The answer makes him sag in relief, exhaling hard as he tips his head back just to breathe for a second. She squeezes him and he lifts his head to look at her again, reaching up to push her bangs back from her forehead.

"No, I'm not going to break up with you," he tells her, swallowing hard and then pausing, unsure of how much to say, or what to admit. He should probably be honest, even if that's what kind of made them end up here in the first place.

"I really, really want to be a dad," he admits, nose wrinkling a bit as he sniffs. "But I want to be with you more than I want some other hypothetical future."