Their Blessing

It was a long night spent up and about, doing whatever possible to make Kira comfortable while the time had come to bring her son into the world. They were in an inn in a lone town and Sharazon was by her side, holding her hand as she pushed.

There was a midwife down below, helping the dragoness along with the delivery and after five long hours of labor and pushing, they heard a loud cry.

Kira opened her eyes while she panted and looked longingly over toward the midwife as she cleaned her child before passing him to Sharazon. Her eyes lit up at the sight of her son and she reached out with one hand to touch him.

She allowed the child to grab one of her fingers with his tiny hand, her eyes sparkling with a happiness she'd never in her life experienced. She honestly didn't think she'd ever been so happy.

Sharazon smiled lovingly down at his son before doing the same to Kira and reaching down to stroke her clammy face. "You should rest now, Poppet."

Kira looked over toward Sharazon, her eyes still bright. "I know...but can't I hold him, Sharazon? Just for a moment?"

Sharazon couldn't help the warmth that spread over him as he passed the child down to her, making sure to give her support in case the babe was too heavy for her.

The dragoness cradled her son in her arms like the most precious treasure in the world. Her erubescent gaze glistened with tears of pure joy as she bent to kiss her child's forehead and nuzzle his small body. "Oh, Sharazon...he's so wonderful. I feel like I've finally done something amazing...something that makes up for everything I have done. He's such a blessing to me...the most precious treasure in my heart," she whispered, her voice slightly broken by the tears washing over her paled grey cheeks.

Sharazon reached down to touch the child's face before bending down to kiss Kira's lips. '"'m glad this has made you so happy, Poppet. I want nothing more than your happiness, but you really need to rest now. When you're stronger, you can spend as much time with him as you like. We'll think up a name for him tomorrow."

Kira's eyes lit up once more before she looked down at the now sleeping babe and kissed him once more. "Goodnight, my darling. Mommy's not too far away...Daddy's just going to take you over to your own bed. Sleep tight," she whispered to him before letting Sharazon take him from her so that she could rest.

Sharazon couldn't help the next warm smile that tugged at his lips as he took the child from the girl's arms and kissed her forehead before going to lay their babe down in the crib provided. He kissed his son's forehead as well before laying him down. He then made his way back to Kira and laid beside her to drift off to sleep.