Reading the Signs

Zoe/Wash

A/N: For akamarykate and her correct guess in my song meme. Her prompt was "big mistake"


"What do you mean, you're late?"

Zoe lips quirked up slightly. "From your history of picking us up planetside at the end of a 'milkrun,' I think you know the meaning of the phrase."

Her honey was really so cute when flustered. And besides, it had been his idea to forgo the Alliance produced contraceptives. No matter that it'd been more a matter of personal politics than making lifelong plans.

You couldn't fool an old soldier who was used to reading the whites of eyes: the joy in her husband's baby blues told her this wouldn't be a big mistake.