The birth is not easy, but then she had never expected it to be-- and coming as it is two months early, it does not take as long as it might.
The child is small, but not as tiny as she had thought. When Vae places him on her breast, Jennifer looks down at her son for the first time-- and tears of unexpected love and sorrow both begin to fall.
"He's beautiful," she whispers, then closes her eyes.
Clearly and with unmistakeable formality, Jennifer Lowell says,
"His name is Darien. He has been named by his mother."
And then it is done, and she gives him over to Vae and lets her head fall back against the pillows, no longer looking at him.
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Date: 2006-11-05 04:30 am (UTC)The birth is not easy, but then she had never expected it to be-- and coming as it is two months early, it does not take as long as it might.
The child is small, but not as tiny as she had thought. When Vae places him on her breast, Jennifer looks down at her son for the first time-- and tears of unexpected love and sorrow both begin to fall.
"He's beautiful," she whispers, then closes her eyes.
Clearly and with unmistakeable formality, Jennifer Lowell says,
"His name is Darien. He has been named by his mother."
And then it is done, and she gives him over to Vae and lets her head fall back against the pillows, no longer looking at him.