I can't help it. I just get incredibly jealous.

"Tell me," Jackson urges, feeling the shift in my emotions, tightening his arms

around me.

"I just want to do that," I say, laughing a little, shaking my head, feeling petulant. "It sounds so cool, and important, and... vivid. I want to do that work, Jacks. I want to help."

He nods, humming his understanding, letting me have the space to speak.

"I just...Jacks, I don't know if I'm going to be a very normal kind of mom," I say quietly, worried about it. "I don't think I can do it."

"What's a normal mom?" Jackson asks, genuinely curious.

"Like my mom," I say quietly. "Dedicated to raising the kids and keeping the family together. Letting the man in the house take charge."

"She does more than that."

"I know," I say on a sigh. "But...mom and dad fall into some really normal gender roles. It works for them. Family has always come first for mom - she loves it."

think

I say quietly, looking out the window at our vast and beautiful country. "But I love other things too. I think I'm more like my dad. I think I want

it. “If it helps, I don't think I'm going to be a normal dad either. Mostly because

laugh, turning to him, smiling up into his face. "You're going to do great, Jacks." "So are you,

pressing a kiss to

have any knowledge to back this up with, but I think that's

they don't?" I ask, a little smile

the fact that he has no idea what he's talking about. Or what

actually have the heart

burst out

precisely how much I'm loved. Which is a great deal. Marigold looks over at us at the noise

at it," Jackson whispers, kissing my temple. "I

I say on a sigh, resting against

no idea what we're doing. But the

is," Jackson says.

whisper,

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