Paradise Lost

Lillith never expected this pregnancy to be as difficult as it was. She didn’t have much to base her assumptions on but she knew it should have been better than this. Lil was always tired but even that would have been alright to live with were it not for the other symptoms she was suffering through. She could live through life while she was tired, she couldn’t deal with her continual spiral downward. There were dizzy spells during the day and whenever she could get out of bed it never lasted for very long before she found herself on the ground. If she didn’t have Romulus Lillith wasn’t sure she would have made it this far.

Worry did grip her heart everyday, mostly that she wouldn’t be able to make it to the end that was so close. Lil really tried to hide her worry, she internalized much of it because she didn’t want to shift those emotions onto Rolulus, not that she could help it. He was just as worried even if he didn’t want her to see the same. They were enduring all of this together and that was one of the few little hopes she held onto.

She woke up when Roman left that morning, but it didn’t take very long before she fell back asleep in bed. Something she had become very used to. It didn’t take much more than the door squeaking open for Lillith to open up her garnet gaze and focus them on Roman with a smile. It wasn’t forced, but the effort it took to give wasn’t well hidden. He dropped off her lunch and came to her side to give her a kiss and sweet nuzzle. She lived for his affection, and the excitement he always brought in her. From being together to the promise of the future side by side.

It wasn’t a very pretty day, as she could see as Roman drew back the curtains and revealed the drizzling day. Lillith breathed in the fresh air with a deep inhale before she answered him. "Good, or about the same I guess.” She answered after a beat, not wanting to lie. She was doing well right now but everyday it seemed like she was worse.

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