"LINH, BE HONEST WITH ME."

Linh stared down at her girlfriend who was laying on the bed with her. Linh was sat up, leaning against headboard with a added pillow for support, Sophie's head laying on her tiny chest. Sophie was positioned in between Linh's legs, leaning back and nestling against her torso as Linh gazed down at her, twirling a few strands of her golden hair in thought.

"What is it?" she asked, giving a curt nod to encourage Sophie to continue.

Sophie blew out a sigh. "I just. . ." Her cheeks tinted pink as she thought about the question she was about to ask. She was curious as to what Linh thought about it, but it was also extremely tempting to just chicken out a forget it all. Especially when she saw the way Linh's focus was entirely on her.

But then all those little cute thoughts began to plague her imagination all over again. And she'd start to daydream about it - about them - and just. . .

"Did you ever want a kid when you were little?" she blurted.

Linh blinked her blue eyes steadily, a bit surprised at the question. "Like. . ." She swallowed, her voice going hushed as she finished, "A baby?"

Sophie nodded as best she could with her head leaned back against Linh's chest. She peered up at her girlfriend, silently awaiting her reaction.

Linh blew out a breath. She seemed to squirm under Sophie's gaze. Sophie could feel that the fingers that were twined in her hair were shaking a little as they combed through the light locks. "Um, I don't know, Soph. Why do you ask?"

Sophie blushed harder, taking a hold of the one hand that Linh had off to the side. She brought it up to her chest, nuzzling it with her face and kissing her knuckles. "Mm, I. . . I've just been thinking about that a lot, lately."

She was really hoping Linh was getting where she was going with this. Because if she wasn't and it was too vague or cryptic, she was going to have to outright say it - and that made her nervous.

Linh's eyebrows were lifted high on her face. "So, like, do you. . . Want a baby?"

Sophie flushed a deep scarlet at how forward Linh was being. "I. . . Always imagined having a baby, when I was younger. I mean, not having a baby at a young age, but I thought about babies when I was younger. Or, I thought about a baby in my future." Sophie managed to fumble over the word baby every single time and she was sure she sounded like a babbling mess. And the colour of her face probably rivaled a fire truck.

When Linh didn't comment on what her girlfriend had already stated, Sophie continued, "I've always wanted a kid. But I knew I didn't want to have sex with a guy. That was the funny thing. I didn't want to have a dick inside me, but I wanted a baby."

Linh chuckled a little at that, brushing some hair off her forehead. It steadied her nerves a little and her shoulders relaxed.

"And when I came here and started figuring everything out about myself. . . I told myself I was never going to have a kid."

Linh's eyebrows furrowed together and she frowned. She opened her mouth to speak but Sophie squeezed her girlfriend's hand lightly, asking for her own permission to speak and continue going.

Linh looked unhappy but clamped her jaw shut, dipping her chin.

Sophie let out a shaky breath as she tried to turn a little to her side to allow herself to face Linh more. Linh helped her readjust, still holding Sophie in her arms.

Once Sophie was settled she set her palm over Linh's heart and nestled her head into her shoulder, looking up at her. "I didn't want to have a kid be. . . Like me. I didn't want to put them at risk for anything because of some weird genetics that weren't their choice. I didn't want to make a kid deal with that. And I didn't know if birth would be complicated or just. . . Getting pregnant, period."

She shrugged. "I even wanted to find something to make me infertile at one point. I wanted to prevent myself from even having the chance of getting pregnant. Just so that the temptation wasn't there."

Linh reached up and cupped Sophie's face, skimming her thumb across her cheek. The supple skin tingled everywhere Linh touched.

"But then I met you," Sophie whispered, meeting Linh's eyes. "I mean. . . I started dating you. A-And now I. . ."

Sophie cut herself off, blushing wildly. She was sure Linh could feel the heat of her face with her palm.

Lihn's cheeks turned a little rosy. "You. . . Want a baby with me?"

"I want to know your thoughts on babies," Sophie clarified. She grabbed the hand that Linh had on her face, lacing their fingers together. "You know, before I let my mind run too wild and think we're having a kid. I. . . Want to know how you feel about all of this."

Sophie looked so star struck for some reason, eyes filled with wonder and light as she talked about it all. She looked up at her so expectantly, excitedly waiting for her to answer. Linh couldn't help but heave out a heavy sigh, wincing. Her stomach spun with acid. "Sophie, I. . ."

The light in Sophie's eyes all but flickered away, but she nodded. She massaged Linh's knuckles with their interlaced hands, beckoning for her to go on.

Linh sighed again, wishing she didn't had to disappoint her girlfriend. "I find that really sweet, Sophie, but I've. . . Never wanted to carry a child. Getting a kid through some other way, sure, but having a baby with my own body just. . . I don't like it, to be honest with you. So if you want a baby with me, but you don't want to carry it because you're afraid of genetics or your own body, then. . ."

Linh stopped. Sophie looked away.

"But," Linh continued, catching Sophie's attention again. Her eyes flashed up and locked with Linh's. "If it's any consolation, I. . . I really think you'd be a wonderful mother. And I think your body would do just fine with carrying a child. I know you think that it's broken, but you're not - you're fully put together. You're simply just a more complex puzzle, in comparison to others."

She smiled sweetly, kissing her girlfriends forehead tenderly, causing Sophie's skin to bloom with more colour. "I don't mean to pressure you in any way with that statement, though. If you do not feel comfortable with carrying a child, then you don't. It's that simple. It's your body."

Sophie nodded slowly, letting out a shaky breath. Linh shot a half smile at her, hoping she hadn't dampened her girlfriend's mood.

"So. . . Would you be willing to try that? To come to the doctor with me and. . . Try to have a baby?" Sophie whispered.

"You want to carry a baby?" Linh asked, needing confirmation.

"Yeah," Sophie assured softly. "I want to carry your baby. Our baby," she mumbled, gesturing between the two of them. Her face was practically on fire.

Linh was having a rough time keeping her composure together. "Wait, were actually doing this?" Her voice cracked, eyes welling up. "You wanna do this?"

Sophie nodded, lip trembling as she pulled Linh's fingertips to her lips and kissed them. One by one, steady tears beginning to roll down her cheeks. "I want a family," she whispered.

Linh's face broke into a smile, a few tears of her own slipping down her face. "Okay," she agreed. "Yes."

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a/n: did you guys know that two women can reproduce? without sperm? wild, right? you can use bone marrow! that's just a little difficult in our day and age, though, aha.
i bet the elves have it all figured, though. they're a lot more advanced, so i figured...
heh. well, just work with it. if it for some reason doesn't add up in your head, just leave it to magic. i needed my solinh baby.