Disclaimer- I don't own the characters paramount does...but the plot is mine.
Kathryn's Surprise.
Kathryn had been to sickbay and now she was returning to her husband's quarters on the enterprise planning to surprise him about having a child, their child. She wondered how he would react to the news and how they would handle a career and a baby, even though she thought she had lost the chance to be a mother while in the Delta Quadrant.
When she entered she found her husband the captain sitting at his desk with his first officer on the other side talking about ships business. They had both stopped and looked at her with a smile before they returned to their work which gave her time to plan her surprise. An hour later Jean-Luc entered the bedroom and found her laying down reading a book and gave her one of his rarest smiles and kissed her passionately before returning to the bridge.
He had informed her that he would be all hers in a couple of hours and once he was gone she started organizing the surprise by leaving hints on pads from the door to the bedroom. She had placed a pair of baby booties she had made for Harry and Libby Kim's baby on the desk, on the sofa was baby blanket she had knitted, baby's bottle and dummy on the chest of draws at the entry to the bedroom and a PADD on the bed reading have you worked it out yet? It's nothing that we can't handle for a few months of sleepiness, nausea, mood swings and cravings.
When he returned the computer immediately played a lullaby called Freres Jaques (Brother John) as he noticed the pair of booties on his desk and smiled believing his wife had put it there to ready to wrap. He glanced over and smiled as he spotted the colourful baby blanket and questioned himself whether his wife was trying to tell him something, than out of the corner of his eye he spotted the dummy and bottle on the draws. Shaking his head he walked into the bedroom and found his wife reading a book as he picked up the PADD. He couldn't believe that they were going to be parents now after all this time he had given up hope and settled for spoiling all the nieces and nephews they had.
"Kathryn my love" he whispered as he lay down beside her looking at the baby objects in his hands.
"mmm...Jean-Luc" she replied still with her eyes closed.
"Kathryn love, what are all these for?"
"There for you my love" she teased
"For me?" he quizzed
"To wrap a baby in and feed, I am hoping for a girl she better take after me" she teased with her eyes shining with glee.
"Are you, I mean are we having a baby?" He stuttered nervously looking a little surprised.
"Yes darling we are having a baby. I am 10 weeks pregnant" she replied with a smile on her face.
"I'm going to be a father" he whispered more to himself sounding a little shocked.
"Yes Daddy, you'll be a wonderful father to our child" Kathryn teased before leaning over to him and giving him a kiss.