Riliana has had contraception charms in place ever since she came of age. Well, at least that's what most of her family believes. The truth is she got them a year before that and she's never had an issue with them since. At least, not until now.
Not until she realized, hugging the toilet while throwing up, that she had missed her last period. Riliana had pulled out one of her family's pregnancy detectors and stared in shock as the little glass charm that had always stayed dead and dull began glowing with pink light. Then she'd taken herself down to the store to get a pregnancy test because clearly the charm was just very old and faulty. Clearly. Nevermind that her family's charms could retain their strength for several decades and were never shoddily made. She'd purchased a test and then a second for good measure.
Positive and positive.
It's two hours before she gets up the nerve to text Anders. And another two by the time that Anders comes home. By then, she's had ample time to figure out what she's going to do. What she's going to say and how she's going to say it. She's going to be very careful about this and very calm and just...see how he reacts. Like, she has a fairly good idea of how he's going to react but she's also going to just wait and see for sure. Instead of just automatically starting on her contingency plan.
So when Anders arrives home with what's clearly supplies for one of their more exciting nights, she feels a little bad that she's going to rain on his parade. It's for that reason that she rises up from the couch and greets him at the door. She gives him a long, lingering kiss as her fingers grasp for his bags to take them away before he dips into anything.
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Not until she realized, hugging the toilet while throwing up, that she had missed her last period. Riliana had pulled out one of her family's pregnancy detectors and stared in shock as the little glass charm that had always stayed dead and dull began glowing with pink light. Then she'd taken herself down to the store to get a pregnancy test because clearly the charm was just very old and faulty. Clearly. Nevermind that her family's charms could retain their strength for several decades and were never shoddily made. She'd purchased a test and then a second for good measure.
Positive and positive.
It's two hours before she gets up the nerve to text Anders. And another two by the time that Anders comes home. By then, she's had ample time to figure out what she's going to do. What she's going to say and how she's going to say it. She's going to be very careful about this and very calm and just...see how he reacts. Like, she has a fairly good idea of how he's going to react but she's also going to just wait and see for sure. Instead of just automatically starting on her contingency plan.
So when Anders arrives home with what's clearly supplies for one of their more exciting nights, she feels a little bad that she's going to rain on his parade. It's for that reason that she rises up from the couch and greets him at the door. She gives him a long, lingering kiss as her fingers grasp for his bags to take them away before he dips into anything.
"Welcome home. Had a good day at work?"