If I can stop one heart from breaking
If I can ease one life the aching
If I can ease one life the aching
“Already planning on unbuttoning my pants for more room,” he chuckles against her shoulder. He misses her cooking when he’s away, and overindulging helps in the interim.
She has always had more faith in him and his relationship with the Gods than he has. Still uncertain; of himself, of his uses to them, of having benevolent Gods instead of invasive ones that required teams of people to put down and stop. “Then we’ll simply have to see how it pans out. Regardless - if it happens, to either of us, there will be no hard feelings. Just another addition to love.” Harper had been an only child when his parents had been killed, but he’d found family over the years. He certainly wasn’t one to put weight or necessity on blood connections.
The next question prompts a sheepish smile. “Both?” Chuckling, he taps his thumbs gently against her navel, where someday a baby might grow. “I know it’s getting ahead of myself here, but I’ve always wanted a big family. Though I think a girl would be nice first. A big sister for everyone.” He doesn’t think the idea will dissuade her with her love of children, but hopefully she’d be up to the idea physically. Harper can’t imagine the stress of pregnancy on a body.
She has always had more faith in him and his relationship with the Gods than he has. Still uncertain; of himself, of his uses to them, of having benevolent Gods instead of invasive ones that required teams of people to put down and stop. “Then we’ll simply have to see how it pans out. Regardless - if it happens, to either of us, there will be no hard feelings. Just another addition to love.” Harper had been an only child when his parents had been killed, but he’d found family over the years. He certainly wasn’t one to put weight or necessity on blood connections.
The next question prompts a sheepish smile. “Both?” Chuckling, he taps his thumbs gently against her navel, where someday a baby might grow. “I know it’s getting ahead of myself here, but I’ve always wanted a big family. Though I think a girl would be nice first. A big sister for everyone.” He doesn’t think the idea will dissuade her with her love of children, but hopefully she’d be up to the idea physically. Harper can’t imagine the stress of pregnancy on a body.
I shall not live in vain
HARPER
