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Characters: Hel and Baldr
Date/Time: Backdated to the Soltice
Location: Their shared room at Sif and Tyr's over the holiday
Rating: TBD
Warnings: TBD
Summary: Solstice happens, and Hel has strange news.



After managing to get the wings to vanish at last, she goes to see Sean. She'd learned something very.... life altering from Quetzalcoatle, and she had to let him know right away. She was almost shaky with nerves, but she calmed herself as much as she could. She didn't want to pressure him in any way.

"Cher? Are you doing all right?"

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He rubbed the towel over his hair, somehow having managed a shower without drowning himself. Sean nods at Hel's question and chuckles, raising an eyebrow in thought. "As well as I can be. Better question is are you all right?"

The towel was flipped over his shoulder, and he studied his älskad carefully. Something was up. "You seem nervous. What did I do?"

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She shook her head. "You did nothing." She bit at her lower lip in thought and then moved to sit on the side of the bed. "Come sit with me. I need to tell you something."

Still really cute. lol

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"Okay then," he said, doing as she'd asked of him. As he sits, he reaches up to brush an unruly lock of dark hair away from her eyes. There were few things he could do without. Those eyes were not one of those things. "What's up?"

She is super cutie death.

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"I ah, had a manifestation while you were on the phone. Green wings." She might have broken something when they just sort of...exploded into existence on her back.

"I messaged Quetzalcoatle and ask for his help. But he told me about what else I might expect from having his powers." See having someone else's abilities didn't overly bother her. It would pass. It was what could possibly happen with them that gave her pause. Not necessarily in a bad way, but still, it could potentially be life altering.

"He is a fertility god, Sean. He told me that prior to taking the vows, he had sired children on a great many women. He said that...it was near certainty."

She didn't bow her head, or drop her eyes. She just kept her pale gaze on him, calm, patient, waiting for whatever he might take from that. But there was a distinct glow of hope, somewhere hidden in the depths of her eyes.

I still love how she's the only one who calls him 'Sean'. So does he.

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At the mention of 'green wings', Sean's eyebrows had something of an aerobic moment: Lift straight up in surprise... and furrow in some confusion. Hel didn't mention just how Quetzalcoatl had helped her make them go away. Not that it mattered.

What mattered was what came next.

The words 'fertility god' and 'near certainty' somehow seeped in through the information she was telling him. The expression in her eyes told him everything, and how well he understood. They had both come to terms with the fact that as long as they were together, children were not an option. This, however...

Sean somehow managed to find his brain again, and his heart felt like it leapt to the heavens. He lifted his hands and cupped Hel's face as his gaze fell into hers and his tongue attempted to find words. "Are you sure?" Those weren't great words, Sean. Try again. "I mean..." He kissed her forehead, then her nose. "There are few things I'd like more."