RICKY'S POV:
"A year, how can it have been a whole year already, Brax?" I questioned as he and I sat on the beach in the exact spot where I'd told him I was pregnant, watching the flowers we'd placed into the water drift away
He exhaled a breath and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, pulling me into him… "You would've been an amazing Mum, Ricky"
"And you would've been an amazing Dad" I replied, smiling up at him warmly "did we do something wrong? To have our chance at becoming parents being ripped away from us?"
"I don't know" he admitted
I turned into his embrace and wrapped my arms around his waist, revelling in his body warmth…
"You're freezing" he spoke a couple of moments later
"Yeah" I replied, wrapping my cardigan tighter around my body
"I know you said you wanted to wait till the sun had set, but do you want to light the lantern now?" he suggested
I shook my head, signalling no, snuggling further into him… "I'm okay"
"Good" he replied, kissing my hair
BRAX'S POV:
The sun eventually set and Ricky and I pulled away from each other. Pulling the lighter from my pocket, I set the lantern alight, wrapping my arm around Ricky's waist as she stood up from attaching the note she'd wrote to it and let it go, both of us watching as it floated up into the night's sky…
"I love you so much" I breathed as I kissed her temple
"I love you too" she mirrored
RICKY'S POV:
I watched Brax as he walked out of the en-suite bathroom and climbed into bed beside me, pulling me down to lay with him as he reached up and switched the bedside table light off. We stayed silent for a while, just enjoying being with each other when I sat up and turned onto my stomach, moving my hand to run through his hair…
"What's up?" he questioned
"Being a Mum to Case is amazing and I love it, but it's not the same as having our own baby" I admitted "and I think we should try for another one"
"Do you want to?" he asked
I pursed my lips together nervously and nodded my head, signalling yes… "I want to be a Mum, Brax, to a baby that's ours. What do you think?"
"I think if you want to, then I want to too" he replied
"You're not just saying that to make me happy?" I asked
He shook his head, signalling no… "I want to be a Dad as much as you want to be a Mum, Ricky, but there is something…"
"What?" I inquired, raising an eyebrow at him
"We wait until after Adam's trial to start trying. I don't want you under any pressure when we do get pregnant. Okay?" he questioned
I nodded my head in agreement… "So we're doing this? We're trying for a baby?"
"We're trying for a baby" he mirrored, smiling at me warmly, his hand coming up to caress my cheek