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.

turned to get dressed and then

"Come with me."

"Okay."

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

Not pregnant.

clenched her

I really am

wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close, "It's okay. We'll just keep

knew that having a child was

unaware of how Felicity was feeling at that

a while, she asked with a hoarse

I mean, can if

won't," he answered hckly, without

two of us is

"But you love kids."

I love the idea

of the future, of a

of his future children was

her lips together, remaining silent as he gently stroked

was my

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