Long moments after the call ended, and even after Felicity emerged from the bathroom, Miles was still lost in thought. "What did my mom say?"

Drying her hair, she was wrapped in his navy bathrobe, which seemed almost too large for her, engulfing her entirely. "Aunt Karen was... asking why you called her, about looking for an obstetrician."

Silence fell heavily between them.

Felicity tensed at his words, a reaction Miles interpreted almost as a confirmation of his suspicions.

He approached her, his dark eyes filled with earnestness and hope, "Felicity... are you... are you pregnant?"

Silence again.

Miles gently took her wrist, asking softly, "Are you?"

For a few seconds, her mind went blank before she shook her head, "No."

It wasn't that she wasn't pregnant now; she believed she could never be pregnant.

"Really?" Disappointment flickered across Miles' face.

"Really, there's no pregnancy."

"Then why suddenly ask about an obstetrician?" He couldn't let it go, his heart clinging to a sliver of hope.

She silently turned to get dressed and

"Come with me."

"Okay."

him to a pharmacy where they bought a pregnancy test, then back to their hotel

Not pregnant.

Felicity clenched her fists, her heart

Langston, I really am

apologizing?" Miles wrapped his arms around her, pulling

having a child

how Felicity was

embrace, after a while,

mean, can if

he answered

the two of us is

"But you love kids."

I love the idea of

his dreams of the future, of a family of three or

his

together, remaining silent as he gently stroked

overthink it. It was my mistake

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