She felt his hand trembling under hers but she didn’t let him go and she didn’t take her eyes off of his face. She could still see the fear, the worry in his eyes and she knew that would take some time to get past for both of them, if they ever did. Then, suddenly, he smiled and for the first time since this had started she felt like maybe, just maybe, they would really be okay.

Breathing out a sigh of relief Natasha smiled too and gave his hand a squeeze before letting off so he could touch her as he wanted. Wrapping her arms around him again she cradled him against her and rested her head on his shoulder, one hand still softly caressing his neck.

His words were muffled against her skin but she still heard them clear enough, the exclamation of the reality they were facing. This wasn’t a dream, this was really happening. “We’re having a baby,” she repeated, but the words didn’t sound any less strange from her own lips.