After I read a few one-shots and fell in love with Rico, I decided to write my own one-shot.

Tears sprung to Rachel's eyes as she registered the sight before her: Nico was lying on her living room floor, with scrathes all over him, his clothes were ripped and he covered in dirt and blood, dry and fresh.

"Hey Rach." he said, smiling weakly.

That jarred Rachel back to reality and she rushed into the kitchen, then reappeared with Nectar and Ambrosia. She cleaned out Nico's cuts delicately with Nectar and fed him a small piece of Ambrosia. She whispered sweet nothings every time he winced or made a agony-filled noise. Eventually Nico was wrapped up in bandages and in fresh clothes lying on the sofa. Rachel held his hand and traced the patterns of his veins until he drifted into unconsciousness.

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Nico opened his eyes, slowly recognizing his surroundings. Everything was still trying to focus and his head was killing him, he stood up, stumbled to the kitchen and checked the clock on the coffee maker: 6:00am. What had happened before he'd woken up was fuzzy, but he did remember the horrified look on Rachel's face when she saw him collapsed in a bloody heap on her living room floor.

Oh gods, Rachel

Despite the unsteady state Nico was in the only thing he cared about was making sure Rachel was okay. He gently pushed open the bedroom door. His heart warmed at the sight of Rachel curled up in a ball wearing an oversized (for her anyway) jumper of Nico's, he got it from New Orleans about a year ago, and he frequently catches Rachel wearing around the house. Nico removed his shirt and jeans, just before he was about to climb into bed, he heard Rachel mumbled something incoherent. There were rare occasions when Rachel would sleep talk, and he loved hearing what she wouldn't share with him if she was concious.

First of all they were just whimpers and groans, then all of a sudden she burst out crying. Unsure if she was awake or not, Nico just watched. After a few seconds Nico realised that the tears were ones of happines, rather than sorrow or pain. Finally she spoke loud enough for him to hear.

"Look at her, she is so beautiful."

A few seconds later she repiled as if someone else was in the room.

"The best part is..she's our little girl, Nico, an you belive it. Our baby angel." Rachel sighed "We're a family."

And with those last words she fell back into a deep sleep. Nico was frozen in shock. Rachel had just dreamt about him and her having a kid. Together. When the shock wore off, he had a wide shit eating grin plastered on his face. She wanted to start a family with him. Maybe the delicate, black box hidden in his underwear drawer wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Sorry about how shit this was, but you know, it was my first go at a Rico one-shot, give a girl a break. So review and tell me how I did.

Aurivoure~ Olice (Raspberriee Kisses)