More tears from Sarah Jane and her words are familiar from the previous pregnancy and - I sigh as she presses her head against me and wrap my arms around her.
Here we go again, I think, perhaps uncharitably, but I'm smiling. It was an emotional roller coaster for everyone when she was last expecting, and this time probably won't be any different. But it's wonderful, the whole baby thing, and I love her, so very much.
"You needn't worry, leman," I say quietly, rocking her - and the very wee one - slowly. "I love you no matter your size, no matter how many tears or how frequently you yell or throw things at me. You wanted to have another, remember? You offered yourself, though you knew the risks. I... I can't imagine by life without you, lover and mother of my children."
I can feel tears on my face, tears of joy, tears of sensing Sarah's pain and fear, but I just let them flow. My voice is hushed but fairly even as I speak.
"I will never leave you or our children."
Though of course, someday, she will leave me, but I try not to think that far into the future.
I start to hum softly, not certain what it is until a few moments have passed. A lullaby. How fitting...
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Date: 2008-04-26 02:24 pm (UTC)Here we go again, I think, perhaps uncharitably, but I'm smiling. It was an emotional roller coaster for everyone when she was last expecting, and this time probably won't be any different. But it's wonderful, the whole baby thing, and I love her, so very much.
"You needn't worry, leman," I say quietly, rocking her - and the very wee one - slowly. "I love you no matter your size, no matter how many tears or how frequently you yell or throw things at me. You wanted to have another, remember? You offered yourself, though you knew the risks. I... I can't imagine by life without you, lover and mother of my children."
I can feel tears on my face, tears of joy, tears of sensing Sarah's pain and fear, but I just let them flow. My voice is hushed but fairly even as I speak.
"I will never leave you or our children."
Though of course, someday, she will leave me, but I try not to think that far into the future.
I start to hum softly, not certain what it is until a few moments have passed. A lullaby. How fitting...