Disclaimer: I don't own Firefly. Wish I did, but I don't.
Spoiler Warning: Big one for Serenity.
Positive
This couldn't be happening. Not now, not after...just not now. They'd talked about it a few times but had never come to a firm decision. She'd wanted this, he hadn't and she couldn't fault his reasoning. But he was gone now and she'd believed her chances had died with him. Little had she known...Maybe the doc would tell her she was wrong. Just as the thought filtered through her mind, Simon walked into the room, a pensive look on his face.
"Well?" she asked impatiently, needing to know the truth so she could figure out how to deal with it.
"You were right." Simon told her bluntly, a look of sympathy in his eyes.
"You're sure?" she asked, berating herself for the tremble in her voice.
"I ran the test twice, Zoe. It came back positive both times." Simon squeezed her hand in comfort before leaving the room.
Zoe barely noticed him go, however. She was numb and her brain was attempting to come to terms with the news. Positive. That single word had just turned her world upside down.. Wash was dead two months back now and she hadn't thought her life could get any rockier. Go shi, had she been wrong. With this news, her life had tipped on its axis once more and she wasn't sure how to get it back on an even keel. Her husband was dead and she was pregnant. Pregnant. That one thought made her smile for the first time in months. It was as if the 'verse had given her one last piece of the man she loved and she would cherish it forever. She would protect Wash's child like she hadn't been able to protect him.
The End