pitter patter imminent

[catinasock]

the pregnancy reveal meme


Somebody's just gotten some big news. Life-changingly big news, and it's time to tell their partner. Or their friend. Or their dog, I don't know your life, I'm not here to judge.

directions
1. Leave a top-level for your character, including info or preferences if you have them.
2. Reply to others.
3. Don't be a dick.
4. Thread stuff.
5. The prompts below are not mandatory; they're there if you need some ideas or want to RNG it.

prompts
1. sharing the good news You've been trying for this—or at least you're not opposed.
2. breaking the bad news Maybe it's a bad time or place, you don't get along with the other person, or you just don't like kids. Whatever the reason, it's far from a joyful time for you.
3. "but i can't be pregnant!" You took precautions against this, but life, uh, found a way.
4. "no, I literally can't be pregnant." This is impossible, because you're a man/you're different species/your species reproduces by budding/whatever. It's happening anyway.
5. hidden You've been trying to keep your... condition concealed for whatever reason, but the truth has a way of getting out there anyway.
6. public announcement Kind of the opposite of the above. This news is too big to share only with the other parent—you feel like telling the world.
7. while you were gone You didn't get the chance to tell the other person before being separated for a while. Now they're coming back to a big surprise.
8. it's not yours Well, this is awkward.
9. charade Nobody's actually pregnant, but for some reason, it's important that you pretend to be. Think Katniss in Catching Fire.
10. someone to remember him by The father (or mother, if that's how it works in this world) is gone, but they left something behind.
11. wildcard. Mix prompts or make up your own.

Comments

Luv | Blade runner 2049

[best_angel]

[Life's truly ironic, isn't it?....she falls right into the n.4 prompt.]

Red 🎤 Transistor

[silentcrash]

[OTA for platonic stuff & being there for other people's news. Would kind of prefer canonmates or previous CR for the father if Red's the one who's pregnant, though.]

Ashley Williams 🌌 Mass Effect

[brbvirmire]

[Open to platonic (need a snarky but supportive person to talk to?) or shippy options. I'm a little rusty with her, bear with me.]

Celebrian | Tolkien

[queenofsilver]

drang / granblue fantasy

[triche]

betty cooper - riverdale

[perfectible]

Foggy Nelson | AU Daredevil | ota

[bestavocado]

[pregnant person or supportive friend!]

Barry Allen | 63!Flash

[fastestalive]

11 i guess?

[duelo]

[ Maybe it's because she's been sneaking over less and less lately, but when Derek opens the door and sees Betty on the other side of it for the first time in entirely too long for his taste, she smells different. At least, he thinks she does. It's subtle and it could be something as simple as her having changed her body wash or perfume in her absence, so Derek pays it little attention. Especially when, as he gestures her inside, he notices that she smells anxious, too. ]

Hey, I've missed you...it's been a while. You okay...? Is everything, you know, at home...okay?

[ He might or might not keep lazy surveillance on the Cooper house these days, but he can't hear what's going on inside and seeing what's going on outside isn't always very helpful. ]

[perfectible]

[ Betty can't be all that shocked that he's curious why she's been distant lately. Although when he seemingly bombards her with questions, she feels her anxiety spike even further. They are all fair questions, they are proof that he cares but at the same time, her whole life is sort of spiraling out of control lately.

She slips inside the back door, moving past him to stand closer to the kitchen table.] I'm sorry. Things have been kind of insane lately. [ Her teeth drag over her bottom lip and she looks at him, her hands tucked in the sleeves of her sweater as she tends to do when she's nervous.]

I need to talk to you.

[duelo]

[ Her anxiousness spikes and he can hear it in her heartbeat now, too, worrying him a little more than he's willing to admit aloud. Once she's inside, Derek shuts the door and locks it behind her like he always does. Then, he turns to face her and doesn't bother to hide his concern. He cares about her a lot more than he has any right to. ]

What's going on? Here, sit down.

[ He moves closer to her and pulls one of the kitchen chairs out for her to sink into before pulling out another for himself. ]

Talk to me.

[perfectible]

[ She isn't really sure how to begin. Or how to say it without just... diving head first. So as she sits, tucking her hair a little more behind her ears before she wraps her arms around herself. She barely glances at him before she speaks.]

I think I'm pregnant.

[duelo]

[ That's...not what he'd been expecting Betty to say. Derek slowly drops into his chair, jaw slightly slack as he loks back at her. She's hardly looking back.

Here's the thing: the pregnancy isn't the scary part for Derek. If he's honest, that part is actually a little exciting, but he's smart enough not to tell Betty that. The parts that are scary for Derek is that Betty is a minor he shouldn't even be seeing in the first place...and she has no idea that if she is pregnant, the likelihood that she'll be carrying a werewolf is pretty high. It's at least a fifty-fifty shot and she doesn't probably even know werewolves are real to begin with.

...so this is a lot to unpack and it shows on his expression as he takes in a deep breath and lets it out slowly. ]

What makes you think so? How late are you...?

[ He doesn't ask if she's taken a test, because if she had, she probably wouldn't think at all; she'd know.

Derek already thinks he might. He's hoping like hell that the change in her scent isn't hormonal, but the sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach tells him that it's a very real possibility. ]

[perfectible]

Three weeks. [ She looks at him now because this is humiliating and what she's about to say is going to make it even worse. It's only going to point out just how wrong their situation is, how wrong what they've been doing is.]

