Unconditional Love
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Thanks to new technology, male pregnancy has become reality in Gotham. Oswald hopes a surprise baby will mend his relationship - but Ed rejects his advances. Oswald has a drunken one night stand and later discovers he is pregnant - not by Ed. He goes into denial about the baby – then due to a black market fertility implant, has a complicated and traumatic birth that almost kills him.
Twelve years on, they are raising Oswald's daughter Hope together. Then Oswald tells Ed he wants to have his baby. This time he has a genuine implant and looks forward to the safe delivery of his child, not realising Ed is still traumatised from Hope's birth – and close to a breakdown, may miss out on his son's birth, unless Hope's father - Jim Gordon - can lay his fears to rest... But all is not as simple as it seems. Oswald has a secret that is still hidden in his past – but there is an even bigger shock to come, when the truth is finally revealed...
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- Part 1 of Unconditional Love
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Follows on from the end of Part One. Two years after their son's birth, Ed asks to carry Oswald's much longed for third child, but is turned down due to his psychiatric condition. Lee agrees Oswald can carry the implant instead. Ed and Oz are excited for the future – until a car accident leaves Oswald with minor injuries, but Ed is missing, presumed dead.
Oswald mourns deeply for Ed, but more family secrets are about to emerge, as he is shocked to learn a secret from the distant past. Jim Gordon sees Ed's death as a chance to finally show Oswald how much he loves him – and they soon begin a wild, passionate affair that will result in the conception of Oswald's much wanted third child. Then Ed turns up alive and Jim is forced to make a difficult choice under tragic circumstances that will push his love for Oswald to the limit...
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- Part 2 of Unconditional Love
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Set two years after Part 2. After a long wait, Ed has his fertility implant – and soon becomes pregnant with Oswald's child, but Riddler copes with pregnancy far better than Ed does, as Riddler begins to take over. When Barbara tells Chris she is pregnant, but unable to carry the baby full term, he is faced with a nightmare situation that has consequences, leading to a split in the family as Barbara takes revenge - causing more hurt than she imagined possible.
And a desperate old friend seeks Oswald's advice, confessing to a secret love affair, and confiding that his lover is using pregnancy as a means to ensure release from Arkham Asylum... Meanwhile, as his son's spinal problem worsens, Oswald decides to hire a private eye to track down Hugo Strange – a choice that will reveal a shocking secret long hidden that no one could ever have predicted...
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- Part 3 of Unconditional Love
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Continues on from the end of Part Three.
Oswald gets broody for one more child after the invention of a new style birthing unit but Ed, shocked to learn their son Eddie has inherited his split personality, refuses to help - but Jim is more than willing to give Oswald another child as Ed, stressed by family worries, sees Riddler start to emerge again.
Meanwhile Barbara falls in love and persuades her young police detective lover Josh to carry her child - a sibling for Hades - stirring up much resentment with the family as memories of Christian's suicide attempt resurface.
Then disaster strikes as the black market is flooded with deadly copies of the new birthing unit, and Oswald vows to track down the person responsible – and is charged with a murder he may not have committed, as Jim and Ed fight to get their pregnant partner released from Blackgate...
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- Part 4 of Unconditional Love