Don't Poke the Luna (Xena and Ryder)

"Ready to take off?" Ryder asked as he sat down. His breathing was slightly rapid.

"Yeah, did you get all the luggage?" I asked. He'd refused to let me help

so I came to sit on the plane.

I noticed his slightly flushed cheeks and rapid breathing. He must have rushed

while moving the luggage, always refusing to let me do any heavy lifting.

"Yes, we can take off," Ryder said, looking back at the pilot and nodding. A flight

attendant closed the door and walked to his seat. My gaze fell on the window,

watching everything rush past until we were soaring through the sky.

"Would you like anything to drink, Luna?" the flight attendant asked after the plane

was flying smoothly above the clouds.

"No, thank you," I gave him a smile, then turned back to look out the window.

"Alpha? Would you like whiskey or water?"

"I'm fine, thank you," Ryder replied. I'd joked about it before, but since we

discovered the pregnancy, Ryder hadn't touched a drop of alcohol. "How are you

feeling?"

was my only pregnancy symptom. Though I

it a symptom. We'd been so

me to bed

both touched me and made

in his eyes, I couldn't

me even

new housing development projects for the new

were requesting to join different clubs, and more

house. This was what

had to create

were happy

members even showed our staff some new recipes they wanted to

had already moved the crib and everything else over.

I'd gotten it from my

questioned it.

moved next to me, letting me rest my head on his

my eyes, I listened to the sound of

safe, allowing my tense nerves to

a thorn deeply

Ryder gently shook

eve

half-asleep state,

my eyes, it was really

able to look down and see the ocean below. The plane was just beginning

still see the

became tense. Not because

in the storage unit. Ryder helped me