Let's be clear again, I own absolutely nothing from Sleepy Hollow, I admit it, please don't sue me! I wrote this because I have never seen stories with Ichabod and Katrina having children, so I whipped this up.

"Well, Katrina, I wish you the best for your new life in New York City! Make sure that man takes care of you, or else I'll have to come down there and shake him up myself!"

Katrina just smiled at her aunt with that ever-present twinkle in her eyes. She was still in the blissful wake from her wedding to Ichabod earlier that day. "You need not worry Caroline, I fully trust my husband. I suggest you do the same."

"I do, my dear. He saved our whole town from a murderous horseman for god sakes, how could I not trust him?" She laughed at her own remark. "You two will have many brave children together. At least if he does not mind waiting a while for them to come."

"Yes………" Katrina replied half-heartedly.

"You have told him about the condition of the females in our family, haven't you?"

Katrina could not meet her eyes. "Why is it of much importance?"

Her Aunt Caroline gasped at that. "Katrina, what are you saying? He has a right to know! I mean, it took your grandmother five years to conceive your mother and then another three years to conceive me! It then took me five years to conceive your cousin Adam and your mother four years to conceive you! To top it all off, neither of us were ever able to conceive again!"

"I know, I know! But…………what if Ichabod thinks less of me for it?"

"If he truly loves you, he will be able to understand. Trust me, Katrina; you need to tell your husband about this."

"Tell her husband about what?" Ichabod's voice startled the two women nearly out of their skin. He simply stood there, confused about what he had just heard.

Caroline just smiled. "I think I should leave that for Katrina to explain. Good night Constable, I wish the two of you well!" He lightly touched Katrina's shoulder and ignored the look of pure hatred on her face. She left the two alone in the parlor of the Van Tassle mansion to sort out the whole thing. Ichabod gave a slight departing nod to Caroline, then walked over to sit by Katrina still with the confused look on his face. "What was that all about?"

Katrina did not have the heart to tell him, at least not at the moment. "It's……something of a slight embarrassment to our family…………"

Seeing how scared Katrina looked, Ichabod pulled her over to him and cradled her in his arms. "Can you not even tell me?"

Katrina's eyes started to form tears. "It's…..it's the females of the Van Tassle family. In our history, we have had troubles conceiving children……….sometimes it even takes years to conceive only one child…………."

Katrina could feel the hot tears burning down her cheeks. She removed herself from Ichabod's embrace, feeling so ashamed of herself.

"I'm sorry, Ichabod. I should have told you, but……….I just……….I thought you would think of me as less of a woman because of this...I should have told you..." then, the words hitched in her throat as Ichabod came from behind her and drew her into a warm embrace. Her eyes widened as she looked up at him and she became even more surprised as she saw the warm smile on his face.

"Katrina, did you really think something as small as that would make me think less of you?"

Katrina could hardly speak. "I….what……but Ichabod, don't you realize what I am? I have a cursed womb, I'm infertile, I'm…….."

"Shhhh." Ichabod softly soothed as he stroked her hair. "As long as we love each other, why should how long it takes us to have children matter? When the right time comes, you will be a wonderful mother and I will do the best as I can to be a good father."

Katrina was still crying, but now they were tears of joy. She couldn't believe her luck, falling in love with such an understanding man. She smiled up at him and squeezed him tighter, unable to find the right words to express her joy. Ichabod understood as he raised her head to press his lips against hers.

"Besides, the absense of a child will let us be passionate newlyweds for just a little longer." Ichabod said in a clear joking tone but Katrina, who had bottled up feelings of lust toward Ichabod for a long time and who was pulled in even further by what he just said, suddenly tightened her grip on his coat and practically threw him on the couch, not joking whatsoever. Ichabod looked almost frightened but there was a certian look of anticipation in his eyes.

"Katrina, should we really be doing this here?"

"Does it matter?" she replied.

Katrina smiled at that memory. She looked out a window in her home in New York with a hand over her stomach. She had just confirmed it with a doctor that day. After three long years, she was finally with child. She could hardly wait for Ichabod and his young ward Young Masbeth (who now preferred to be called by his first name, Peter) to return home.

Just then, she heard the door open. The two men she adored most in her life came walking through the door and she went to greet them with a smile on her face.

"Oh! Hello my dear!" Ichabod said before drawing her into his chest by her hips. "Did you see the doctor about the stomach virus you seem to have?"

"Yes….it seems that it wasn't a stomach virus after all. It's something more serious…….much more serious."

At that Ichabod and Peter both looked at Katrina worriedly. "Katrina, are you saying you are seriously ill?"

Katrina felt tears form in her eyes. "Not unless you call a pregnancy a serious illness!"

Ichabod's mouth fell open in shock and Peter looked up at her with a huge smile on his face. "Miss Katrina, congratulations! I know you've wanted to have a child for so long! Master, you're going to be a father!"

Just then they heard a loud thump and looked over at Ichabod who was now on the floor in a dead faint.

Katrina simply smiled. "I had a feeling he would do that."

There's more chapters to come, be sure to check back!