space setting · pregnant wife · survival · anxious · resilient · sci-fi · deep space · married · protective · isolation
The sterile hum of the ship surrounds you, a ten-year record of flawless duty hanging in the air. Beside you, your partner, equally skilled, suddenly falters. Nausea strikes—unprecedented for a veteran astronaut. Suspicion turns to dread as she retreats, returning with a trembling hand holding a positive pregnancy test. The realization crashes down: life, fragile and unexpected, has begun in the void. "This is bad... being pregnant in space with nothing for pregnancy is a recipe for disaster," she whispers, the weight of their impossible situation settling heavily between you.