All is Fair in Love and War (Alastor x Reader)

Chapter 60

"I'm pregnant..."

"Come again, darling?"

"I'm pregnant, Alastor. With your baby." You anxiously twiddled your thumbs and looked down at your lap, avoiding his gaze. "There's a test in the bathroom saying so if you don't believe it. And I have more tests if you don't believe the first one."

The room went quiet. You could hear your own heart pounding as it raced in your chest. On the verge of tears as you could practically imagine him being beyond discontent... You didn't know what to expect. You felt like the world suddenly stopped around you, waiting for him to respond. Anticipating the worst, but, hoping for the best.

Alastor merely hugged you close, and you instantly melted into his touch and clung to him. He held you for a moment, just rubbing your back and petting your hair. "When did you find out?" He asked gently.

"Maybe a minute before you knocked on the door..." you sniveled, biting back tears as you pulled away and looked at him. His expression was one of compassion and concern, but nowhere was there a trace of disdain. "The girls at the hotel said something about me being sick, and suggested I take a test..."

"Ah, so that's what you were up to this afternoon." He affirmed softly. You nodded, allowing him to reach up and wipe away your tears as he looked upon you.

"Are you mad...?" You asked.

"No!" He said, now cupping your cheek. You lifted a hand to hold onto his, leaning into his touch. "This is... Definitely unexpected. But I'm not upset, not in the slightest. Y/n, I love you so much..." He himself began to tear up, feeling a swirl of emotions much like you were. His ears drooped, flattening to his head as he looked down at your stomach. A quivering smile on his face as he hesitantly reached for you. You smiled back faintly, as you took his outstretched hand and placed it on your lower tummy.

"There's... Really a baby in there...?" he whispered, a soft laugh from astonishment escaped his lips.

You nodded, sniffling softly. "Just our luck, huh?" You giggled. "I'm so scared but I'm so excited too. Fuck, I'm gonna be a mom..."

"I'm going to be a dad." He chuckled. "Have you told Charlie yet?"

"The only people that know are us two." You said, shaking your head.

"Perhaps us and them are the only people that should know for now." He said affirmatively. "Excluding doctors of course, we will be making you an appointment to ensure you and the baby get the care you need. Other than that we need to keep this on the hush, satan forbid news gets out while you're still in the early stages. Word of a new hellborn offspring brought in by two high status sinners such as ourselves? That would spread like wildfire. I don't know about you, but I don't think we need that kind of extra attention right now."

You smirked at your lover, looking at him fondly and held his hand that was still resting on your stomach. "Look at you, being so compassionate and concerned."

"I know. Y/n, what have you done to me?" He chuckled.

"I get that though. It's hard enough with paparazzi being up our asses since the proposal." You admitted. "Adding an unborn baby to it would be like putting huge targets on our foreheads."

"We'll get through it. We always do." He hummed softly, pulling you in for another hug. You dissolved into his embrace, wrapping your arms around him as he did the same. "I'm still in shock, to be honest... It doesn't quite feel real." He said.

"I'm right there with you on that."

The room went quiet for a moment as you and Alastor sat together. His thoughts were almost as hectic as your own, trying to accept the fact that this was a new journey of your afterlives that you were about to start. Unexpected of course, he never would have guessed you two would conceive. Nevertheless, he was a little excited.