The Morning of May 15th
CW: Grief & loss depiction, Pregnancy, childbirth, On the day of Elizabeth’s birth, Blair was in good spirits. Rory helped her pick up a few more things for her cottage, decorated the nursery, and they had a nice picnic. They went back to her cottage and fell asleep in each other’s arms, as they did every night since his return many months ago. Suddenly in the middle of the night, Blair was woken up by a sharp pain in her stomach. What was this? The midwife said she wasn’t due for another few weeks. She started taking deep breathes as she clutched her belly with one hand, and shook Rory with the other. “ The baby..” she groaned. “It’s coming, now!” Rory snapped awake and immediately got to work. He settled Blair in a birthing position, gathered buckets and towels, and held Blair’s hand when she needed him to. Her water broke onto the wooden floor as she began to push. Rory sat in front, trying his best ...