second chance // danomi → January 2nd, 2022 { future }
Daniel and Naomi didn’t really talk about having kids together, not because they didn’t want to have kids together, but because it was just something they just didn’t think to talk about since Haven; which was almost four years ago. If it was a possibility, he wouldn’t mind it at all. He’d love it actually, more than anything. But the thought of what happened the last time possibly happening again was something that he knew she feared most. He was even scared of that possibility.
He joined her on the edge of the bathtub and put his arm around her, “we’ll look at it together,” he assured her. “We’re in this together. We shouldn’t let what happened before scare us. Whatever happens, we’ll be okay. We shouldn’t think the worst thing possible. We should be happy, Naomi. I want you to be happy.”
She couldn’t help it, the feeling like there was a pit in her stomach was constantly there, ever since she realized she could be pregnant again. How could Naomi do this again? God, nine months of hell, it was supposed to be worth it. That’s what had gotten her through it before. It was going to be worth it when she saw her baby girl, that’s what she told herself. But that didn’t happen, and thinking about it all made her heart drop. And that’s all she had been thinking about lately.
Naomi felt the tears welling up in her eyes as she leaned into Daniel, burying her face in his neck. “I don’t know if I can do this,” she said. How could she? Naomi had done everything right before, but she still lost Haven. Just the thought that it could happen again...that was reason enough. And she didn’t know how it would feel, but part of her couldn’t help but feel guilty. Would they feel like a replacement for the daughter they lost too soon? She wished it wasn’t like this, she wished she could be happy. But she just felt scared. Naomi was crying at this point, her tears dampening his shirt. “I’m scared, Daniel.” She cried, this time voicing her thoughts out loud.














