Not That Simple
Ever since Halloween, Will had started noticing Devin’s pull toward kids and the idea of having a family. At first she was subtle about dropping hints, possibly hoping that Will would be the one to bring it up, but as time went on, she seemed to have dropped all pretenses of subtlety. She was still trying to get Will to say it, but it was clear that she wanted to have kids, and her own mortality was making her want to speed up the process.
Even though it was clear to Will that Devin wanted to at least start the conversation, he had being doing everything in his power to redirect her, or act oblivious to her wants. You see, even though Will had agreed to an all or nothing relationship with Devin in the beginning, the more he thought about having kids and then losing her, the more he thought it was a bad idea. The problem was, Will had no idea how to explain that to Devin.
So in the morning, when Devin tried to bring up the conversation yet again, Will made up a hurried excuse to get out of the house quickly, and went to work without eating breakfast. He stopped at a cafe on the way to the hospital and bought himself a breakfast sandwich, then made his way to work.
Work was slow for the most part. Kendra and Will had plenty of time sitting in the parked ambulance, talking through Will’s problem and what on earth to do about it. Kendra told Will that he should just be honest with Devin, but Will was scared that she would want to end things if he told her no kids. When they finally did get a call, it wasn’t a huge emergency. A young boy had fallen out of a tree and broken his arm, the whole drive there, Will had to listen to the mother of the boy apologizing for not watching him while he was outside. She was a single parent, and was busy doing housework while the boy was out playing. Everything about the idea just reinforced Will’s worries about raising a kid alone.
When they dropped off the boy, Kendra went in to sit with the mother and help comfort her, while Will went to the break room for a snack. When he walked into the room where he first met Devin, he was surprised to find her there yet again. The first thought it had was on a panic. His eyes darted to Devin’s wrist. Even though she was wearing normal clothes, he couldn’t be sure that she hadn’t simply snuck out of her hospital room. She had been known to do that after all. “What are you doing here? Are you okay?” He asked, knowing that Cody would kill him if something happened to Devin and he wasn’t there to take care of her while Cody was away. @arexyouxafraidxofxthexdark