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Edelgard could remember commanding her wife in her "I mean it!" Emperor tone to see the royal physician after an entire morning spent vomiting and soaking the bed sheets with night sweats. Byleth had been reluctant to go as the two were scheduled for an important meeting with officials from the formerly Alliance territory, but she relented after Edelgard switched from a serious to a worried approach, assuring her that she could handle the dealings herself.
"Go see the doctor, and if it's nothing you should still have time to join me, By." Edelgard reasoned, using the nickname Byleth had picked out for herself. She gave an accepting approval and allowed Edelgard to walk her to the infirmary. The two used this opportunity to discuss options for the upcoming land dispute that would soon be brought to them, only stopping once they were outside the clinic doors to share a short but tender kiss.
"Have fun, El!" Byleth said before darting in.
Edelgard didn't hear a word from her wife until well after the meeting and partway into dinner, baked pike with seasonal vegetables, their table lit by oil lamp but with only the Emperor in attendance. Byleth's plate sat on the opposite side untouched and its steam dissipating, and Edelgard was about summon for the table to be cleared, when she finally burst into the room. Byleth saw the food still left but not quite hot on her side of the table and immediately sat down and began gorging.
"They gave me… nothing to eat… the entire… bloody time!" She complained between mouthfuls as Edelgard chuckled softly at her wife's brazen lack of table manners at the moment.
Edelgard walked over to her hungry wife and asked to pour her a glass of wine but she wasn't paying much attention. Byleth only noticed the cherry red drink ahead of her once Edelgard put the glass bottle back on the table, "Hmm? Is that for me? No thanks sweetie doctor said I should avoid alcohol for awhile." Byleth rapidly claimed before taking another bite, letting Edelgard have it for herself as she moved to sit back down at her end.
Byleth was still eating furiously but Edelgard was concerned about her condition and wanted to find out what was wrong that morning, trying to get a word in whenever she paused to breathe or take a sip of water.
"So… what did the physician say, By?" She asked.
"Oh it's nothing serious El, can we talk about it later I'm starving." Byleth replied, with Edelgard noticing that she was badly trying to conceal a grin, fueling her curiosity. But the Emperor decided it could wait until Byleth was ready to tell her, internally reflecting that with her big appetite and lack of meals throughout the day it must have been as grueling for her as the dreadful dispute she had to mediate earlier.
After she finished her meal Byleth beckoned Edelgard to retreat to their bedchamber together, as both of them were exhausted from the long day. The two had only a shared bed now, one victory in Edelgard's lifelong healing process, and although grand the large size was hardly needed as the two women always slept cuddled up close and intimate. Edelgard neatly took off and folded up her clothes before slipping on a red nightgown while Byleth simply threw off and discarded her clothes on the ground, collapsing onto the bed and lazily pulling the covers halfway up her bare form. As Edelgard carefully slipped under the covers to join her wife Byleth pulled her love right beside her, head resting atop her ample breasts.
Edelgard plafully rubbed her cheeks all over her lover's chest while Byleth slowly ran fingers through her wife's silky smooth silver hair, the two simply lying silently and enjoying each other's company.
"So how did your meeting go?" Byleth asked, still gently combing Edelgard's hair.
"A disaster, nothing but threats and arguing, I'm just going to have Hubert deal with the two of them from now on." She wearily replied, tired eyes shut and continuing to enjoy her wife pillow.
Byleth planted a tender kiss on Edelgard's scalp before giving her a slight hug, drawing her in closer to herself. "I'm sorry I couldn't be there, but I have great news, amazing news, love."
She moved one of Edelgard's hands so it was resting atop her stomach, then leaned forward so she could whisper in her ear, "I'm pregnant, El."
The revelation shocked Edelgard wide alert and awake, and she turned to look Byleth in her eyes, warm, loving, and just barely holding back tears of joy.
"By! That's… it's… we're going to be mothers!" Edelgard exclaimed, repositioning herself on top of her wife and crashing into her with a titanic hug.
Emotions overwhelmed the two of them as they wept and peppered each other with kisses before gasping for air, Edelgard sliding back off to the side of Byleth, still sniffling with tears.
"I'm so happy, By, after so long I'm going to have a family again, we're going to have a family together… I love you so much." Edelgard wept, tears falling onto Byleth's exposed breasts, and a carnal warmth spreading through her body.
"I love you too, El." Byleth cooed, noticing that her wife was, perhaps subconsciously, rubbing her sex against her hip. She let Edelgard continue pleasuring herself upon her skin for a couple minutes, feeling her love slowly moisten them both.
"Do you want some help, El?" Byleth cooly suggested, reaching down and under her wife's gown after she managed to croak out a weak yes.
As Byleth's hand entered her, Edelgard let out a long, loud moan that was somewhat muffled by her face being buried in Byleth's cleavage. Together Edelgard's hips and Byleth's fingers worked in perfect cohesion as the former professor pleasured her wife. When she took her face out to get a better breath, Edelgard clamped down on a nipple wordlessly offered to her by Byleth, eliciting a small yelp from her as she started sucking, swirling and nibbling, not wanting to leave her lover out of the fun.
They remained in coitus for what to them felt like hours, Edelgard sucking Byleth's teat while she was pleasured within before screaming out her name in orgasmic energy. Left panting, Edelgard caught her breath while managing to praise, "Fuck, By… you're too good at this…" The two women then locking themselves into a deep and passionate kiss.
When they finally broke their lips away Edelgard asked if she could go down on Byleth, who just told her to be careful and gentle, letting the Emperor slither down her nude body until she was right at the prize. Edelgard admired how damp her wife was already before parting open and sneaking her tongue inside; gently, as commanded, using it to arouse Byleth in all the ways she knew, enticing the soft moaning of, "El… El… El…"
While Edelgard was inside her Byleth rubbed the swollen nipple that she had just been playing with, feeling her heat build up until she couldn't stand it any longer, grabbing the back of Edelgard's head and coaxing her even more into her sex, setting off the final fuse of her climax, muttering El… one last time before sinking into torpor, arms laid weakly by her sides.
Edelgard remained down below licking up morsels of her wife's juices, the slightest touch on her skin making Byleth shiver, before climbing back up to her wife's side and resting atop her bosom once again.
"I hope I did well, By…. By…?" Edelgard asked, before realizing that she had completely knocked her out, with Byleth already starting to weakly snore and drool out of the corner of her mouth. Edelgard gave her wife a light kiss on her cheek, finally pulling the rest of their covers over the two of them and surrenerding her body to sleep.
The next day, long after the two lovers had gotten up and about for their day, two aides entered their room and began to collect clothing and linens to wash as always. When one of them pulled away the duvet and saw the damage beneath, she called out, "Nope, it's wet, you owe me a hundred gold Maurice!"
Maurice cursed back, "Dammit! What are they, rabbits?"