Robin POV

I stare into the eyes of Grima, glowing red in the face of my future self, filled with hate and a hint of fear as I raise my hand a growing orb of purple energy in my palm. "For once, I'm glad you and I are one in the same. It means that I can give my life to save those I love."

"You wouldn't!" he snarls. "You would destroy yourself, no matter what Naga said!"

I close my eyes, picturing baby Lucina back in Ylisstol, and her future. "Then so be it. I deserve this just as much as you!" I release the raw energy, hitting my other self in the chest. The energy absorbs into her, and begins deteriorating her from the inside out, body turning to dust and scattering in the wind.

A sudden pain in my chest makes me cry out, dropping to my hands and knees. Chrom runs to me, taking my dissolving hand in his. He has tears in his eyes as he stares at me helplessly.

I raise my hand to his face, wiping away the tears. "I'll be back before you know it. Take care of everyone while I'm gone, alright?"

He nods, whispering, "I swear it. I will never stop searching for you, no matter how long it takes to bring you home."

"Thank you, Chrom." I whisper. The last thing I feel is the brush of his lips against mine.

It feels as though I'm trapped under a mountain of armor, darkness pressing in on me, threatening ot consume me. Naga calls out to me, telling me not to worry about how long I've been here for, while the darkness tries to rip me apart. I try to ignore it, focusing on all of the wonderful memories I've made with Chrom and the Shepherds, even hearing his voice echoing over me from the afternoon we met, arguing with Lissa over what to do about me. I open my eyes to watch the memory, the light burning even in memory.

"I see you're awake now." He says with that damn, cocky smirk of his.

"Hey there." Lissa greets me, the childish giggle making me smile back.

"There's better places to take a nap than on the ground, you know. Give me your hand." He orders, extending his hand to me. I take his hand, feeling him pull me up much more roughly than I remembered, bringing me crashing into his chest in a massive hug, his hand quickly tangling itself into my hair. "Welcome back. It's over now." He whispers.

My eyes widen in shock. "I'm not… dreaming?" I ask, unsure if this is real.

In response, Chrom lifts me in the air, twirling me around before bringing me back in for a passionate kiss. "This is no dream, love. You're home."

Lissa laughs as she yanks me from her brother's arms, pulling me into a strong hug of her own. "You've only been gone around four months, so you came back just in time for Lucy's birthday! But it's been so dreadfully boring without you there at the palace that it's felt like you were gone for years!"

I look to Chrom for confirmation, which he gives with a sad nod. "It's all to true, I'm afraid. But I knew you would be back around now."

"How?! Even I didn't know, and I was the one who was gone!" I asks, totally bewildered.

He grins and pulls me from Lissa, whispering into my ear suggestively, "Morgan's birthday is about a year off, Robin."

My face burns at this declaration. "I-I guess that's a-a good h-hint." I stammer.

He wraps an arm over my shoulders, leading us towards the road. "Yes, though he only mentioned it once, and I naturally remembered so I could try being a better father."

Upon Return to Ylisstol

Chrom takes me straight to the barracks, rather than to the nursery like I had been hoping. "Chrom?" I asks, tugging his hand. "Why are we coming here first?"

He smirks and pushes me through the doorway, where two flurries topped with blue hair barrel into me, nearly knocking us all to the floor before Chrom braces us. The sound of sobs and whispers of 'Mother' reach my ears, reminding me of the future Lucina and Morgan.

I wrap my arms around both of them, pressing a kiss to each of their foreheads. "I'm back." I whisper to them over and over again as they slowly calm down in my arms.

"Mother, please don't ever leave us again." Morgan whimpers in my ear.

I hold them tightly for another moment before slightly pulling back to look each of them in the eyes. "I'll never leave like that again, I promise."

They finally release me, and Sumia steps forward, carrying a squirming bundle topped with shiny blue hair. "Look who's here for you Lucy." She says as she turns the child to face me.

The little toddler's eyes light up with joy as our eyes meet each other's. "Mama!" she squeals, unwrapping her arms from around Sumia's neck to reach for me, flexing her hands in a demand for me to take her.

I take my little girl to the sweet murmurs of all the female Shepherds. I sigh in content as my baby snuggles into my neck, smoothing her hair with a smile. "It's so good to be back." I whisper.

Chrom wraps us in his arms from behind. "I never thought this would happen in such a fashion to us, but I am glad now that it did. I'm grateful that Naga didn't give us a false hope.

"She let me come home when I had recovered and wouldn't let me go a moment sooner." I lean back into his embrace, feeling the warmth radiating off of him I wasn't aware I had missed.

After a quick dinner in the mess hall, Chrom and I tuck Lucy into her crib for bed, then go to our own room just down the hall. As I step to the wardrobe, Chrom wraps one arm around my shoulders, the other sliding around my waist. "What are you doing, Robin?"

"Uhm, getting a nightgown?"

I feel him smirk into the back of my neck as he chuckles. "Why bother, when I haven't truly welcomed you home yet?"

I shiver and turn in his arms, wrapping my own around his neck. "Well, when you put it like that, why not?"

Okay, that's as far as I'm willing to go. You know where this will lead, so I'm not going anywhere, not to mention I'm too young to know much more than where babies come from, and I avoid enough of those stories. If you're really interested in knowing what's happening, then read someone else's M rated story!

I don't own Fire Emblem Awakening.