Fan request! Ariadne asks Arthur to be the father of her child.
I wrote this because I've just been looking for a reason to use the title Conception. I've written fan fic for Inception and I've written stories called Rejection and Deception. This was the next logical step.
By my count I've given A&A about 11 kids not counting Darcy. They must be exhausted!
Conception
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~ "Test results all came back normal. It appears the medication has corrected the endometriosis." The kindly doctor said.
Ariadne dared not hope. Four years of uncertainty and hell might be coming to an end.
Doctor Cook looked over the lab results again.
"There is no reason to think you can't conceive now." She said flashing the Architect a bright smile.
"Are you sure? I mean, when I first came here, you were almost certain that I would never be able to get pregnant." Ariadne said cautiously.
"Well now you can. With the hormone medication, it will keep the scaring on the uterus down." Doctor Cook said.
"The hormones make me a little... amorous sometimes." Ariadne said feeling her cheeks heat up.
"Well, that's normal. Someone as young as you should have no trouble with arousal, but the medication will make it more so. Do you think you might start trying soon?" Doctor Cook asked. "I know your not married, but that's no reason not to have a baby."
"I know. I thought about a sperm bank, but I think I have a friend in mind who will be willing to help me." Ariadne said overcome with happiness. "Now, all I have to do is ask him."
~ Ariadne's problems started four years ago. Long before she ever met Arthur and started doing work in dreams. She had first noticed her cycle was off. Then for six months, she didn't menstruate at all and started having sharp abdominal pain. She started see Doctor Cook. A specialist who diagnosed her with severe endometriosis. Doctor Cook was not optimistic about Ariadne ever being able to conceive with this prognosis. The Architect never really understanding her deep longing for a child until she was told she could never have one.
She briefly consoled herself with the fact she could always adopt. Yet the hurt of never carrying her own child plagued her. Her friends were all having babies right now. All over her social network, were pictures of new, beautiful babies. Her heart burned with intense jealousy. At the unfairness that children came so easily to some, and not to her. She was too young to have this part of her life end.
Doctor Cook put her on hormone medications and she could feel an immediate difference. Her cycle improved and she didn't have pain anymore. One of the more interesting side effect of the hormones was that it left the Architect in a constant state of arousal. The worst had been when she met Cobb and was introduced not only to the dream world, but a world of good looking men who dressed so nicely and treated her so well.
She often times could barely concentrate on new missions as Doctor Cook had upped her dosage.
Now, the news that the hormones were working and she could have a baby filled her with a giddy feeling of hope. She almost ran home and called Arthur, inviting him to dinner at her apartment.
~ The Point Man had been a good friend to her. Kind, considerate and even a little flirty at times. She planed to ask him to donate sperm for her. She could try several times and had a better chance at conception this way.
She thought briefly of asking Cobb or even Eames. The idea of going to a sperm bank and having some strange man's child did not appeal to her. She didn't want to look at her child and wonder where he or she came from.
She wanted to know the birth father personally and trust him to do this for her but not become too involved in their lives. To be a sperm donor and nothing more.
Cobb had proven he could produce beautiful, healthy children. But the Extractor would want to be a part of the child's life in a way that Ariadne wasn't sure she wanted. She didn't have romantic feelings towards Cobb and didn't see that changing anytime soon. Cobb would want to be a father to her child and she wanted to have her child be hers alone.
She had also thought about Eames. The Forger had amiable qualities. He was smart and imaginative. He had good looks that would certainly translate well into healthy offspring. Eames would also not want to play daddy to the child and leave her to be the mother she wanted. But Eames had a roguish way about him that she didn't want her only child to have.
Arthur, he was the clear winner. The Point Man was very intelligent and collected. His natural demeanor was very calm and he obviously had good genes that she wanted her own child to have. He was tall and thin. He was also deceptively athletic. He had done well in school and Arthur would most likely agree to keep a respectful distance from her and their potential offspring.
Now, all she had to do was convince her friend to do this.