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Chapter 20
She remembers what his reaction had been when she first announced it to him. He had stared at her for a long moment.
"What did you say?" He had looked at her with a look of disbelief.
"I am pregn…." She was interrupted by him grabbing her and spinning her around. He had cried into her shoulder. She could feel the tears against her shoulder. She comforted him and smiled at the kind man whose child she was carrying.
Jason had just looked at the two of them and just started to laugh.
"Doesn't Roy know what a condom is?" He had said between tears of laughter.
She is happy that they will be taking a break from being heroes. She is glad that they won't be taking any jobs until the child is at least five years old.
She finds it endearing that Roy has been super attentive since she told him of her pregnancy. Every time she finds herself puking her guts out, like now, he is always right behind her to hold the giant mass that is her hair murmuring reassurances as he pats her back. They have discovered that the smell of seafood makes her feel ill to her stomach.
Roy finds himself amazed by the fact that Kori is carrying a life inside of her. He finds himself amazed that they created the life that is manifesting into a small human inside of Kori. But he has always been fascinated by Kori. She has an aura of pure energy that attracts people in and makes people desire to be around her like a magnet. He can't help but be entirely hooked on her and he is hopelessly in love with her. If someone who would ask him about the way that he feels about her, he would not be able to explain it to them. How could his feelings for his saving grace be described in words? How he possibly think to put Kori into words? He's getting a second chance to be a father because of her. Who could he love more than her?
She lays down on the large bed besides him and enjoys the comfort of his arms. His arms are muscular, they need to be to shoot the arrows at the accuracy and speed that he does. They are not overly large. He is not overly large. He's lean muscle. Strong and fast. She adores his body. What is not to adore? He is a fit man. He's a beautiful man.
"Have you been thinking of names?" He asks, the deepness of his voice peaking through the silence. She honestly doesn't know. "I've been throwing a couple ideas around." She looks over at him.
"Tell me." She commands.
"I was thinking of your brother's name. You said it was Ryand'r. So I was thinking maybe, it if is a boy we can name him Ryan." She smiles.
"I love it."
"I'm glad"
"I think if we name him that the middle name should be Lee."
"Ryan Lee Harper. Kinda has a ring to it huh?" She laughs. She loves it. This must be what love and happiness feels like.
The next morning Roy wakes up to find that his arm is completely asleep. The prickling sensation that is crawling up his arm is almost intolerable. He looks over to find the source of the unpleasant feeling. A certain fire-haired siren has her very heavy hand rested on his arm as she sleeps. He tries to pry his arm away as gently as he can to avoid waking her up. He lets out the breathe he did not realize he was holding when he is able to get his arm successfully out of her grip without waking her. He gets out of bed as softly as he can and puts on the pants that were left discarded on the floor in the passion shared between the two last night.
When Jason wakes up, he finds Roy frying bacon. The idiot keeps popping his naked chest with bacon grease, Jason laughs internally at the redhead's pain. The redhead's head snaps in Jason's direction and glares.
"Shut the fuck up you asshole." Roy snaps. Goddamnit, he is just trying to make breakfast for the incredibly pregnant woman who is still asleep upstairs and Jason just has to start laughing.
"It's not my fault you decided to not wear a shirt dumbass." Jason retorts. Roy doesn't have a comeback but rather just sticks his tongue out at his friend who laughs harder in response.
He puts the hot bacon on the plate next to the apple slices and the peanut butter. Normally he would have made eggs, but they have found that the smell of eggs gets Kori queasy. It's funny because Kori's normal eating habits might make a human gag or barf, but her pregnancy cravings were semi-normal.
When he goes up to the room with the food he had just made, he finds her still asleep in the same position she was in when he had left. He smiles and goes to place the plate on the bedside table next to her. He then moves to get into where he had been and tries to peacefully wake her up with a series of kisses to her forehead. She lets out the most adorable little squeal and opens her brilliant green eyes.
"Good morning sleepy head. I made you breakfast."
"Hmm. Thank you." She says and gives him a peck on the lips before going to eat her breakfast. All he knows is that if this is what domestic bliss is like, he never wants to go on another mission.
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