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fallen_woman
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cmk418Title: Stages of Comparison
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Pete/Trudy, Pete/Peggy
A/N: Forfallen_woman's prompt "hard".
“Seven. Can you believe it?” asked Trudy.
“It’s amazing,” said one of her friends, either Elise or Eloise – you could never keep them straight. “You’re one of the lucky ones. Some women just balloon up.”
“I know. Did you see Priscilla Meadows? She makes a hippo look tiny.”
Some days you find it hard to believe that you couldn’t see it. The signs were there, clear as day. At every stage of Trudy’s pregnancy, everything you missed before comes suddenly into focus:
The morning sickness-
“She’s not here,” Joan says. “A touch of food poisoning. I told that girl she shouldn’t eat anything off the lunch cart.”
The mood swings-
“What do you think of the copy for Belle Jolie?”
“I’m not sure about the-“
“Oh, what the hell do you know?”
The weird food cravings-
“What’s that?”
“Bologna and peanut butter. Haven’t had it since I was a kid.”
The sudden upswing in libido-
She pushed you onto the couch, sat on your feet as she unfastened your pants. To say this was unexpected would be an understatement.
Of course, the first time Trudy places your hand on her stomach so that you can feel the baby kick, that’s where the comparisons end.
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Pete/Trudy, Pete/Peggy
A/N: For
fallen_woman's prompt "hard". “Seven. Can you believe it?” asked Trudy.
“It’s amazing,” said one of her friends, either Elise or Eloise – you could never keep them straight. “You’re one of the lucky ones. Some women just balloon up.”
“I know. Did you see Priscilla Meadows? She makes a hippo look tiny.”
Some days you find it hard to believe that you couldn’t see it. The signs were there, clear as day. At every stage of Trudy’s pregnancy, everything you missed before comes suddenly into focus:
The morning sickness-
“She’s not here,” Joan says. “A touch of food poisoning. I told that girl she shouldn’t eat anything off the lunch cart.”
The mood swings-
“What do you think of the copy for Belle Jolie?”
“I’m not sure about the-“
“Oh, what the hell do you know?”
The weird food cravings-
“What’s that?”
“Bologna and peanut butter. Haven’t had it since I was a kid.”
The sudden upswing in libido-
She pushed you onto the couch, sat on your feet as she unfastened your pants. To say this was unexpected would be an understatement.
Of course, the first time Trudy places your hand on her stomach so that you can feel the baby kick, that’s where the comparisons end.
