What is with me and coming up with these romantic-ish stories? Now some of you might know, I'm that good at romance and yet I can't help but think up romantic stories. Must be another one of my many problems…

Anyways, I came up with this story idea watching NBC's new series, The New Normal.

Edited: 5/24/18

I Want a Baby!

Firestar lay outside his den as the midday sun beat down on his ginger fur, curled around his mate whom he watched doze through half-lidded green eyes. He was so lucky, he always thought, to have such an amazing mate as he did.

Strong, confident, talented, and let's not forget beautiful. It was hard for Firestar to believe that when he first came to ThunderClan, he and his mate hated each other, but now no one could ever tell if there was ever any animosity between the two.

But Firestar couldn't help but feel that something was missing between his mate and himself.

Looking around he spotted his nephew, Cloudtail, slipping into the nursery with a vole in his jaws. Brightheart had just given birth to his daughter, who they had named Whitekit after Brightheart's mentor Whitestorm.

Firestar felt a pang in his heart as he thought about the little family, but he was distracted from the feeling when Sootkit, Rainkit, and Sorrelkit came racing out from behind the nursery, playing with a large moss ball. The trio was due to be apprentices any day now, but they still played all the kit games until the much awaited for day.

The pain came back and Firestar was stumped by it. What was this feeling he felt? As he watched the apprentice-sized kits play, the feeling grew until he understood it; longing. He felt longing.

He was longing to have kits, a family. A glance toward his dozing mate and Firestar began to feel disheartened. What if his mate didn't want kits?

Beside him, his mate stirred awake at the feeling of being watched. Blinking open those blue eyes that Firestar loved so much, his mate stared sleepily up at him. "What are you thinking about?" came the sleepy question.

Firestar dragged his gaze away from those amazing blue eyes and looked down at his paws, shuffling them a bit. "I've been thinking…" he started but trailed off when the right words to voice his thoughts failed to come to him.

"Yes, Firestar?" his mate asked and then yawned.

A sudden confidence filled him and Firestar looked back into those blue eyes that so reminded him of the pale blue sky overhead. "I want kits, Longtail."

Short chapter is short! And yes, another FirexLong story. I do love those two together.