He half-smiled at her remarks. Under normal circumstances it might have been a full smile, because this was something like their old banter, but at present any reference to his legacy couldn't help but draw his attention back to the pregnancy. A child he had never wanted but had been too careless to take precautions to prevent. His legacy, indeed.
Angelica hadn't meant her remark to be bittersweet, though, so he tried to ignore the connotation and respond to her comments as the lighthearted banter they had been intended to be. Since their conversation in September, they'd barely had any interactions at all that felt like the real them — the passionate affair of the spring and summer that had so captivated him. This one wasn't quite there yet, but it was the closest they'd come in a while, so he could just let them have it.
"I hope you're not intending anything," he remarked dryly. "As I don't intend to die in the near future."
Angelica hadn't meant her remark to be bittersweet, though, so he tried to ignore the connotation and respond to her comments as the lighthearted banter they had been intended to be. Since their conversation in September, they'd barely had any interactions at all that felt like the real them — the passionate affair of the spring and summer that had so captivated him. This one wasn't quite there yet, but it was the closest they'd come in a while, so he could just let them have it.
"I hope you're not intending anything," he remarked dryly. "As I don't intend to die in the near future."
Lou made this! <3