Prompt 4 - Definition: a statement expressing the essential nature of something.
"Cristina. Follower of Christ," Owen reads from the book of baby names.
"My mom dropped the ball on that one," Cristina snorts. "And why are we even looking at this book? I like my method."
"Finding names from TV isn't a method."
She ignores him and starts counting names off her fingers. "Lucius, Titus, Julius -"
"You really want to name our child Lucius Yang-Hunt?"
"It has a ring to it."
Now it is his turn to ignore her. He flips to a random page. "Kenneth, Kerry, Kevin -"
"Kevin? Eww." She makes a face.
He turns to another page. "Sally, Samantha, Sandra -"
"Ooh, Sandra. Now that's nice."
He looks at her smugly. "The book's a good method."
"Crapper." She folds her arms over her pregnant belly. A beat of silence, then - "Look up Owen."
He tells her without looking it up. "Young warrior."
"You already checked it? Such a woman."
He chuckles. "Have I ever told you the story of my birth?"
"No."
"I was a preemie. Twenty-nine weeks in the womb. Back then, the medicine wasn't like it is now. I wasn't supposed to make it. But I hung on and I fought for my life. So my parents named me Owen."
"For their young warrior."
He nods, eyes lost into his memories. "In Iraq... I always felt like I was fighting for my life. For other men's lives... One of the letters my mom wrote me then, she told me about why I was named Owen. That I was her warrior and that I would make it through. Those words gave me a lot of comfort. Got me through many nights."
She takes his hands and squeezes. "You're not fighting for your life anymore. You're here. I'm here."
"Yeah, you certainly are, follower of Christ."