“You always look lovely, cher. You should know this by now,” he told her with a loving smile. Admittedly, he'd still have liked to announce that they were expecting, but as ever, he stood firmly with what Leah wished for this. It was her body, and she would be putting in most of the effort as far as this situation went, so Evan's opinion only mattered inasmuch as the boyfriend's opinion generally mattered. “The most beautiful woman I've ever seen, at least.”
Evan nodded his agreement. “I'm not sure what he was thinking, aside from keeping our enemies close, you know? He told me, what better way to look after him than have him close by. And he always patrols with Mike or your brother, so there's that.” There was a constant eye on him, and that put Evan's mind at ease.
Smirking a little bit, he kissed her forehead when she gave him permission to talk about whatever he wanted to. “I didn't know that was a birthday perk,” he mused, chuckling softly. “So, if I wanted to talk about the wonderful shape of my girlfriends glorious ass for an hour, I could?” he asked, reaching down to grab the body part in question with a wink.
She said that she was tired, and he nodded, his expression softening. “You didn't have to go to all this trouble just for me, cher.” Even though he didn't know what trouble it was yet. “You know I'd have just been happy laying down and holding you.” He paused and smirked. “I almost used the forbidden C word, there. I didn't forget, though, don't worry...” he grinned.
When she mentioned making things more like last year, Evan felt his heart swell a little. “The roof, huh?” he looked at the camp light in her hand and nodded his head. “How did I get so lucky, to have such a thoughtful woman on my side?” he asked, sliding into his boots and nodding toward the door. “Lead the way, cher.”