my heart stops without you

Roan tucked her against him and kissed her. She kissed him right back. His words were sweet and she smiled up at him. That smile though soon turned to a slight frown. "Roan, I..." She was going to mention it again and it felt like beating a dead horse by now. "I want so badly for us to have a family." The inability to bear him children was eating her up. Especially after seeing both Lucretia and Zee bringing new lives into the world. The happiness between the sets of parents was something that Roan and Iolaire would never have and it killed her inside.

"I left the den this morning without even touching my niece and nephews." Tears had begun to fill the small woman's two-toned eyes. "I could barely look at them." She felt like utter garbage for that, but she didn't want to break down in front of Zee and Sirius. It was their moment. It was a happy time. So she made her excuses and she left.

Iolaire never knew that not being able to have something could hurt so much. Her chest ached and her stomach clenched tightly every time she thought about it. "I'm sorry," she sniffled and turned her head away, curling her body to the side with her back against him. She just couldn't stop crying about it.