We're all alone in our own universe || Lukstrid future fic
Lukas rolls over in bed, his arm falling onto the empty space beside him; a cold space which was usually filled by his girlfriend. Peeking up at the alarm clock on the bedside table it takes his half asleep brain a moment to work out it was early, 3am early. Yes it was normal for him to wake around 6am and Astrid would already be up, ready and in the kitchen attempting to make them some breakfast, but even he had to admit 3am was a little too drastic for her. Her missing presence beside him every morning is the only thing that actually managed to get him up and ready for work. Cathy expected her at the club every morning at 7am, Astrid always getting there at least 15 minutes early, but he wasn’t needed at the TV studio to go through his dance routines with the cast until 9. He had long ago taken to driving her to and from work everyday, just to spend that little bit of extra time with her before they parted for the day. Rubbing some of the sleep out of his eyes Lukas slowly rolls out of bed, deciding to find where his girlfriend had wandered off to.
Emerging into the kitchen of the small apartment they shared, he stares quizzically at Astrid when he notices her sat at the small dining table with a warm mug of coffee clutched in her hands and brochures of some kind spread out in front of her. “Baby, what are you doing up at this time?” without looking up Astrid reaches forward to turn the page she was looking at, picking up her pen and circling something in the middle “Couldn’t sleep” she mutters. Lukas wanders up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and resting his head on her shoulder, his eyes falling on the housing brochures Astrid was looking avidly at. Releasing her he moves around to sit down in the seat next to her, picking up one of the booklets and flicking through “What are these for? I thought we agreed that we don’t need two bedrooms, its just spending extra money for a room we are never going to use”. It was fair to say Lukas was very confused by this point. For the past few days Astrid had seemed off with him, distant even, and he couldn’t help but worry she was getting bored of him. But then he wakes at 3am and finds her looking for a bigger house for them, it just didn’t make sense.
Slowly Astrid puts down her pen, finally raising her head to look up at him “But what about if we are going to use the second bedroom?” she asks cautiously, her eyes locked on his, hands playing nervously with the hem of his t-shirt which she wore to bed. “Your brother is not moving in with us Astrid, I know that you love him but no-” “Mengyao!” she cuts him off, reaching over to gently grab onto his arm ”Its not for Edmund”. Taking a deep breath Astrid pulls the arm towards her, placing his hand on her stomach and pressing her hands over the top of that one. For a moment Lukas just sits there, confusion written all over his face as he stares back, but slowly the truth dawns on him and his eyes go wide “I’m-I’m going to be a dad?”. Astrid just nods in response, happy tears pooling in the corners of her eyes as Lukas jumps up from his seat and pulls her into his arms. “How long have you known?” he asks her suddenly, moving to hold her head between his hands. “A few days, I’ve been trying to find the right moment to tell you”.
Everything suddenly makes sense for him then, she hadn’t been distant from him like he feared her mind had been occupied by thoughts of the baby. Their baby, their family. It also explained why she was up at 3am simply being Astrid and working hard to make sure everything was perfect. “I have to ring my mother and tell her she’s going to be a grandma” he places a quick kiss on her nose before turning to walk to the bedroom to get his mobile. “Honey ts 3am, you can’t ring your mother and wake her at this time” Astrid says laughing lightly, a new glow seeming to surround her as she smiled at him. “But I’m going to be a dad, Astrid” he whines. Rolling her eyes she steps closer to him wrapping her arms around his torso “And you will still be a dad later in the morning. We’ll tell your parents then okay?”. Lukas places one hand on her stomach,”Fine you win” He moves so his lips are a mere breath away from hers before whispering “I love you”. Astrid places her hand on his cheek, gently stroking her thumb back and forth “I love you too Mengyao” she whispers back closes the gap between them.