A/N: Skipping Family Relations for the time being due to it being an alternate pairing. I may add it later.


Life around the Shepherd's camp was relatively normal, all things considered. After several months of rest, the Shepherds were on their way to Plegia to meet with Validar. Robin definitely had some trepidation about the meeting, but he still found reasons to smile throughout the day.

Most of them were connected to the princess that was sitting across from him. Without even trying she made him smile whether it was by her wonderment at the simplest of things, her beautiful smiles, the way she stuffed her face like a wild boar…wait, what? That was not normal, nor was it smile worthy.

Robin did a quick double check to see that, yes, the usually elegant princess who ate every meal with a certain amount of grace was devouring into her plate of…food with reckless abandon. He was not even sure what all she had put on there other than the fact that she seemed to have picked double portions of everything and slathered a lot of gravy on top. The rate at which she wolfed it down was also alarming; she might end up choking herself at that rate.

"Um, Lucina," he started quietly only getting a very unlady-like grunt in return, "You might want to slow down. No sense in risking choking yourself."

That seemed to finally get her to come up for air, "Sorry, but I was just really hungry."

"I can see that. What all did you get, anyway?"

"Oh, just some stew and some lambchops with a side of gravy and some sort of pickled item which tastes wonderful. Want some?" She waved…whatever had been pickled in front of his face.

"No thanks, I'll pass," so she got literally everything on the menu including the mystery pickled…stuff that they had been trying to get rid of since they left Ylisstol. Even Stahl dared not touch that stuff. At least not after the first day.

"Lucina, how long have you been so hungry?"

"I do not know. I just suddenly felt like I had to eat something."

Strange. "I see."

"Relax, Robin. I was just hungry, and it actually tastes surprisingly good."

"I'll just have to take your word for it."


While strange, Lucina's sudden appetite on its own was not a matter of major concern, however, she started to exhibit other odd behaviors.

"So we should be there within the week," Chrom said as he and Robin met to discuss their plans for when they reach Plegia over breakfast.

"At least we're making good time. We should–"

"Hello Robin, father," a rather happy version of a familiar voice called out, "Good morning."

"Uh, good morning?" Robin responded in confusion. She had been happier lately, but not this happy. This was not normal levels of happy.

"Lucina," if Chrom noticed the abnormality of the situation, he did not let it show, "How are you doing?"

"Just wonderful, father! It's such a lovely morning, and I get to see you, mother, Cynthia, my friends, and, of course, Robin." She said his name in a much too blatantly affectionate way making the tactician nervously glance at Chrom whom they had not yet told about their relationship.

"Robin?" Chrom just gave an amused smile clearly not figuring out the true meaning of what she said, "Why would you mention him specifically over your other friends?"

"Because he and I are m–," Robin quickly intervened at this point.

"Lucina, can I have a word?"

"Of course," he quickly led her out of the tent leaving behind a rather confused Chrom.

Once they were a sufficient distance away Robin stopped, "Lucina, why were you about to tell Chrom about us? I thought we agreed not to tell him until after we stopped Grima."

"I'm sorry, I was just so happy," she suddenly took a turn for incredibly sad as she started to sob some, "I'm sorry, I was not thinking."

"Shh, it's okay," he comforted her despite having no idea what was happening.

"Thank you, Robin," she quickly recovered and pulled away once again smiling wide. While he was glad to see her no longer sobbing, this was getting increasingly strange, "I promise to be more careful in the future," and before he could say anything else, she skipped, yes, skipped, away. Something was definitely not normal.


The next morning, Lucina looked decidedly less exuberant. In fact, she looked downright exhausted.

"Lucina, are you feeling okay?"

"Hmm?" she looked up from where she looked about ready to collapse onto the table, "I just did not seem to get much sleep last night."

"Nightmares?"

"No, I was overcome by extreme nausea. I spent a good portion of the night hovering over my chamber pot."

"Oh," that was both kind of gross and alarming, "Maybe you should see Lissa."

"I do not want to bother her," she rubbed her stomach, "But I think I may need to."


Robin was definitely worried about Lucina given how she had been acting, and especially with the revelation of her nausea. He found it hard to focus all day while waiting for a report on how she was fairing.

However, when he finally spoke with her again, she was awfully evasive. She insisted that she was fine, but refused to give him a straight answer. Still, he decided not to push the matter. If she was fine, she was fine…but what was she hiding?


