You and Tim had been trying for a baby for months with no luck. Free time was spent trying, off-duty was spent trying. almost every waking second. Was that due to the insane baby fever you were getting from seeing Angela’s baby? Maybe but you’d never tell Tim that. Finally, the week of your period comes and nothing happens. No bleeding, no menstrual cramps, nothing. Which was weird because your period came like clockwork so you went the the drug store down the street from the station and bought a pregnancy test. You couldn’t wait any longer, you were still in uniform when you went into the bathroom and took the test.

If you thought waiting for DNA results or ballistics took a long time, taking a pregnancy test felt infinitely longer. You paced around the small bathroom while the test sat on the sink counter, it felt like time had stopped. Until it didn’t, you looked at the test and it had the two little lines. Your first thought wasn’t to call Tim, no, you wanted to try and make this special. So you called Angela to tell her the good news and to keep Tim distracted for a little bit while you bought a small gift bag, some baby socks, and tissue paper. you wrapped it up all neatly and headed back to the station. you found Tim rather easily, he was talking to his “boot”. You walked right up to him and handed him the bag.

His brow furrowed with curiosity as he took the bag, pulling out the baby socks. Confusion danced in his eyes before realization took root. The smile blossomed on his face, a mixture of surprise and disbelief. “Wait, are you saying…?”