Disclaimer: I do not own Lie to Me or any of the characters in this story.
This is my first Lie to Me fic, and my first fic in a long time. Procrastinating from thesis-writing so I knocked this up quickly. Unbeta'd, sorry!
Cal was sitting on the couch reading quietly. He'd finished his report on a case at work earlier, but had to leave early to go to the Doctor with Gillian, so had left proof-reading it until now.
He looked up at smiled at her when she entered the room, turning his attention back to the report when she sat down next to him, her head on his shoulder and her legs tucked up underneath her. It was clear she didn't want to talk, she jus t felt like snuggling for a little while. After a few minutes, though, Cal put the report down and gave Gill his full attention.
"How are you feeling, love?" he asked her, his arm wrapping around her shoulders as he kissed the top of her head affectionately.
"Okay," she replied quietly, snuggling in closer and resting her hand on the top of Cal's thigh in the process.
"You sure about that?" Cal asked gently, his fingers moving to run through her hair.
"Mmhmm..." she replied, lifting her head long enough to kiss him on the shoulder. After some careful consideration she spoke again. "The hope and excitement sort of cancel out the fear and anxiety," she said.
"Fear?" Cal asked quizzically, his eyebrow quirking. He m006Fved his head to get a better look at her face.
Gill hesitated briefly, finally bringing her eyes to meet Cal's before she spoke. "Fear that it won't work," she said. "Or that it will and then we'll lose it. Or that it will tear us apart the way it did with Alec and I," she admitted, the vulnerability evident in her voice and body language as tears filled her eyes, threatening to spill over.
"Oi," Cal said softly, carefully pulling her onto his lap and pressing a kiss to the side of her eye. "Look at me," he said, waiting for her to comply before he continued. "Nothing could ever tear me away from you," he said. "I love you. We're in this together, no matter what happens. At the end of the day you'll have me. I know you want more, and we'll try, but I just want you to know I'm not going anywhere."
Gillian opened her mouth to argue and Cal silenced her with a kiss. "No," he said. "Stop over-thinking it. The doctor said the new medication is helping, and that part of the reason you were having trouble before was because of Alec. You just need to relax and let nature take its course, right?" He'd been going to joke about his 'little swimmers' having a proven track record, but didn't think that would help at the moment- then Gill would just blame herself more if things didn't work out, and she'd be reminded that Cal had with Zoe what she may never have with anyone.
Gillian nodded slowly, obviously still unsure even as Cal reached up to stroke her cheek lovingly.
"Just relax," he repeated soothingly, touching his lips to hers in a tender kiss.
They fell back into a comfortable silence then, each lost in their own thoughts. Gillian was the one who eventually broke it. "Cal?" she said softly, uncertainty still tinging her voice.
"Yes, love?" he replied, tucking her hair behind her ears.
"Let's make a baby," she said with a smile, her voice more confident than it had been before as she twisted slowly so she was straddling his lap, then kissed him sweetly on the lips.
Cal was the one who broke the kiss a second or two later. Smiling broadly at his wife and best friend, he stole another peck on the lips and repeated the four words he'd waited for over a year to hear her say. "Let's make a baby."
Author's Note: So, what do you think? This was going to be the end, but if I get some feedback I might continue with it.