Angsty...to remind you you're reading fanfiction and nothing is ever angst-free...
"I don't want children." She followed him through his on ship garden.
"How can you not? You didn't ever want a son like you or a little Xeno prodigy of a daughter, like me?" He watered a plant without responding.
"Can you please stop that and have a conversation with me?" Heaving his shoulders in frustration he stopped watering.
"Nyota, there is nothing to discuss. Nothing you say is going to be some universe shattering idea I've never considered. I don't want any kids. Ever."
"What about me?" She cried.
"You should have them if you want them. You would be a great mother." Tears were filling her eyes.
"But...but...I want them with you." Looking in his eyes she saw his resolve and pity.
"I'm sorry. I can't. I decided a long time ago that Starfleet was no place for a child and I won't leave Starfleet."
She forced her voice to be strong and not pleading. "Not even for me?" Hatred for her own desperation creeping into her thoughts.
"No Nyota. I love you, but not even for you." And there they stood.
"How do you live life without the person you love?" His lame shrug showed her he wasn't as unaffected as he seemed.
"I don't know Nyota, but you always succeed at everything you put your mind to." She noticed swallowing was difficult.
"Uhura."
"Of course."
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