Welcome to Fatherhood- A JC Drabble
Category: Stories

Writers note: Topic taken from a prompt list I found awhile back and decided to roll with it. 


Before we dive into the joys of family life, lets go back to the begining of when the bassist first started dating Lacey Seward (Franklin) 2004 to be exact. Having been part of Avenged Sevenfold for a year now, as well as his second official Warped Tour well under way Johnny had found himself caught up in the realms of dating with a beautiful brunette. As the life of a musician followed him so did the relationship having been together for a total of eight years now,Johnny had ended up proposing to Lacey Franklin on the exact same beach that they did junior life guarding at. Within a year of the proposal Lacey and Johnny had officially married on September 14th,2012 in Napa California. A year later came another fully mastered album (Hail to the King) in which the bassist was ready to go world wide again with his band. Touring and married life had treated them well for the most part, but yet again the studio time had come full circle with their seventh album (The Stage)  in those two years Lacey and Johnny had found out they were expecting their first child. The pregnancy had actually come as a bit of a surprise as Lacey was not one to have any real desire for children but sure enough it happened. The bassist had always wanted at least two kids whether they came naturally or adopting, at this point Johnny had now spent every minute with Lacey as she went through the ups and downs of pregnancy.


February 2017

Having been on a European tour with Disturbed and Chevelle,Johnny had unfortunately missed several shows due to the fact his son legally born Franklin James Seward "Frankie" came into the world on the seventh day, at a healthy six pounds six ounces. Even after all the ultra sounds and birth Johnny still could not believe their son was actually here in the flesh and the spitting image of Lacey. 


2018-Present

With the new born son in the picture it was a whole other routine; but luckily the two of them plus their families were able to balance this new life until unfortunately everything came to a stand still. The reasoning was Matt had announced that they would not be continuing with the next chapter of tour due to vocal issues. Call it a weird mircale but in Johnny and Laceys case this had proven to be a blessing in disguise, he was able to see Frankie go through the most important stages of life that most traveling parents miss. At first it was hard adjusting to being permanently home especially when Covid 19 had hit the world hard, but he was able to build a podcast and merch store to go with it. One sport in particular that Johnny got to share with his son Frankie was surfing and luckily they had camps for kids.