I can't go to the store to get a test because... everyone knows me. And I don't have my own car so I can't really go out of town to get one.[ She uses her mother's car to get around places.

She smooths her hands over legs before she looks at him, tilting her chin upward.] I was hoping you'd get me one.

[duelo]

[ Three weeks is a long time to be late and not be pregnant, isn't it? Derek doesn't know for sure, or anything, but he has a feeling that three weeks is not working in their favor, whether because she's pregnant or because something else is horribly wrong. ]

I can, yeah, I will, absolutely. I was just about to offer to, anyway.

[ His stomach tightens in knots and he scrubs both hands over his face. ]

I can go right now if you want, you can just...stay here. I won't be long. It's up to you.

[ Maybe she's not ready for it right now, especially because it's seeming more to Derek with every passing minute that she's not going to receive what she perceives to be good news when she does take the thing... ]

Brigid Finn | OC | M/F

[bostonhowler]

[perfectible]

I'm sorry. [ She feels the instinct to say it and so she does. She looks away.] I was careful. We were careful. [ Her mother had her on birth control since her sister got pregnant, so this was a bit of a shock for Betty.]

If you would go get one now, please. I don't want to wait any longer.

[duelo]

Don't apologize, Betty, it's okay. Hey...hey, we'll figure this out.

[ He reaches over the table and takes one of her hands in his, looking into her eyes. One way or the other, they'll figure it out.

Derek lets her hand go and he nods, pushing himself to his feet. ]

Yeah, all right, I'll be right back. Just go...I don't know, make yourself comfortable as you can. Try to relax. I know that's a tall order right now, but try.

[ Once he's sure she isn't going to just sit in the kitchen the whole time, digging her fingernails into her palms and drawing blood — a habit she has that she doesn't know Derek knows about; a habit he only knows about because he can smell the blood when she does it. — then he heads out to the garage and then to the nearest convenience store.

People in Riverdale don't look twice at Derek. No one would think anything of him buying a pregnancy test, but just to make it a little less suspicious, he decides to make it look more like it's a pleasant thing. He buys a few boxes of them, some flowers, a small plush teddy bear holding a heart, and a card, approaching the counter with a dopey smile that takes a lot of effort to keep in place. The girl behind the counter smiles at him as she rings him up, and he assumes she buys the idea that he's trying to pass off that this is a planned sort of thing.

Within twenty minutes, Derek's pulled back into the garage and his stomach is tied in knots. He leaves the flowers, teddy bear, and card in the backseat of the car, figuring he'll throw them away later. They served their purpose but he doubts Betty will want them, especially now. ]

Betty?

[ His voice is quiet when he moves into the house, locking the door behind him and putting the bag with the pregnancy tests down on the kitchen table. ]

[perfectible]

[ At first, she'd thought it was weird that she hadn't had her period yet. She'd always been pretty regular so when it didn't come, she noticed. But she didn't panic. It was a movie that made her mind go spinning. Two weeks late and she watched some romantic comedy that addressed this very issue and suddenly Betty, the girly gumshoe was connecting dots she hadn't thought to.

After a few days of denial, she relented and accepted the fact she may or may not be pregnant and now, she's here, sitting on Derek's couch, drinking some water and staring at the TV, not really watching whatever is on.

She hears him and suddenly her heart is beating faster and her stomach lurches with nerves. Moving to stand, she lets out a breath: ] In here.

[duelo]

[ He hears her respond, but she doesn't appear to move back toward the kitchen, so Derek picks up the tests again and heads toward the living room where the television is on and she's standing beside the couch. ]

I...here, I got a few. Different kinds, just in case.

[ Taking a deep breath, he moves closer to her and gives her the bag before opening his arms to her. He doesn't want to pull her into a hug in case she blames him for this and doesn't want him touching her, but he wants Betty to know that he's here to support her. ]

Whatever it says, we'll figure it out, I promise. Okay?

[perfectible]

[ She takes the bag with an awkward, terse smile and a mumbled word of thanks. But when he opens his arm for a hug, she moves forward without hesitating to embrace him, burying her face against his chest for a moment. She isn't mad or upset with him, it's not like this was something he did to her. It was an accident.

She lets out a shaky breath before she looks up at him.] I know we will.

[duelo]

[ When she accepts the hug, Derek pulls Betty close, stroking her ponytail to her head with one hand and rubbing her back with the other. However terrifying some parts of this are to Derek — her parents could and probably would have him sent to prison as a sex offender for this, he knows that. He'd probably deserve it — he can't imagine how much scarier it is for Betty. ]

You should probably go take one. I'll wait right outside the door for you, if you want.

[ He kisses the top of her head. ]

[perfectible]

You don't need to do that. [ It'd be better if he didn't, to be honest. It'll be nerve-wracking enough as it is without him standing outside the door listening to her pee.]

I'll come out once I'm done. [ They can wait together.]

[duelo]

Okay.

[ He gives her what he hopes is a reassuring little squeeze before letting go finally. ]

I'll be right here.

[perfectible]

[ Betty takes the bag and retreats into the bathroom downstairs. She sits on the edge of the tub to read the instructions of each brand before deciding which one to use.

In the end, she unwraps two sticks and decides to try both of them, just in case.

After a few more minutes, the toliet flushes and there's another few moments of silence before bathroom door opens and she's holding two pregnancy tests in her hands. She moves to sit down next to him, setting the tests down on the coffee table (on a piece of toilet paper). ]

They should take about two minutes.