[ Mako's feeling a headache coming on. Family? That's new, that's... essentially what they are now, and she hates what it does to her. She hates that it makes her waver and terrifies her at the same time.
Family. ] It's easy for you to say, Raleigh. You're not the one carrying the baby.
[Raleigh doesn't say anything for a long minute, just looks away from her to stare at the floor. And stare and stare and stare at it because all he can think about is Yancy right now, and what he'd say and he's trying so hard not to let any hate for her creep inside his head and his heart but he thinks that might be a lost cause.]
[ And, Mako thinks, that this could be the end of them both because she fears she would come to hate him if she keeps it for his sake. With a baby, she would be limited by so much -- and Mako's always had a driven personality; could she put all of that on hold for her family?
[For the first time since he found out who she was an undercover Fed, Raleigh doesn't reach back for her. Actually edges away from her so she can't get a good grasp on him.]
[ And that one, singular gesture breaks her heart. He's recoiling from her and this is the first time in a long while he's ever done this -- no matter how they'd fought before, Raleigh would never edge away, would never shut her out like this. Not since he found out what she was.
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Why?
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Because it's family, we're family now, whether you like it or not, have been for a while and I can't-- I just can't agree with getting rid of it.
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Family. ] It's easy for you to say, Raleigh. You're not the one carrying the baby.
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That doesn't mean that I won't be involved. We're in this together.
look, ma, no brackets!
omg my baby i'm so proud
Maybe I can't ever be okay with that.
;w; /crawls towards
She exhales, reaches for him. ]
Raleigh --
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I need some time alone.
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She pulls back, hurt but defensive. ]
...All right. I'll see you later.