[ They're trying for a baby; they're trying very hard and it helps very much that they're enjoying the process, too, even if the doctor's prognosis isn't in the least favourable. Technically, neither one of them can have children because even if the radiation had been minimal, and the shielding had been adequate, they both had spent a long time in and around radioactive materials -- it's lucky that it hasn't graduated to cancer cells.
But Mako and Raleigh aren't about to give up, no way -- and so, months into their marriage and before Sophia, so she's waiting for him to come home. Tonight's one of the nights where Raleigh studies late and Mako comes back early, and she settles for cleaning up the house, straightening everything before washing up and retiring to bed; even choosing to wear his shirt, and only his shirt, to bed.
He should be home at any moment, she thinks, when she glances at the clock, and she smiles when she hears the key turn in the lock. ]
[Raleigh can tell when he walks in the door that Mako beat him home-- entirely because it's a little bit cleaner inside their home than when he left. He's not a slob and he does a lot of the chores around the house but Mako had neat freak tendencies that he can't match and he's kind of messing it up again, dropping his backpack and his jacket by the door and kicking off his shoes to be dealt with later.]
Mako?
[Not that he really needed to call for her, he finds her pretty easily in the bedroom and there are worse things that he could come home to, than Mako Mori lounging around in one of his shirts, which is far too big for her. She doesn't have his height or his shoulders and even his t-shirts hang low enough to just barely cover her bottom. Which really does not hurt the effort to make a baby, not that Raleigh really needs much encouragement there. Have a lot of sex with Mako? Yeah, he's there. He'll take one for the team. Count him in.
It's harder not to be disappointed, when her periods comes because they both know it isn't likely, have been warned and tested and he's happy with Mako, he really is, but what about a little Mako with tiny fingers and toes and her laugh and her brains and he wants a family with her.]
[ What about a little Raleigh with tiny fingers and toes and dimples? Mako wants largely the same things Raleigh wants, too -- she wants a family with him; and finally, she's finally close to settling down and that's the next logical step, right? She allows herself to hope even after the reports come back negative -- they could prove them wrong, she just knows they can.
When he comes into the room, she crooks her finger at him, gesturing him over. The best time to make a baby is to make sure Raleigh's not too tired to put his back into it, right? Mako's calculated -- the best window of time to get pregnant is about now, right through the next three, four days, not that she'd tell Raleigh that: there's really nothing unsexier than telling your lover that you're ovulating. ]
[He was not a cute baby, Mako, you do not want another one of him running around.
Safe to say that Raleigh is never too tired to put his back into it when it comes to her. But also safe to say that he doesn't have any idea that she's tracking when she's ovulating either. But if he knew that the next three or four days was the best time to try, he'd dedicate that time to just making love to her over and over.
He strips his shirt off before he joins her on the bed, settling on top of her with a smile.]
Yeah, you could've called me when you got home so I could've been here earlier.
[ But he's a very cute adult! And how un-cute can he possibly be when he grew up this good-looking?
Mako's beaming up at him, her fingers hooking into the chain of his dogtags to draw him closer. Not that she doubts his near-unlimited stamina, but a part of her doesn't want to put the pressure on him to perform -- that's always a mood-killer, right? Sex is intimacy, sex is love, not solely for procreational purposes. ]
And what excuse were you planning to give when you leave early?
[And the sad (and borderline gross) thing is that probably would've worked. Because they're famous and people love them for what they did and just hand them things like it's saying thank you when they really, really don't need to be thanked at all. What's there to say thank you for? Doing their jobs? Surviving?
Raleigh makes a noise when she grabs him by his dog tags, like half turned on and the other half... also turned on.]
And if I didn't hurry, she'd probably start without me.
[ Mako just laughs, because what? She makes a note of Raleigh's reaction when she pulls him over by his dogtags, thinks that she should do it more often just to see the spark of arousal that flares in his blue, blue eyes.
