That quiet chuckle felt more like a gift than anything else, after that, some miniscule sign that not all was lost. “You know you warned me you were a mess a long time ago,” Elias reminded her, with a fond grin, if a tentative one. She had said as much before they were married – he could picture it, back at her flat... and even before then, before they had been together, when she had showed him the rooftop garden. “It didn’t scare me then.”
So it wasn’t fair of him to be wary now, was it? He ought to be more used to it than less. And she was emotional; he had been prepared for that. Or – he thought he had been prepared for that. But this was a change, a big change, and any change came with necessary adjustments. Things would go wrong, and they wouldn’t always be sure, but – there would always be another way around, another solution, as long as one didn’t throw in the towel too soon. Better, Elias told himself, that Daff was honest. If she was honest, at least he knew; at least he could try to be there for her, to make things easier on her as they went, to counter her worries where he could.
He couldn’t say he felt as confident as he had a few minutes ago, but this was – the reality of it. Daff’s assertion that she did want this might have felt hollow, but for that last addition: surely she wouldn’t have added that if she didn’t really mean it? So he felt some tension ease out of his shoulders, and the smile inch a little wider again. “We’ll see,” he said easily, not about to rush into looking that far ahead now – at the moment he would rather just get through the rest of the day intact – but Elias did want to cheer her up a little, at least. “But I hope so. Because if there’s one thing I know, it’s that you’re going to be a great mother. I promise.” She was too full of love and light and affection and generosity not to be, however scared she was.
So it wasn’t fair of him to be wary now, was it? He ought to be more used to it than less. And she was emotional; he had been prepared for that. Or – he thought he had been prepared for that. But this was a change, a big change, and any change came with necessary adjustments. Things would go wrong, and they wouldn’t always be sure, but – there would always be another way around, another solution, as long as one didn’t throw in the towel too soon. Better, Elias told himself, that Daff was honest. If she was honest, at least he knew; at least he could try to be there for her, to make things easier on her as they went, to counter her worries where he could.
He couldn’t say he felt as confident as he had a few minutes ago, but this was – the reality of it. Daff’s assertion that she did want this might have felt hollow, but for that last addition: surely she wouldn’t have added that if she didn’t really mean it? So he felt some tension ease out of his shoulders, and the smile inch a little wider again. “We’ll see,” he said easily, not about to rush into looking that far ahead now – at the moment he would rather just get through the rest of the day intact – but Elias did want to cheer her up a little, at least. “But I hope so. Because if there’s one thing I know, it’s that you’re going to be a great mother. I promise.” She was too full of love and light and affection and generosity not to be, however scared she was.
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