Eulalie breathed in slowly, tightening the muscles in her jaw against the pinprick of heat behind her eyes. She watched the repeated opening and closing of Somnus' jaw as he no doubt tried to process the news she had come bearing. Still, there was a hard lump forming in her throat that she tried to breathe past. Surely his reaction was normal? The warrior wanted to believe it was normal, and not her fears manifesting in front of her.
Yet, the more the silence stretched between them the more her own apprehension grew. She would not allow herself the tears that gathered, wanting to run down her freckled cheeks. Eulalie would not show such a weakness. If Somnus did not want anything to do with her, or their child, she would simply find a way to get through it on her own. She was so used to getting through things on her own, and this time would be no different she was sure. The ivory and sunshine woman took a step back, mentally preparing herself for rejection.
He spoke her name and she tried not to get lost in the way it sounded falling from his lips, earth brown eyes wavering, barely able to keep their focus on Somnus's face. The words that came after that, however, were so unexpected that she lost all the air in her lungs. It was like dropping into ice cold waters and surfacing to breathe in beautiful, warm air. Like laying on the sun soaked sands as the warmth soaked into your bones. It was only then that the tears welled up in her eyes and began to tumble down the curves and lines of her face. Eulalie stepped closer to Somnus until she could press her neck against his, wanting to bury herself in his fine ivory mane.
After a moment, she pulled back to look once more at Somnus, to search his verdant eyes. Her cheeks were darkened and wet, but despite the water in her eyes there was a sparkle to them that had been absent just minutes earlier. "I was worried, at first," she admitted, and it was difficult to voice her doubt, "but I'm... happy." Eulalie smiled for that first time in that moment. "We're going to be parents, Somnus," and it was still hard to believe, yet with him at her side she was sure everything would be alright.
@Somnus <3
