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Pairing: Phoenix/Maya
Prompt: I'm Pregnant
Word Count: 1,651


"Congratulations, Miss Fey." The doctor looked up at her from the clipboard in his hands. "You are indeed pregnant."

Maya swallowed. She had known all along. She had morning sickness and her period was late, but the biggest indication of course was the positive pregnancy test she'd taken. Still, hearing it from the doctor and having it 100% confirmed was something else.

"Oh."

The doctor watched her expression closely. He looked down at his clipboard once more. "Miss Fey, it says here you're only 21 years old. I just want you to know that there are many options available nowadays for young women in your situation, if you have any sort of apprehension about being a young mother. I'm not sure of your situation, so I'm just letting you know."

She moved her arm so it was covering her stomach protectively. She knew what he was hinting at. She shook her head. "I need to talk to the father first."

"Of course. We'll make a follow up appointment for next week."

She nodded and got up off of the patient bed. She went back into the main office to make another appointment with the receptionist, then headed outside to hail a taxi to take her back to the office.

The ride seemed excruciatingly long, even though it couldn't have taken more than ten minutes to get back to the office building where she worked. The whole time she could only think about how she would tell him. What would he think? She had no idea what to expect. She sighed and closed her eyes. They had been so stupid.

It was almost a month ago now that she and Phoenix slept together for the first and only time so far. They had gone out for dinner after winning their latest case, and maybe it was the atmosphere in the restaurant or the fact that they were both in a celebratory mood, but one of them — Maya didn't even remember who anymore — had kissed the other, and soon enough they were back at Phoenix's apartment, in his bed, frantically kissing and pulling off clothes. When they realized they had no protection Phoenix was ready to stop, but she wanted it so badly that she insisted anyway, and he was too turned on by then to protest further.

And afterwards, she didn't regret it. At least not until the next morning when Phoenix began acting weird and awkward around her, something that was never a problem with them before. She just wanted their old banter and easy conversations back, but thanks to this, things would surely get even worse between them.

She paid the taxi driver before climbing out of the taxi in front of the law office. Steeling herself, she entered the building and took the elevator up to their floor, entering the office that for the last five years had felt like a second home to her but now felt more like just her place of work. Phoenix was sitting at his desk, staring down at the papers in front of him but not doing anything with them. He looked up when she entered and smiled at her.

"Hey, I'm glad you're home!"

She closed the door. "You are?" With the way he was acting lately, she would have thought he'd be relishing the times that she wasn't around.

"Yeah. Listen, Maya, I wanted to talk to you about something."

"I need to tell you something too, Nick…"

"Let me go first, please?"

She nodded, willing to put off her news a little longer and curious to know what he was going to say. He got up and approached, taking her by the hand and pulling her down onto the couch with him. His touch surprised her. He hadn't touched her at all, not even casually, since that night.

"Maya, I want to apologize for how I've been acting lately. After we, you know-"

"Had sex?" she offered. "You can say it, Nick. We're adults."

He sighed. "I know, I'm sorry… That's the whole reason I wanted to talk to you. I haven't been mature about this at all, Maya. I just didn't know how to act around you after that night. Was I supposed to treat you like my girlfriend? Should I have just kept treating you like a friend as if it never happened?" He shook his head. "All of that just made me act plain old awkward with you. And I can only imagine how you felt. I'm really sorry. I should've just talked to you about it like a normal person."

"It's okay… I'm partly to blame after all. I never asked you to talk about it either. I never brought it up. So I'm sorry too."

He looked relieved. "I also wanted to tell you that, well, I don't regret it one bit, Maya. I haven't been intimate with anyone since Iris, or who I thought was Dahlia, and I wasn't sure I ever would be again because of how badly that relationship hurt me. But you're something else, you know?"

It was hard to keep herself from tearing up. All the worrying she had done, thinking he hated it or wanted her gone now that they had sullied their friendship with sex, disappeared. Then she remembered the baby. Would that make him regret it? Did he even want children? He'd always been amazing with Pearl, but they'd never had a serious conversation about their future plans when it came to family, aside from Maya finally taking up her position as the head of the Fey clan.

She swallowed, the tears were now impossible to keep back and a few droplets slipped down her cheeks. Phoenix looked alarmed. "W-What's wrong, Maya? Why are you crying?"

"I have to give you my news now, Nick."

He took her hand again, squeezing it reassuringly. "What is it?"

"I've known for a while, but before telling you I had to go to the doctor to make sure. I just got back, and… and I'm pregnant, Nick." More tears slipped down her cheeks as she waited for his reaction. His grip on her hand loosened ever so slightly, but she noticed it. She chanced a look at him to find that he was looking away from her, down and to the left, staring at the floor. The look on his face was hard to discern.

A sob burst out of her, finally forcing him to look back up at her. His hand gripped hers tight again. "Are you going to keep it?"

That was the first thing he was going to ask? He had nothing else to say? She looked at him, the hurt evident in her eyes even through the tears welling up in them and sliding down her cheeks. "Do you want me to?"

"Yes." There was zero hesitation in his answer. He lifted a hand to wipe her tears away with a thumb. "It's your choice though, Maya. I can't force you into going through this if you really don't want to. I know you're younger than me, and you may not be ready—"

"No," she interrupted, a shaky smile finally gracing her lips. She placed her hand over the one he was touching her face with, turning her head slightly to kiss his palm. The tears were still coming, but they were tears of relief and happiness now. "I want to keep it, too." They had created this child together. It was part of her and part of Nick. Even if he didn't want anything to do with it, she couldn't bear the thought of anything happening to a baby she created with him.

He leaned forward to rest his forehead against hers. "I should have told you this a long time ago. I love you, Maya. I really do. I wasn't sure how to say it after that night. I didn't want you to think I was just saying it because of what we did. I knew well before that. I think I've always loved you in one way or another."

She couldn't stop the tears no matter how hard she tried. "I love you too, N-Nick."

He let out a short laugh. "I always pictured our romance being slower, maybe dating a bit at first, but…" He placed a hand over her abdomen, though she wasn't showing much yet. "It almost feels like it was meant to be this way."

She nodded, her fringe tickling his forehead. He closed the distance between them to press his lips against hers softly, tasting the salty flavor of her tears as they intermingled with their lips. When he pulled away, Maya managed a shaky smile.

"Hey, if it's a girl, do you maybe want to name her Mia?" he asked softly.

Maya sniffled. He was making it incredibly hard to dry her tears. He was so sweet, already thinking of names and picking the one that would honour someone they both cherished so much. She nodded furiously and let out a short laugh. "But what if it's a boy?"

"Phoenix Junior," he responded right away.

That did make Maya laugh. "No way."

"What?! Phoenix is an awesome name! I never understood why you and Larry insist on calling me Nick, that's so plain and normal!" She giggled, and he continued. "Come to think of it, Phoenix is kind of a unisex name. We can name our second daughter after me."

She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him against her to rest her chin on his shoulder. "You're already planning on having a second daughter with me?" she whispered.

"Mm. Why not?"

"What did I do to deserve you, Nick?" she mumbled into his shoulder.

He rubbed circles into her back and turned his head to peck her cheek. "I think I should be asking what I did to deserve you. Both of you."