Author note: Spoilers for 3x07. Written before the final episode of season 3 aired.
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Possibilities
Mattie stared at the object in her hands, uncomprehending what it said and yet understanding its message all the same. Stanley had been right. She did not know whether to laugh or cry over it. Of course, Stanley was right. Why had she even questioned him? The orange-eyed synth was the one being which never lied. He was programmed only for the cold truth, which because of her need to test him stared her blatant in the face. "Pregnant", it said.
In the cold, impersonal toilet cubicle she rolled her eyes over the irony. How long ago had it been since she'd told Leo he had a world of possibilities ahead of him? And now so short after…
Mattie blinked at the test tube in her hands and it's all telling symbol. How was she to tell him that in his new found human status he'd already fathered a child? That he was to be a dad? Was she even ready to face parenthood herself?
In the whirlwind her life had been over the last days Leo had given her joy, and love too, but were their feelings strong enough for them to cope as a couple? Mattie saw his insecurities better than anyone. She had walked through his past with him all day and felt his pain too.
"Possibilities". It had been and still was her promise to him. He wasn't alone… even less so now…
Falling pregnant pulled the rug from underneath her frayed sureness. Everything still felt so messed up and more so with each day. But she had Leo at her side, yes? Choice made Mattie put the used pregnancy kit in her bag to walk back to the car and the man who'd given her confidence over computer coding and who sent her heart to flutter since. Was it enough?