Raleigh is gorgeous beyond measure and it makes Mako's toes curl whenever he looks at her like that, when he holds her close. Leaning up to meet him halfway, she captures his mouth with hers in a slow, sensuous kiss. ]
It takes two to make a baby, Raleigh. And I'm the luckiest woman in the world.
You could've just grabbed some guy off the street, I dunno.
[Pulling him down for a kiss by his dog tags is definitely going on the list of things that Mako does that Raleigh really likes. It's a long list, sure but that's not the point. The way she kisses him now has him shifting over her and nosing her throat and that shirt she's wearing is too much fabric between him and her and it needs to go.]
[ Mako will most definitely keep that in mind; because she does enjoy doing that to him, too. Sensing his pleasure, she tips her head back to give him more access, her legs coming up to wrap around his waist.
Come on, let's take some time to enjoy this, hmmm? She can always take the shirt off later. ]
That I have someone like you. [ She looks up at him fondly, running her fingers through his hair, smoothing over his strong, solid shoulders. ] You make me feel very lucky. Kiss me?
[He's getting better at it, accepting it when she gives him compliments, there's not the knee jerk reaction to prove to her that she's wrong. That he's just a washed up pilot who made a mistake that killed his brother and he's not special, he's just a guy. He can smile now, and kiss her jaw for a moment, just listening to what she has to say.
He loves her, he really does. She's the best thing that's ever happened to him. When he was a kid, he couldn't have hoped to fall in love with someone like her.]
I am kissing you. [See, he's practically worshiping her neck with his lips.]
[ Oh, that's lovely. Mako likes that -- she likes when he's gently, quietly affectionate, when his lips are what she feels on her skin. It's amazing how even after all this time, she's still so completely in love with him that her skin tingles wherever he touches, that she wants him with her everywhere, anywhere.
She wants more of him, and she comes to wrap an arm over his waist. He's not just a guy, he's never been just a guy, and they've worked a long time for him to accept what she tells him, the praises she gives him without deflecting them. They've still got a long way to go, but it makes her smile when he accepts it quietly, listening instead of denying it. ]
[He does what she asks, without question or hesitation because he loves her and he's actually rather giving with the people he cares about. Using one hand to move the collar of his t-shirt on her to the side, he starts making a line of kisses along her collarbone. Making sure one is covered before he moves on to the other side, layering kisses with teeth.]
[ And Raleigh spoils her, he spoils her silly with his generous attention and his lips, sweeter than sin and so recklessly tempting. She squirms against him, gasping and quiet and she wants him, and now, and making babies has never been so fun.
She's breathless and so very in love with him, pushing his pants off his hips. ] Love me.
Raleigh does just that, doesn't actually need any prompting or direction. Even if he does kind of neglect to peel his t-shirt off of her, because there's something undeniably sexy about Mako wearing his clothes, like it's just further proof that she's his and he's so stupidly lucky to have her, and the shirt's so big on her anyway that he doesn't have any problem sliding his hands underneath to get at the parts he wants.
He's not very good at being level headed, or setting his expectations low, every time they make love, he wonders-- hopes that this was the right time and that she's pregnant because he really, really wants a family with her. Even with doctors telling them both over and over it's not going to happen, not naturally, not from the both of them, he still believes it. Even now, when he puts his head down on her chest, listening to her heart as he catches his breath, he's wondering.]
[ Mako's cradling him to her chest, wrapping her arms around him when they're done, and it doesn't escape her notice that she still has his shirt on. It's really quite sexy and hot, and Mako makes a note of that as she runs her fingers through his hair.
They should do this more often.
But still, she's aware of what he's thinking even if he doesn't speak out loud, and her fingers drift over his cheek, caressing him absently. Mako's satisfied in all the right places, ravished and well-loved and thoroughly kissed, and she murmurs. ]
[He smiles a little into her shirt when she picks up on what he's thinking. Raleigh moves his head into her hand more, loving the feel of her fingers in his hair.]
