On a calm morning in a palace on a mountain, a man stirred in bed next to his pregnant lover. It wasn't really a palace, and it wasn't really even big for a normal house, but to them, it was a palace. The light shining past the trees through the windows hit Jack's eyes and he opened his eyes slightly to look at his bedmate, who was woken up by Jack's movements. When Jack saw that Turlough seemed to be awake, he threw off the covers and leaned toward Turlough's stomach, where he gently pulled the man's shirt up over his round belly and kissed him there. "How are you this morning?"
"I've been worse," mumbled Turlough, looking down at Jack.
"I was talking to him," Jack said with a smile, referring to their unborn child as he looked up at Turlough, "but I care how you're doing, too, Sunshine." He rested his hand on Turlough's belly and lay back next to him, planting a kiss on his cheek.
Turlough smiled and cupped Jack's cheek. "Hmm, I'm glad you care." He brought his lips to Jack's for a proper kiss, despite their morning breath.
"You taste like last night's dinner," Jack mused as he broke away from the kiss after a few moments to kiss along Turlough's jawline to his neck.
"You're human, you should like the taste of Earth food," Turlough joked, moving his head to expose his neck for more kisses.
"As long as you don't stop tasting like you, I don't care what's added on top of that. But yeah, I tend to like Earth food. You just seem to be the odd one out since you wouldn't willingly eat anything other than pancakes before you were pregnant." Jack chuckled and paused his kisses. He looked distantly past Turlough as his mind wandered. "Can you imagine? We're having a family dinner, just you, me, and our little boy. He and I have Earth food, you have Trion food, which would be normal, until he asks to try some of your Trion food. You would try to make me the odd one out with your alien cuisine."
"To me, you're the alien," Turlough retorted. He put his hand on Jack's on his belly. "At least you yourself aren't alien to me." He smirked as Jack continued to kiss his neck. Letting out a sigh, he added fondly, "It's nice to think about the future instead of the past. We finally have our palace on a mountain, and you can keep it as long as it stands."
"Thank you, but since you won't live nearly as long, if we ever part, you can have it till you die," Jack offered.
"I'm so glad I'm the mortal one," Turlough replied sarcastically.
Jack chuckled and gave him one more kiss before he sat up. "We can talk more about the future over breakfast," he suggested happily as he got off the bed. "I'll see you in the kitchen, Sunshine." He smiled at Turlough before he left the bedroom and went to the kitchen.
Turlough stayed in bed for awhile, drawing circles on his belly with his finger. He was sure he'd finally found happiness. He had the love of his life, he was going to have his baby, and they had a home that reminded him of that of his childhood, regardless of the size of the mountain palace they called home.