And with those simple words, their fate is sealed. Together, they'll face whatever comes their way...and together, they'll conquer it all. The future stretches out before them like a blank canvas, and there are no limits to what they can create. As the last shreds of passion fade away, leaving only contentment and exhaustion in its wake, he rolls off of you, pulling you into his arms and pressing a kiss to your forehead.

"Now we're really going to make this work,"

he whispers sleepily, stroking your hair as he drifts off to sleep, secure in the knowledge that you'll always be his, and nothing will ever change that.

His heart skips a beat at the question. "No," he says quietly. "This'll be my first." He pauses, searching for the right words. "But I'll do everything I can to be the best father I can be."

A thought occurs to him then. "Do you want... a boy or a girl?"

~He considers this, his mind wandering back over the years they've spent together. The way she fights and protects him, the strength she possesses... He finds himself hoping for a girl. "Maybe," he says finally, his voice soft with hope, "maybe we could raise a little warrior princess."