Just
a Kid
Timeline:
a year or so after "Chosen".
Written for the
openonsunday
challenge "Babies".
Author's
note: No politics intended. I just figured it made sense for
Faith.
As they left Buffy's baby shower, Faith cornered Robin. "Never. Never ever. You got me?"
He grinned. "C'mon. You never thought about it?"
"Never. All they do is yell, crap their pants and cost money until they start hating you – if you live long enough and stay out of jail. No kid deserves that."
"I still think you'd make a great mom."
"Right, 'cause you and me are experts on motherhood." Robin's smile faded, and Faith backtracked. "Sorry. Big mouth. But NEVER."
Still, that night she lay awake, thinking back.
The kid would have been eight in a few months.
