Day in Fandom History: June 13…

Late! Chapter 1 A Discovery

A/NThis idea has been playing in my head for awhile. What if Claire found herself pregnant right before Bree and Roger came through? I have not read all the OL fanfic I would like so if anyone has done a similar story, I am unaware of it. Be assured I am unaware of it.

She thought about it. Seriously thought about it. Why didn’t she? Because the idea was so remote. It grew more remote with her age. Now. Well now. Now it seemed the most absurd of jokes.

It hadn't entered her mind at first. The joy of finding him alive. The insanity of the whole Leery situation. Young Ian and all the craziness of his abduction. The shipwreck. Well, she has had good reason not to pay attention to more then the basic of care for herself.

But now. Now with the situation of daily living settled, she has time to confront what has been in the back of her mind for over a month now. She stands in their bedroom in the Great House, naked in front of a full mirror. She runs her hands over her breast, testing their heft. She then runs them down to her pubic. The small swelling is hardly noticeable. Hardly.

“And I am a bloody surgeon!”

“Aye. And quite a fetching one. What are you doing Sassanech? Waiting for me.”

“Yes. Yes I am.” She turns to face him. “Look at me Jamie. Can you see?”

“You are beautiful. Have a bit of weight on ye. Nice. Like a fattened hen.”

“Fat!” she has a note of hysteria in her voice. “I am not fat. Christ Jamie, I am fifty. Fifty! You know that.”

“Aye.” He gives her a side eye. He was missing something obvious. “Aye. I ken that.”

“Fifty. The risks are immense.”

“What risk? Claire I am not following.” She walks up to him and takes his hand, placing it on her lower abdomen.

“Feel that? “ He does. He feels what he felt right before he sent her away that fateful day. The only way he had to touch his daughter.

“O Dhai!”