Wow sorry this took 3 weeks. I had it hand-written in my notebook but it took me two weeks to find the motivation to actually type it up. So today I listened to the Morrissey album I just put on my ipod and powered through it!
"How do you feel, Len?" asked Christine, looking over his readings above his biobed.
"Nervous as all living hell but other than that, good," he replied, trying not to let his voice shake. But it was obvious that the man was anxious.
"It's gonna be alright, Len. Even if you're not pregnant we can always try again," she said comfortingly.
The doctor nodded. "I know. But it'd still be nice to get it the first time."
Christine nodded sympathetically and lifted up his shirt to examine where the scar once was. "That's regenerated nicely," she noted.
"I don't care about the damn scar," said Leonard. "Just do the pregnancy test already!"
"Alright, jeez, no need to snap at me."
He sighed. "Sorry, I'm just on edge."
"Christine nodded in understanding, picked up her medical tricorder, and scanned him. Both held their breaths as the results came up on the screen. "Leonard…" she began.
"Out with it, Christine!"
"…Congratulations!" A huge grin spread across her face.
"You mean… I'm pregnant?" he asked, dumbstruck, thinking it was too good to be true.
The nurse nodded vigorously and turned the tricorder to him. "See for yourself!"
"Oh my God! Holy hell! There's a baby in me! I'm gonna have a baby! I'm gonna be a mo—dad!"
Christine chuckled at his slipup and embraced him. "I'm so happy for you. This is going to be amazing! And if you guys ever need a baby sitter, Nyota and I will be happy to!" she told him.
"Thanks, we'll probably have to take you up on that offer. I bet a lot of people will be willing to babysit. It's not that often there's a little kid on the ship."
"Well you know what they say; it takes a village to raise a child. Or in this case, a starship."
"Oh god! I've got to go tell Spock and Jim! They're gonna be fathers!" he beamed.
"Yes, go tell them!" said Christine, ending the embrace.
Barely able to contain his grin, Leonard walked out of the sickbay and straight to the turbolift. "Bridge," he instructed and rocked back and forth on his heels as the lift went up. It couldn't get to the bridge fast enough for him and short seconds seemed like agonizing minutes. Before the doors opened, the doctor took a moment to compose himself; he wanted it to be a surprise even though he was sure that his bondmates had felt his excitement through the bond already.
The doors opened and he tried to suppress the uncontrollable smile from showing on his face. Quickly, Spock knowingly made eye contact with Leonard, smiled, and then glanced towards Jim who was sitting in the captain's chair, looking bored and oblivious.
Bones nodded and proceeded to walk up to Jim. "Hey… Jim," she said softly, leaning on the back of the captain's chair.
Jim turned and to face his husband, both trying not to show their anticipation. "Yes, Bones?"
The doctor lowered his voice even more so that only Jim and Spock would be able to hear. Softly he drawled out the two words. "I'm pregnant."
Sorry it was short. Hopefully be wrapping up this story soon...
Motivational reviews anyone, please!
