The spoon tapping his cheek did not fail to make him grin. And managed to make him focus. Mostly. His brain was still lingering on puffskeins when -
I think I may be pregnant. Pregnant? Lorcan’s eyes snapped to her stomach, as if he’d been supposed to notice a difference. (Had he been supposed to notice a difference? Because, well, he hadn’t.) Pregnant, really? She had only said thought, so maybe she was wrong, but... there was a distinct possibility. And it was the natural way of things; it was going to have happened sooner or later. Should he really be this honestly surprised?
“Oh shit,” Lorcan said, dumbfounded nonetheless. He didn’t even know what he meant by that; the exclamation felt like it was hinging on horrified and thrilled at the very same time. “Oh shit,” he repeated with more feeling, finding his face creasing into laughter before he could do anything to stop himself. Knees buckling, he leant forwards and failed to suppress his laughter in the slightest, his shoulders shaking from the sheer ridiculousness of this. This was the biggest knee-slapping joke of the century, he could see it now. He didn't think anyone in the world would be able to hear the news and take it any more seriously than he. “I’m going to be a father? Ha!”
I think I may be pregnant. Pregnant? Lorcan’s eyes snapped to her stomach, as if he’d been supposed to notice a difference. (Had he been supposed to notice a difference? Because, well, he hadn’t.) Pregnant, really? She had only said thought, so maybe she was wrong, but... there was a distinct possibility. And it was the natural way of things; it was going to have happened sooner or later. Should he really be this honestly surprised?
“Oh shit,” Lorcan said, dumbfounded nonetheless. He didn’t even know what he meant by that; the exclamation felt like it was hinging on horrified and thrilled at the very same time. “Oh shit,” he repeated with more feeling, finding his face creasing into laughter before he could do anything to stop himself. Knees buckling, he leant forwards and failed to suppress his laughter in the slightest, his shoulders shaking from the sheer ridiculousness of this. This was the biggest knee-slapping joke of the century, he could see it now. He didn't think anyone in the world would be able to hear the news and take it any more seriously than he. “I’m going to be a father? Ha!”
