These Eyes of Mine

*Valentine* · (This post was last modified: 08-11-2015, 07:12 PM by Valentine.)

Uh oh. Something was up. He could tell already. Mercy's voice lacked its usually bluster and she shifted around uncomfortably before seating herself. "Here I am," he echoed with a small smile. No, no, no, noooo. "I have a... rather not fun thing to ask you." Nope. Nope. Just no. He was already up to his eyeballs in not fun things. Bracing for an uncomfortable conversation, he moved to seat himself in front of her.

There was a beat of silence as Mercy either struggled for words or steeled herself for what she was about to say. More unsettling than the words that preceded her explanation was the Legionary's inability to hold his gaze. "So... you know how we were um... intimate while I was in heat?" Oh, shit. Was Mercy pregnant? Was that what this was about? If she was, he was, without question, willing to be whatever she needed or wanted him to be. "Well nothing happened. I'm not... I think I'm barren...." His mental gears ground to a halt. Wait. So had she wanted to get pregnant and wasn't?

He absolutely had no idea what to say. None whatsoever. Obviously he wasn't sterile so he couldn't empathize and he'd never intentionally gotten someone pregnant. Valentine loved his kids dearly, but at no point had he ever set out to have them or, before they were born, ever thought he would have any. They'd just never factored into his hypothetical future.

The King didn't understand her dismay, but that didn't lessen his sympathy any. Clearly this was an issue that was close to her heart and because of that, he was saddened for her. His face softened and his ears drooped visibly. Slowly he parted with the words, "I wouldn't lose hope yet. Something to keep in mind is that this is your first season. Not only that, but getting pregnant isn't..." Oh, boy. How could he go about wording this? "Guaranteed, you know?" Quantity was by no means a guarantee - and that was definitely not a thought he was going to voice. Having sex in your season also wasn't a guarantee. He'd slept with a number of women in heat and only one had ever conceived (as far as he knew) and there were a fistful of cases where he knew without a shadow of a doubt that nothing had come of their coupling. All hope wasn't lost because she'd managed to make it through her first season without getting knocked up.

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