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Miller threw his belt onto the bed and followed it by flopping next to it. What a day. First he started in a meeting with Octavia that ended with him having to take out his gun. Then he went to go to lunch with Jackson, but he had an emergency call from Abby. And finally, he had to deal with escorting one of the children to the daycare. All he wanted was Octavia to be happy, Jackson to be with him, and children.
The door opened and he knew it was Jackson. Miller sat up and looked his boyfriend in the eyes. Jackson closed the door and sighed. Clearly he had had a day as well.
“Want to talk about it, Nate?” Miller shook his head and bit his lip. “I think we need to. Something is obviously eating you up inside.” Jackson sat down next to Miller on their bed and took his hands. He gave them a light squeeze and then kissed his knuckles. Miller knew Jackson wanted to help and wanted him to be happy.
“Jackson, you know I want to be with you for the rest of my life.” The doctor nods and squeezes Miller’s hands again. “And I want you to know how much I love you.”
“I know. And I love you.”
“But…”
“Nate, what’s the matter?” Jackson ran through thoughts in his head. Was Miller breaking up with him? After this long together down here. “Are we… are we breaking up?” Miller’s eye widen and a million apologies run from his lips.
“No no. Of course not.” Miller kisses Jackson’s temple. “I want… I want something else. Something we can’t really have. But, I found a way.” Miller’s eyes met Jackson’s again and the two wait for the other to speak. “Jacks, I want to have kids.”
“Kids?”
“Yes.” Miller stands up in excitement and smiles, looking at Jackson. “Babe, we may die down here, but I want us to have a kid.” Jackson’s face lit up as he nodded in agreement.
“There are tons of kids at the nursery without parents. Do you…”
“Yes, but I found one in particular. I’ve had Niylah do some research for me. There was a baby girl born last month and her mother died for stealing extra food. This is our chance, Jacks!” Jackson laid back onto the bed and sighed.
“What’s her name?”
“Mary.” It hits Jackson and a little smile appears from his lips. “Are you okay with the name-”
“Yes, Nate. Yes of course. I’d love to have our daughter with the same name as my mother.” The words “our daughter” hit Miller causing him to press his lips against the man he loves more than anything.
“Our daughter.” Miller smiles and kisses his boyfriend again.
“Our daughter.”
“So, Miller. I heard you and Jackson are thinking about adopting.” Octavia hands Miller his piece of meat and smiles. News apparently travels fast around the bunker.
“We’ve found a baby girl who we think will be the one.” Octavia makes her usual announcement at the start of a meal, then sits back down.
“Well, what about you two? You should get married. You know? Make it even more romantic.” Miller had thought about it before, but no one has ever talked to him about it. This is the best time to do it.
“Oh! I’d love to host a wedding!” Niylah pops in. Miller appreciated all his friends’ input, but it was ultimately his decision. He’s been dating Jackson for over five years and this was the next step.
“I haven’t even proposed! And you two are talking about a- oh hey Jacks!” Jackson was held up in the lab with Abby, so he was late for dinner, but not as late as Miller had thought. “How’s Abby?”
“She’s good.” Jackson sat down next to his boyfriend and rubbed his shoulder a bit. “How late am I?”
“Oh, not too bad” Octavia butts in. “So a baby. How exciting, Jackson!”
“Yeah. Abby had a look at her today and says she’s really healthy. It’ll just be about a week before she can release her to us. She wants to run a few more tests.” A week. Miller had a week. He had a week to propose and a week to have a wedding.
“Well, I’m going to go freshen up a bit before the meeting tonight.” Octavia notices what Miller is doing and also excuses herself. The two of them walk back to Octavia’s room while discussing Jackson.
“Well, are you going to propose? You need a ring.” Miller had a ring. When he was in Mount Weather, a woman living there gave him her ring. It was the ring her dead husband gave her as their engagement ring. So the one problem he didn’t have was the ring.
“I have a ring. I don’t have the guts.”
“Aww Miller, you do. Jackson is the love of your life. This is your chance. You two are about to have a child together.” Miller had to propose. He had to because he had to let Jackson know how serious he is about being with him.
“I’m going to do it. You know what?” Miller’s face lights up which makes Octavia happy. “I’ll do it tonight. Tonight is the night!” Miller picks Octavia up and spins her around causing Blodreina to actually laugh. Octavia couldn’t remember the last time she’d laughed like that. “Thank you, Octavia.”
“Go get ‘em Mills!”