This is for midwesternstateofemergency on tumblr. She's become a close friend of mine and I love her a lot. She also lets me fangirl about riker bc she's the same way it's great :)
It was a typical night at your apartment you shared with Riker. You guys would cuddle and talk about the day's events and plans for the future. You were laying in his arms feeling comfortable as could be. He was talking about something random, and then he dropped a bomb.
"How many kids do you think we'll have?" He asked seriously.
You've been dating for over a year, and it's pretty serious, but marriage and all of that was out of the question for now, due to your social work and him being a famous rock star.
"Kids?" You asked unsure.
"Yeah, I'm just thinking. I don't want as many as mom and dad had you know but 3 sounds good." He smiles.
You loved seeing him happy, but you were anything but. You didn't want kids, and he didn't know that, and you were hoping that this topic wasn't going to come up for a while. You were trying not to make your feelings known, but it was too late.
"Baby? Are you okay?" He was concerned.
"Riker, there's something I have to tell you." You looked down. "I...I don't want kids. I love babysitting my cousins, and your cousins are cute, but having kids just isn't for me. I'm really sorry, I'm letting you down." You sighed as his grip on you got tighter.
"Baby, you would never let me down. Kids aren't for everyone and it's okay." He said.
"Are you sure?" You asked, unsure of how he's perfectly fine with it.
"I love you and I want you happy. If you don't want kids, we won't have kids." Riker kissed the top of your forehead. You fell into a peaceful sleep, unlike him who kept thinking about the topic.
The next day he called Rydel and wanted to meet her for lunch. He's usually the one giving out the advice, but now he needed a girl's word, and he trusted her.
"What's up?" She asked as they finished ordering their food.
"Andi doesn't want kids. I support her decision of course, but it kinda bums me out, I wanted to have R5 squared." He lightly laughs.
"A lot of people don't want kids. Yeah we come from a big family, and everyone we know wants kids, but it's something that happens. She could change her mind as well, but if she doesn't, don't worry about it. Get a dog or cat and that can be Mom's Grand animal." She smiled.
The conversation over lunch made Riker feel much better and all he wanted to do was make her happy.
That night he walked into the apartment holding a box. Grinning, he set the box down on the floor and opened.
"Hey baby? Someone let a cat in here." He said as she ran out into the living area and saw a black cat sitting on the floor.
"You didn't!" You gasped as you picked up the fuzzy cat.
"All I want is you happy, and we can give Mom grandcats." Riker petted the cat and kissed you on the cheek.
"Let's call her shadow." You said and you both smiled.
Sometimes the perfect family has cats.
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