[ Raw and shuddery-voiced: his nerves jangling on a storm of aborted pleasure. He isn't sure what she means, except that those two words are enough to decalcify the fierce strain of pulse through his body. He rolls off, his cock going soft, the tight hard tingle in his balls backing up, a harsh ache. Terror and confusion blurring together until he feels both at the perfect equilibrium of numbness, and perhaps clinically insane. ]
[ Incomprehensibly, he lifts a hand to inspect her belly, palming its contours, half-expecting an alien life-form to burst out of it. Nothing so dramatic occurs. But he feels, very distinctly, something stirring inside her. Off and on, a secret movement, sharp kicks like hiccups. ]
[ The baby. The goddamn baby is moving. ]
[ A beat, then two. Hei blinks, not moving his hand, and his pupils dilate slightly as he gazes at the harmless swell of her belly. Now a ticking time bomb, a monstrosity and a miracle, making his thoughts waver as if caught darkly in a trance. ]
[ Disbelievingly, he lifts his head to meet her eyes. A silent Holyfuckareyoufeelingthis? ]
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Date: 2015-03-08 02:12 am (UTC)[ Raw and shuddery-voiced: his nerves jangling on a storm of aborted pleasure. He isn't sure what she means, except that those two words are enough to decalcify the fierce strain of pulse through his body. He rolls off, his cock going soft, the tight hard tingle in his balls backing up, a harsh ache. Terror and confusion blurring together until he feels both at the perfect equilibrium of numbness, and perhaps clinically insane. ]
[ Incomprehensibly, he lifts a hand to inspect her belly, palming its contours, half-expecting an alien life-form to burst out of it. Nothing so dramatic occurs. But he feels, very distinctly, something stirring inside her. Off and on, a secret movement, sharp kicks like hiccups. ]
[ The baby. The goddamn baby is moving. ]
[ A beat, then two. Hei blinks, not moving his hand, and his pupils dilate slightly as he gazes at the harmless swell of her belly. Now a ticking time bomb, a monstrosity and a miracle, making his thoughts waver as if caught darkly in a trance. ]
[ Disbelievingly, he lifts his head to meet her eyes. A silent Holyfuckareyoufeelingthis? ]