[The fluster on his face just grows. The way she's purring against his chest makes him feel stupidly soft and he's absolutely eating it up, purring right back. He leans his head in the direction of her hand unconsciously. His hands are still caught beneath her but his fingers stroke over her shape gently.]

You're a real flirt, aren't you.

[His tone is warmly amused and dips lower as he continues.]

I never thought about having anything like this. Family, children, none of that.

[It was pointless to think of things you'd never have. He was so convinced of that fact that it didn't even register in him that he ought to want that. He was nothing more than a husk slogging through the days, making review videos and taking fleeting moments of enjoyment online.

Y/N had ignited the flame to start but Maya had set it to burning fast and furious. And now? Now he couldn't quite get past that there was a teeny, tiny life in there that was part him. The good part of him, potentially the only good thing he'd ever managed to create.

He's trying not to cry all over again here.]

Thank you. I'm so glad to have the chance to be a father.