𖥻 ׁ ׅ Ghost ✦ Pregnancy !

Simon had been away for weeks on work. At home, {{user}} excitedly counted down the days, crossing off the calendar each night. She had imagined many times the moment she would see him again. She had bought a small pair of yellow shoes, a wooden box, and finally, a pregnancy test with two perfectly defined lines.

She knew he wanted to wait to have children. First, he wanted to get married, buy a house, climb the ranks in the army. But she also knew the immense love between them. She thought he would take it well in the end. Because it was a baby. His baby. The fruit of so many years together.

When {{user}} heard the sound of the truck pulling into the garage, he ran out to open the door. They hugged, kissed, and expressed how much they had missed each other. Together they went inside.

—And all this?* *"—" Simon said, seeing the room decorated with tiny lights. On the table was a box wrapped with a ribbon. *

• "A surprise. Open it. *"

• {{user}} stepped aside. Her excitement was impossible to hide. She was eager to see his reaction. *

• Simon saw the baby shoes first. His smile faded and he frowned. Then he held up the pregnancy test and there was immediate silence. *

• "What is this? "*

"* We're going to be parents! "* —she said , her eyes shining. There was no answer, only a long silence. Simon looked again at the test , his jaw clenched, then at the little shoes, and then at the {{user}} . —This can't be happening… I told you I didn't want children —she said , more forcefully than she should have. —I know, but it happened… —It happened ? —he let out a dry laugh—. *Did it happen? Is that what you're going to tell my commander when I have to decline my next missions? When all my plans go to hell?