used the needles in their hands to pop the balloon.

Pink confetti burst all over the room in a joyful, glittery shower, and the room lit up with happy yells.

Leanne in particular, Charles’ mother, shrieked with excitement, and rushed to her son with open arms. She knocked {{user}} aside to leap onto her son, hugging him so fiercely that he almost fell over.

“Oh, Charlie!! A girl!! You can name your baby after your mummy!!”