[ Mako eyes him curiously. They'll need to wash up after, because she feels sticky, but she doesn't mind cuddling with him a while longer. Petting him with unmistakable fondness, she murmurs. ]
[ And it's not difficult to confess that when the sound of his laughter makes her smile, makes her feel warm and loved, and she noses his throat, pressing light kisses against his skin. ]
[This. This right here is really all that he needs in life. Where it feels like they're the only two people in the world. He likes that, he likes when it's just them and nothing else matters. Sure, he wants a baby with her, a little tiny baby with her eyes and her smile and her fire.
But if it never happens, if she's just glowing because she's happy right now, he wouldn't be disappointed.]
Yeah. Same to you. If it stays just us, I'm really okay with that.
[ Mako wants one, more than anything. She wants to make a baby with him because that's -- well, that's important. They're finally ready to settle down and to start a life with each other, what better than a child to fill the house with laughter? She'd want one with his dimples and his joy.
[That's true. But he also always planned on Yancy being a father long before he was ever one himself and look where that plan has gone. Raleigh's not sure he knows how to be a father, was totally counting on relying on Yancy when the time came because Yancy practically raised him and so he'd clearly know what to do all the time.]
I wanted to save the world too. [If having kids of his own was the price he had to pay for that, then well. That's okay. He still has Mako.]
[ The thought honestly hadn't occurred to her -- not through the lack of caring, but it just... hadn't. But he's right, even if they can't, the important thing is that they still had each other, right? And that's all that matters to her. Mako thinks about that for a moment; with the war and the destruction, Mako is aware that far too many orphans were made, far too many children who had endured tragedy with nowhere to go, and she smiles.
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But Mako and Raleigh aren't about to give up, no way -- and so, months into their marriage and before Sophia, so she's waiting for him to come home. Tonight's one of the nights where Raleigh studies late and Mako comes back early, and she settles for cleaning up the house, straightening everything before washing up and retiring to bed; even choosing to wear his shirt, and only his shirt, to bed.
He should be home at any moment, she thinks, when she glances at the clock, and she smiles when she hears the key turn in the lock. ]
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Mako?
[Not that he really needed to call for her, he finds her pretty easily in the bedroom and there are worse things that he could come home to, than Mako Mori lounging around in one of his shirts, which is far too big for her. She doesn't have his height or his shoulders and even his t-shirts hang low enough to just barely cover her bottom. Which really does not hurt the effort to make a baby, not that Raleigh really needs much encouragement there. Have a lot of sex with Mako? Yeah, he's there. He'll take one for the team. Count him in.
It's harder not to be disappointed, when her periods comes because they both know it isn't likely, have been warned and tested and he's happy with Mako, he really is, but what about a little Mako with tiny fingers and toes and her laugh and her brains and he wants a family with her.]
We starting early tonight?
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When he comes into the room, she crooks her finger at him, gesturing him over. The best time to make a baby is to make sure Raleigh's not too tired to put his back into it, right? Mako's calculated -- the best window of time to get pregnant is about now, right through the next three, four days, not that she'd tell Raleigh that: there's really nothing unsexier than telling your lover that you're ovulating. ]
Is there a better time to start?
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Safe to say that Raleigh is never too tired to put his back into it when it comes to her. But also safe to say that he doesn't have any idea that she's tracking when she's ovulating either. But if he knew that the next three or four days was the best time to try, he'd dedicate that time to just making love to her over and over.
He strips his shirt off before he joins her on the bed, settling on top of her with a smile.]
Yeah, you could've called me when you got home so I could've been here earlier.
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Mako's beaming up at him, her fingers hooking into the chain of his dogtags to draw him closer. Not that she doubts his near-unlimited stamina, but a part of her doesn't want to put the pressure on him to perform -- that's always a mood-killer, right? Sex is intimacy, sex is love, not solely for procreational purposes. ]
And what excuse were you planning to give when you leave early?
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[And the sad (and borderline gross) thing is that probably would've worked. Because they're famous and people love them for what they did and just hand them things like it's saying thank you when they really, really don't need to be thanked at all. What's there to say thank you for? Doing their jobs? Surviving?
