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“I stopped taking my birth control.” Liam said, catching his mate off guard. Logan almost dropped his cup before turning to face his mate.
“Are you serious?”
“Yeah. Went to the doctor’s a couple weeks ago for a check up and asked about stopping. They said by my next heat they should be completely out of my system and we can start trying for pups then. Are you happy?” Liam seemed nervous, biting his lip and reusing to look Logan, scared to see his reaction.
“I can’t wait to be parents with you, raising our pups together.” A genuine smile coming across the alpha’s face. Liam smiled back at his mate, quickly getting up and rushing to hug him. Logan caught the omega, keeping him close and taking in his scent, already imagining a little pup or two with the omega.
***
Liam’s next heat was just over a month later and it was probably the most excited he’s been for a heat in a long time. He knew that he wasn’t likely to get pregnant the first time but he could hope, right? So two weeks after his heat ended he was sitting in the bathroom while waiting for the pregnancy test results. Logan asked if the omega wanted him there but Liam wanted to do this on his own so now he was sitting on the bathroom floor staring at the test on the closed toilet seat. The timer on his phone had went off a few moments ago but he was scared to move but eventually realized he couldn’t sit on the bathroom floor forever and scooted over to grab the test.
NEGATIVE
The digital words stung, his heart clenching. Liam decided that this was just the first time and to not lose hope already. So he threw the test away and went out into the living room where Logan was waiting for him. Logan turned to look at him when he entered and when Liam shook his head Logan didn’t say anything just opened his arms and allowed the omega to fall into him. Liam decided that he wasn’t going to cry, there was always next heat.
Except that it didn’t happen during the next heat, or the one after that or the one after that. Soon a year of negative tests and failed heats passed and with each one Liam got more and more frustrated, mostly with himself. Why was he such a bad omega that he couldn’t give his alpha the pup they so badly both wanted? Logan hated seeing the omega so upset but he wasn’t sure what he could do to help. He decided that he needed to speak to someone about this, which is why he was currently at Oscar’s house, hoping the alpha had some advice for him.
“Hey Loges, what’s up? You sounded like this was urgent on the phone. Everything alright with you and Liam?”
“Yeah, no we’re great, well mostly. See a year ago Liam stopped talking his birth control and we both kinds figured that he’d be pregnant by now but nothing. I can see that Liam’s getting frustrated and more and more upset with each negative test he gets and I don’t know what to do honestly. I mean yea I’m upset that he’s not pregnant yet but I know it’s different for me because I’m not the one who’s going to be carrying the pup. But I don’t know how to be a good alpha for him right now.”
“Logan just the fact that you’re this concerned about him and everything that he’s going through means that you’re a good alpha Logan who loved his omega very much. Have either of you been tested for infertility?”
“Me?”
“It’s rare but some alpha are infertile. It could be worth checking into.” Arthur’s voice from the doorway shocked the two alphas who turned to look at the omega. Arthur stepped into the room and sat beside his mate on the couch.
“So I might be the problem? Why Liam is getting down on himself so bad after each heat?” Logan felt himself spiralling. Could he really be the problem?
“I think you and Liam need to talk this over before you get too worked up about it.” Oscar tried reassuring the other alpha but it was too late Logan was already in his head about this.
“I gotta go, thanks for this.” Logan scrambled up, running out the door and to his care, leaving the couple behind on their couch. All he knew right now was that he needed to get home right and talk to Liam. Liam was sitting on their couch when he busted into the house, looking just as sad as he has for the last few months.
“I might be why you’re not getting pregnant Li.” Logan rushed out.
“What?”
“I went to talk to Oscar and he told me that some alpha’s are infertile and that might be why you can’t get pregnant.”
“Logie…”
“No Liam please don’t try and blame yourself anymore. I’m going to make a doctor’s appointment and if I’m the problem then I understand if you want to find an alpha who can give you the pups you want.”
“Logan that’s so sweet but I don’t just want pups, I want pups with you and if I can’t have pups with you then I don’t want pups at all.” Logan brought Liam onto his lap, wrapping the omega tight in his arms.
***
Just three weeks later Logan found himself coming home from the doctor’s office. Liam offered to go with him but Logan felt like he needed to do this on his own. If he was the reason they couldn’t have pups then he wanted time to process everything before telling Liam. The house seemed empty when Logan entered but he knew just where to go and wasn’t surprised to find Liam in the room, curled up in their nest just where Logan left him just a few hours before. Logan didn’t say anything immediately, just crawled into the nest with his mate, curling around his back. Liam took Logan’s hand in his, basking in the silence.
“So I’m not completely infertile but apparently my sperm count is low, like really low and the chance of us naturally conceiving is low. There’s treatments I can do but it could be years before they work enough for us to have a pup. I’m so sorry Li.” Logan buried his face in Liam’s hair, inhaling the scent of his mate.
“It’s okay Loges, but it doesn’t really matter anyways?”
“What do you mean?” Logan was confused, had Liam already given up on having a pup? Liam didn’t answer just grabbed something from their bedside table and handed it to Logan. Logan was shocked at the positive test in his hand.
“Surprise.” Liam couldn’t keep the smile off his face. Logan almost couldn’t believe it but the proof was literally in his hands.
“But… how? What?”
“Well my heat was just a few days after our talk a couple of weeks ago and apparently it worked.”
“I love you so much and I can’t wait to have a baby with you.” Logan turned the omega around to face him and brought him in for a rough kiss.
“I love you too, and we’ll worry about all your issues if we want another pup.” Logan playfully hit Liam’s shoulders but the smile refused to leave either of their faces, both ecstatic to be parents that nothing else mattered right now.