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.

respond. She silently turned to

"Come with me."

"Okay."

another word, she led him to a pharmacy where they bought a pregnancy test, then back to their hotel room to take

Not pregnant.

in his eyes, Felicity clenched her fists,

I really am not

around her, pulling her close, "It's okay.

a child was

how Felicity was feeling

embrace, after a while, she asked with a hoarse

mean, can if

he answered hckly, without a

of us is also

"But you love kids."

I love the idea of our

of the future, of a family of

mother of his future

together, remaining silent as he gently stroked her hair, over

my

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