Raleigh makes a noise when she grabs him by his dog tags, like half turned on and the other half... also turned on.]
And if I didn't hurry, she'd probably start without me.
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Raleigh is gorgeous beyond measure and it makes Mako's toes curl whenever he looks at her like that, when he holds her close. Leaning up to meet him halfway, she captures his mouth with hers in a slow, sensuous kiss. ]
It takes two to make a baby, Raleigh. And I'm the luckiest woman in the world.
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[Pulling him down for a kiss by his dog tags is definitely going on the list of things that Mako does that Raleigh really likes. It's a long list, sure but that's not the point. The way she kisses him now has him shifting over her and nosing her throat and that shirt she's wearing is too much fabric between him and her and it needs to go.]
What makes you so lucky?
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Come on, let's take some time to enjoy this, hmmm? She can always take the shirt off later. ]
That I have someone like you. [ She looks up at him fondly, running her fingers through his hair, smoothing over his strong, solid shoulders. ] You make me feel very lucky. Kiss me?
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He loves her, he really does. She's the best thing that's ever happened to him. When he was a kid, he couldn't have hoped to fall in love with someone like her.]
I am kissing you. [See, he's practically worshiping her neck with his lips.]
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She wants more of him, and she comes to wrap an arm over his waist. He's not just a guy, he's never been just a guy, and they've worked a long time for him to accept what she tells him, the praises she gives him without deflecting them. They've still got a long way to go, but it makes her smile when he accepts it quietly, listening instead of denying it. ]
Mmm, now my collarbone?
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She's breathless and so very in love with him, pushing his pants off his hips. ] Love me.
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Raleigh does just that, doesn't actually need any prompting or direction. Even if he does kind of neglect to peel his t-shirt off of her, because there's something undeniably sexy about Mako wearing his clothes, like it's just further proof that she's his and he's so stupidly lucky to have her, and the shirt's so big on her anyway that he doesn't have any problem sliding his hands underneath to get at the parts he wants.
He's not very good at being level headed, or setting his expectations low, every time they make love, he wonders-- hopes that this was the right time and that she's pregnant because he really, really wants a family with her. Even with doctors telling them both over and over it's not going to happen, not naturally, not from the both of them, he still believes it. Even now, when he puts his head down on her chest, listening to her heart as he catches his breath, he's wondering.]
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They should do this more often.
But still, she's aware of what he's thinking even if he doesn't speak out loud, and her fingers drift over his cheek, caressing him absently. Mako's satisfied in all the right places, ravished and well-loved and thoroughly kissed, and she murmurs. ]
Maybe this time.
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Yeah? You feel pregnant now?
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[ Mako eyes him curiously. They'll need to wash up after, because she feels sticky, but she doesn't mind cuddling with him a while longer. Petting him with unmistakable fondness, she murmurs. ]
I don't know.
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I'd say you have a glow about you though.
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[ Mako muses, cuddling up with him contentedly, basking in the warmth of the moment. ]
I've never understood what it meant when you guys use that word.
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It means you look really happy and content.
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[ And it's not difficult to confess that when the sound of his laughter makes her smile, makes her feel warm and loved, and she noses his throat, pressing light kisses against his skin. ]
You make me very happy, Raleigh.
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But if it never happens, if she's just glowing because she's happy right now, he wouldn't be disappointed.]
Yeah. Same to you. If it stays just us, I'm really okay with that.
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She's looking back at him, fondly curious. ]
But you've always wanted children of your own.
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I wanted to save the world too. [If having kids of his own was the price he had to pay for that, then well. That's okay. He still has Mako.]
We can always adopt.
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[ The thought honestly hadn't occurred to her -- not through the lack of caring, but it just... hadn't. But he's right, even if they can't, the important thing is that they still had each other, right? And that's all that matters to her. Mako thinks about that for a moment; with the war and the destruction, Mako is aware that far too many orphans were made, far too many children who had endured tragedy with nowhere to go, and she smiles.
Adoption, why not? ]
Maybe two, or three.
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