***Epilogue**

Life after the mountain was not easy. There was a lot of scars, especially among what remained of the 100. They had loved and lost and sacrificed more than any of the others, and as such it bonded them together. They would spend the rest of their lives thinking of those that came to earth with them in that dropship as family. Clarke and Bellamy, the ever present leadership duo, wouldn't let them down. Even without a spot on the council, Clarke was able to save them all, time and again. Either dealing with Lexa and her mood swings or saving lives in medical, she was a hero to those kids.

Bellamy Blake, the man that would lay down his life for any of them, saw her as a hero, yes, but he also saw the girl behind the hero, and she couldn't help but love him more for it. He felt the same for her. She saw the man under the soldier, and loved him all the same, regardless of what sins he may have committed.

The two of them learned that as long as they had each other they were stronger for it. A few years after the mountain, the original drop, and all the drama, early on a quiet summer day Clarke Griffin looked up at Bellamy Blake and took a deep breath. "Bell there is something I need to tell you." Brown eyes met blue, and he read the seriousness there so he remained quiet but motioned that he was listening. She turned in the circle of his arms, to face him straight on. They had been watching the sun rise, a daily habit, and a way to get some quiet time alone. She moved on of the hands cradling her body to him and put it gently on her stomach. "My mom confirmed it last night. Bell, I'm pregnant."

She had no idea what his reaction would be, they had never talked about kids, but she hoped he was happy, because she was quickly falling in love with the idea of being a mother to his child. His jaw dropped slightly, before he shot to a standing position, bringing her with him. His warm hand was still on her stomach and he was staring at it in shock. "Bell?"

That seemed to snap him out of it, and then he was spinning her around, laughing that bright laugh she loved so dearly. "God Clarke really? This is for real?" She smiled at the man she loved with her whole heart, "Yes Bellamy Blake, in about eight months you will be a father." His beaming smile didn't dim, he simply pulled me to him for a long, lingering kiss. "I love our life." It was a quiet admission in her ear, that made her smile grow. "Me to Bell."

The pair sat in silence for a few moments, and then he voiced his thoughts. "I hope it's a girl. With your bright eyes and hair." Clarke smiled, "I think it's going to be a boy. A boy with your dark curls, and brilliant smile." They both fell silent again lost in thought. "As long as they are healthy I don't care." The final admission from the woman he loved made Bellamy smile.

"We deserve this Clarke. This is how we thrive." She nodded, tucking herself against his side in the early morning summer sunshine, quiet and content. Her life was not what she thought it was, but in that moment, there was little Clarke Griffin would change about it, if it still led her here; to the man with the heart that burned for their people and that stoked her own dormant flame into life. Their life would never be easy, this was the ground, but they had proven they could survive. Now, it was time to thrive.

***Eight months and four days later***

Augustus Jacob Blake was born right before the first thaw. He was a beautiful mix of mother and father. He was born with a head full of dark, inky curls to match his father. His eyes were the brilliant blue of his mother's that Bellamy loved so much. The little boy was not the first child born to earth, or to their strange family, but he was loved fiercely.

He never had to look for far before an aunt or uncle appeared to play or sooth a hurt. To no one's surprise the child was stubborn and strong. His parents beamed, he would be strong enough to survive whatever earth threw at him, and he was such a blend of the best parts of Bellamy and Clarke that made him so loved in their corner of the world.

His favorite person, to her great surprise, was one Raven Reyes. He hero worshipped his aunty Ray, and he was her most loyal support, aside from her own husband and their friends. Augustus Blake truly believed there was nothing that Raven couldn't do and she adored the little boy for restoring the confidence in herself she had been losing due to her injuries and the choices she had made. Raven could be heard demanding Gus time more often than any other delinquent and Clarke was more than happy to give her son over to the mechanic, knowing she would teach him and protect him almost as fiercely as his immediate family did.

While Octavia and Lincoln lived in Polis, they still visited Arkadia quiet often, and Octavia was in love with the little boy that would remind her of quiet days in her old home in space, when the mother was gone and the big brother entertained the little sister, adhering to almost every whim. The little boy healed any remaining animosity between the siblings from space, and brought joy to everyone in Arkadia.

Bellamy and Clarke knew that their little boy was proof of what hope and strength could produce. Their little family would grow; it would thrive. And at its center was a Blake boy with the Griffin woman he couldn't survive without. The fire in their eyes now burned for not just their people, but for each other, and for the little boy that was teaching their people to thrive as well as survive, better than any speech ever could.