Author's note: Thanks for clicking on my fic! I wrote this as post the epilogue ending that Aramiya ended up with Gale. I was a little salty that Gale never let her get her rocks off, but after the epilogue, I could feel Aramiya's heart hurt at the loss of Halsin even as she desperately clung to Gale. She wouldn't let me sleep, especially after playing as her for 200+ hours, so this fic is in her honor. This also got me out of the worst writing rut I had been in, to date, since earning my Master's in Fiction writing. Please note that this will NOT be edited to the level expected of someone who has a formal education in writing. This is for funsies.

Trigger warnings for this fic:

Cheating

Pregnancy

Breastfeeding/Breastfeeding Kink

Shibari (with vines) kink

Others (haven't finished writing yet)

"I cannot believe you!" Aramiya threw a fire bolt at Gale barely missing his head. She was heavily pregnant and crying as she hurled bolt after bolt at him.

"I never intended to hurt you, my love, it just happened!"

"Don't, don't ever call me that again!" she grit between clenched teeth. Contractions were coming in and out and the angrier she got her tail flicked and the faster the contractions got. "Go back to that mystical goddess that I was the other woman for. I never, ever want to see your face again, Gale." Using the magic he taught her she created a portal and walked through. Where she was going she wasn't quite sure. But anywhere was better than Gale's Tower in WaterDeep.

She found herself in a field surrounded by trees and blossoming flowers when another contraction ripped through her lower half. She let out another wail and the portal she created fizzled before Gale could follow her. The child in her brought her to her knees. As she recovered and embraced the earth under her hands, she took a breath and felt the Oak Father's embrace. Silvanus surrounded her and supported her welcoming her back as a child of the earth.

Aramiya cried, bowed her horned head to the earth as far as her belly would allow, and let her tears fall to the grass. Grief washed over her as her daughter stirred slowing her emergency exit to allow her mother a reprieve.

It didn't last long though, as she felt her daughter shift lower and felt another presence in the woods with her. In the condition she was in she couldn't fight or wild shape to run away.

I'm a sitting duck like this.

The presence however felt faintly familiar and thankfully non-threatening. Tempting fate, she called out. "Who's there?"

"Aramiya?" A child's voice called out to her.

Her vision swam as she turned towards the voice. Silvanus be praised.

"Th-Thaniel-" her voice hitched and she cried out again in pain.

The small boy rushed over to her and put his warm hand on her shoulder. Aramiya felt his magic course through her to see what was wrong. It settled her a little to feel his calming magic but the pain was still very great. Her long nails dug into the earth as she tried to calm her breathing using druid techniques for meditation. She heard another small pattering of feet, Oliver.

She heard the boys converse in a language ancient as the earth itself but heard a distinct name.

Halsin.

Tears renewed and her heart ached for another reason altogether. But her daughter shifted down even more painfully than when she had been fighting with Gale. Aramiya propped herself on her bare toes instead of her knees and looked like an Owlbear about to leap.

Oliver must have been quicker or Halsin was closer by than she thought because in moments she heard thundering footsteps coming at such a speed she didn't remember possible for the large former Archdruid.

He panted as he made his way over and within moments his strong arms were on her shoulders. "Can you rise up a bit to walk?" In spite of his panting, his voice was calm and sure.

She removed one hand from the dirt and placed it in his. As she attempted to move up another tear coursed through her.

"Silvanus," she gritted out in prayer and gripped Halsin's hand like her life depended on it.

"Aramiya, I think your little one is going to be born here in this glade if we can't move you quickly." Halsin came to her side and rubbed her back while holding her steady. "Where is Gale?"

"Fuck that monster!" She bit out. "Oak Father curse him and his Weave slut, ahhh!" Another contraction hit as she said it and she dug her nails into poor Halsin's palm. Her tears were bitter and pained. This situation was even worse knowing it was Halsin bringing her daughter into the world with her. The man she should have chosen instead of that hioty twat she has called her husband for the better part of 15 years. "This little Camellia flower wasn't due for another month."

Halsin watched her breathing and noticed her stomach dropped suddenly. With a pained laugh he said, "Well if she's anything like her mother she makes her own rules."

A scream tore through the glade they were in as Aramiya bore down feeling her daughter's head start to move down. "Halsin," her breathing labored, "you may have to catch her." Her pale purple face pinched in pain as she felt the next contractions hit. "She's coming now."

He put her hand back into the earth and while he constantly rubbed her lower back to held ease the pain she was going through. He shooed the young ancients away from her backside and carefully lifted her blue dress above her hips. As he examined her he saw a darker patch of curls separating her own darkish red curls of her sex.

"Steady now, she's right there. One good push," he placed one hand on her stomach and bright green healing magic pulsed into her to help ease the transition. His other prepared to catch the young newborn. The hand on Aramiya's stomach followed her movements as she bore down the final time and brought her daughter into the world.

The newborn tiefling girl cried out, loud and strong. Once she cried, her mother collapsed to her knees and forearms. The two ancient boys rubbing her shoulders and telling her that she did well. Not that the boys had ever witnessed a birth but knew poor Aramiya needed reassurance.

Halsin removed his shirt and wrapped the little one in it. Carefully, as she was still attached to her mother. It had been a few years since he had helped bring a child into the Oak Father's realm but he knew he needed to tie off this connection and sever it shortly. He motioned to Thaniel who came over and avoided looking at Aramiya's exposed back side.

"Thaniel, carefully hold her while I help Aramiya with the rest of the birth. Stay right where you are and look at the child to make sure she stays breathing."

The boy nodded and observed the baby's cries and breathing. Halsin turned to tourniquet off the umbilical cord with a piece of Aramiya's dress that he carefully tore off the bottom.

"Halsin," her voice weak and her pale lavender skin going even lighter.

"I am here, push once more, and then you can rest and I can get you back to the cabin." This time he used what he could to help her along as pain-free as possible. Childbirth was painful even to those who could heal themselves while they did it. The placenta came out easily and he cut off the section of the cord after the tourniquet. He checked her for tearing or internal bleeding carefully before covering her bottom and carefully picking her up.

"Thaniel," Halsin said quietly realizing Aramiya had started to fade in and out. The boy stood next to the towering druid and nodded, motioning the druid to kneel so he could carefully place the baby in her mother's arms.

Thaniel did something Halsin did not expect after cradling the baby in Aramiya's arms. He carefully touched her cheek and Halsin saw a small flash of green before Thaniel took his hand away. The ancient boy looked at his friend before whispering. "She needs strength to hold my new friend. And she needs you for the journey ahead."

Thanks for reading! This is my first fanfiction in almost 10 years, so be gentle ;) I have up to part 7 drafted as of right now so I plan to post 1 chapter per week until I finish it.

Thanks to the Halsin AO3 and writers who helped get this girlly out of her slump!