Layton & Zarah, Rated T
They’d been fighting on and off for the past week, about this and that. It turned out that having a baby with your ex was not a fun experience. Especially when said ex both blamed you for the death of his lover and had become wildly overprotective, questioning every little thing.
It was after a particularly nasty fight over what Zarah should and shouldn’t be eating that she stopped talking to Layton for a week-a week during which she had her twenty week ultrasound. Which led them to the present fight.
“You went without me?!” his tone was hurt and incredulous.
“Yes I did, what about it?” Zarah snapped, “God dammit Andre! I’m having a baby, I’m not a baby myself. If you keep treating me like one then maybe we’re really done!”
Layton was silent then, a look on his face like he’d been slapped, before he replied quietly, “We might not be on good terms, Zarah, but I just want what’s best for you and the baby.”
She snorted, “Then start by letting me make my own decisions, based on what my doctor has recommended.”
“Okay,” he nodded, “I’ll try harder. But don’t leave me out f stuff like this again, please?”
Zarah deflated a little; she was never able to stay mad at him for long, “I won’t. I did get you an extra photo, you know. And I didn’t ask what the gender was, because you weren’t there, and also who knows what our kid will decide when they-”
Layton cut her off by hugging her, murmuring into her hair after a minute passed and she relaxed, “I don’t care about the baby’s gender, now or in a few years from now. I just don’t wanna miss anything about them.”
Zarah nodded, and they pulled away from each other, “You won’t. Andre… if we can figure this out, I’ll move in with you so we can coparent better, if you want. At least for the first few years when the kid will hit more milestones.”
His smile was tight and sad, “I think we might need a bigger cabin for the three of us. But… I’d like that. Now, give me that photo you promised. I wanna see how our constellation is doing.”
Zarah laughed at the nickname, and went to go find the photo.