Ocean's Breath Plateau …a little bitty dream

"Oh?" he replied, a toothy grin adorning his ebony maw. Sumac relaxed himself down to an easy posture, sitting directly across from his love to gaze into her sky-hued eyes. He waited patiently for her to continue, as the future was a tricky, often loaded, topic.

I might be pregnant.

'Mac's heart skipped a beat before resuming its drumming at a hasty pace. He felt a wave of dizziness slam into him, temporarily disorienting his senses. Of course he'd considered the possibility... on a subtle level. Somehow, bringing it into the daylight, into his full consciousness, made it much more real. A cyclone of emotions added to his vertigo: elation, excitement, anticipation, anxiety, panic, terror... he felt each enter his mind and pass away just as quickly as they'd come, only to return within the turbulence.

"You... D'you think so?" he asked in hushed tones after he caught his breath, his golden eyes wide, "Is there a way we can tell - for sure?"

Raja finally caught up with Big Cat, and immediately began headbutting his haunch. 'Mac ignored her, paralyzed in the intensity of the moment.