A/n: Written for the Sherlock Competition Part 2 number 2, the All Canon Boot Camp prompt #12 (periwinkle) and the Jigsaw Puzzle Challenge.
Baby-Bump Secrets
She ran her fingers over her stomach again, biting her lip nervously. She wasn't sure quite how he was going to react, just that she was more than a little apprehensive. They hadn't quite been planning on this, it just sort of… happened.
Bill worked strange hours lately, and that meant that he wasn't home in the morning. He didn't have to see her get sick and lose the contents of her stomach, or how she was eating odd combinations of food. He didn't have to see any of it.
But the changes were there, and she knew what was happening before she went to see a Healer. She knew long before then.
The buttons on her favorite periwinkle sweater didn't quite like to close anymore. She was developing a bump, but one that she had hidden with a shirt for a bit until she was totally positive, even if the proof was right in front of her. Fleur wanted to be completely positive.
Waiting was like waiting for death to come- nerve-racking. She just wanted to let the truth out, and constantly found herself pulling on the silver chain around her neck. He was late tonight.
When Bill arrived home, she let the denial slip off her like water on a rock. She couldn't hold back the truth anymore, couldn't keep it in. So she let the words tumble out just after he had walked in the door, sharing a deep kiss with his wife.
"Bill… I'm pregnant."
She waited with bated breath. Hopefully, he would be happy.
Fleur just didn't understand how happy he was really going to be.