Those concerns were quickly forgotten after their visit to Plegia Castle. Needless to say, things did not go their way. After running with their tails between their legs out of the capital, the Shepherds made camp near one of the few lakes in Plegia.

It was during this time when Lucina finally approached Robin, "Robin," she spoke meekly as she came up beside him, "How are you holding up?"

"Not good," he replied curtly. Honestly, he was in no mood to talk, even to her…maybe especially her. Not when he could be used against her.

"Do not blame yourself for actions you had no control over."

"I should have fought harder. I should have been able to stop him. Maybe you'd all be better off without me."

"Stop that right now!" she was surprisingly forceful, "You are not some tool to be used, and it is not your fault what happened. I will not have my husband and the father of my child to be stuck in self-loathing or thinking that we would be better off without him!"

"Lucina, I…wait, did you just say father of your child?"

All of the anger suddenly vacated Lucina's face as she realized that she did indeed just say that, "Umm, yes."

"H-how long have you known?"

"Since I went to see Lissa about my nausea…" she replied weakly, "It was a lot to take in, not to mention bad timing. I was not sure how to tell you."

"How long?"

"Lissa estimated six to eight weeks."

"That explains some things. So, I take it she knows now."

"Yes, I'm sorry. I know you wanted to keep it a secret, but–"

"No, I'd rather she knew than to start thinking the worst."

"So now can you see why I was so upset? I love you, Robin, and our child needs a father. So never speak like that again!" There was definitely still some pregnancy talking, but Robin could tell she was sincere.

"Right, right, sorry," he breathed as he let this news sink in, "I'm going to be a father," he smiled, but then his mind drifted elsewhere and his smile quickly faded, "We're going to have to tell Chrom, aren't we?"

"That'd be nice," Robin flinched at the decidedly masculine voice.

"Chrom…how long have you been there?"

"Long enough," he crossed his arms, "So, when were you going to tell me that you had seduced my daughter?"

"It's not like that. Come on, Chrom, do you really think I'd do something like that?" he said while backing up the whole time.

"I didn't," his hand rested on Falchion.

"Yes, father," Lucina intervened, "Robin was a perfect gentleman."

"And yet he did not even bother to tell me or Sumia about this little relationship."

"We were going to…"

Chrom continued to slowly stalk the backtracking Robin, "Just couldn't wait to get into bed, could you?"

"What? No! We, I, was afraid of how it might be perceived among the Shepherds," Apparently for good reason, "And it seemed like poor timing. We were going to have a ceremony once the war was over."

"So, you seduced my little girl and tricked her into marrying you at the first little shack you found, huh?"

"N-no, I…" Robin sighed, "I should just run, shouldn't I?"

"Sounds good."

Robin shot a glance at Lucina, "Go, I'll talk to father."

Somewhat reluctantly, Robin made off for camp under the fierce gaze of Chrom. Once he was gone, Chrom started chuckling leaving Lucina flabbergasted.

"Father! What is so funny?" Whatever was so amusing, she did not see it.

"Sorry, but he was asking for it."

"What?" then it clicked, "You were faking?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm more than a little upset that neither of you told me," Lucina looked down in shame a little at the comment, "But you seem to care for each other. And you are married at least…right?"

"Yes! Of course! What kind of woman do you think I am?"

"Sorry, sorry," Chrom lifted his hands in defense, "Just wanted to make sure."

"He did not actually seduce me father," she huffed, "To think that I would be so easily swayed."

"I said I was sorry."


After a few more days of hazing, Chrom finally relented and gave Robin and Lucina his blessing under the stipulation that they have a proper ceremony after they stopped Grima and not just stopping by a priest. As mad as Chrom wanted to be at them for not telling him and just stopping by a quick legal marriage, he understood why they did it. War was uncertain and there was no guarantee that they would both survive to have a fancy ceremony, and they had received some backlash to their relationship so it seemed Robin's concerns were somewhat valid. He was just glad that they did at least get married.

Still, having Robin as a son-in-law…might take some getting used to.

A/N: I don't think I'm too good at comedy writing without going full ridiculous. With that said, the premise for this came from an idea I had where Lucina would experience extreme pregnancy side effects do to the fact of combining the exalted bloodline and…whatever Robin's is, but then I realized/remembered/learned (not entirely sure which it was) that the child's blood never mixes with the mother's so…yeah. Also, I don't know the full effects of pregnancy so I went with some that I could think of.

I should be doing some more smaller projects before jumping into my next big one so keep your eyes peeled.