Children. It was something Jason had never really had the luxury of considering before. He never wanted to bring an innocent child into the cruel world he'd always lived in anyway.
Even after he and Dick had got together, and even after they had got married they never talked about children. Sure, they both knew that Dick was capable of getting pregnant, it came with marrying a trans man who'd only ever had top surgery, but they had never talked about it. It just hadn't been something that'd come up.
Until now that is. It had been an ordinary night, sitting in front of the TV with take-out pizza when Dick brought it up.
"Jason?"
"Hmm."
"Have you ever thought about having kids?"
Jason was taken aback. He honestly didn't know how to answer his husband.
"Not really," he glanced down at the man who had been cuddling beside him, a disappointed look cross Dick's features for just half a second, "Not that I'd be completely opposed to the idea," Jason quickly backtracked. "I just don't think it'd be a good idea bringing anyone else into this world just for them to suffer."
"They wouldn't have to suffer…" Dick's tone was soft, "We could make sure they had a good life, right?"
"I guess," Jason frowned, he wasn't particularly interested in discussing this and honestly just wanted this conversation to be over.
"Jay?" Of course Dick wasn't done with him yet. "There's… there's something I need to tell you."
Jason was pretty sure his heart stopped beating in that second. It couldn't be… but then why would Dick bring it up at all? Could it just be really horrendous timing?
Dick reached for the remote and turned off the TV. He turned to look at Jason. Yeah, Jason was sure now; he knew exactly what Dick was going to say to him but he still needed to hear the words.
"Jason, I'm pregnant."
"Are you sure?" Okay, that probably wasn't the best response but he wasn't exactly prepared to be having this conversation.
Dick gave him a stern nod and that was really all he needed.
"Okay," Jason really had no idea what to say now. Dick was pregnant. With a baby. His baby. A real human child that would be completely dependent on them.
"I can," Jason looked back down at his husband, "I mean… we don't have to keep it if you don't want to."
"What do you want?" That was what mattered really. He had never really thought about it but in that moment he knew what he wanted and that was to be a father. To have a child with the man he loved more than anybody else in this world. But if Dick didn't want that it wasn't for Jason to decide.
Dick looked up at Jason and just from the look on his face, Jason knew what he was going to say.
"I want to be a dad."
"Okay then," Jason grinned at his husband. "Let's do this. We're gonna be fathers!"
Jason knew he was sounding pretty hysterical right then. Dick laughed and Jason couldn't help but join in.
"Would you mind if I called Roy?"
Dick cupped his husband's face, "Not if you don't mind me calling Barbara."
"You'd better call Damian right after, he'd probably go nuclear if he found out from someone else."
Jason got up and headed for the phone, then paused and went back over to Dick. He held his head and pressed his lips lightly to his forehead. "I love you." He looked down at Dick's abdomen, then bent down and placed a kiss there too. "Both of you."
Then he headed out to call Roy. He was giddy with excitement. He was going to be a dad.
