He swallowed hard, rendered speechless for a long moment. "Oh," he finally murmured, nodding a little. He stared blankly at the test in her hand. He supposed he should be relieved, because if she had been pregnant, they would have had to stopped patrolling together.
But somehow, the image in his dreams of a little blonde girl running around the Watchtower as they watched her, smiling, didn't vanish. His gut tightened as he realized how badly he'd wanted that for them. A family of their own. Considering both of their childhoods--hers with her mom having left her at such an early age--and his with both of his parents dying--it would have been nice to have that now.
He rubbed the back of his neck, his eyes downcast.
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He swallowed hard, rendered speechless for a long moment. "Oh," he finally murmured, nodding a little. He stared blankly at the test in her hand. He supposed he should be relieved, because if she had been pregnant, they would have had to stopped patrolling together.
But somehow, the image in his dreams of a little blonde girl running around the Watchtower as they watched her, smiling, didn't vanish. His gut tightened as he realized how badly he'd wanted that for them. A family of their own. Considering both of their childhoods--hers with her mom having left her at such an early age--and his with both of his parents dying--it would have been nice to have that now.
He rubbed the back of his neck, his eyes downcast.