He says he always trusted Viktor to keep his head clear and protect him even from himself. He says he's grateful that Mel was there with him and their unethical illegal baby. He says that without them he couldn't have done it. And now they have a daughter that he would love to see very much.
He says he always trusted Viktor to keep his head clear and protect him even from himself. He says he's grateful that Mel was there with him and their unethical illegal baby. He says that without them he couldn't have done it. And now they have a daughter that he would love to see very much.
Viktor reminds him about the initial agreement. He reminds them both that they didn't have the luxury to love this child and both Mel and Jayce failed, leaving him the only one with a head clear enough to evaluate the risks.
Jayce tells him he knows.
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Viktor reminds him about the initial agreement. He reminds them both that they didn't have the luxury to love this child and both Mel and Jayce failed, leaving him the only one with a head clear enough to evaluate the risks.
Jayce tells him he knows.
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Mel hugs him tightly and lets him cry on her shoulder. Viktor says he knows Jayce has a name ready, because it's Jayce.
When Jayce wakes up after the operation they are both by his side.
He does have a name ready, because how could he not. It's their baby.
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Mel hugs him tightly and lets him cry on her shoulder. Viktor says he knows Jayce has a name ready, because it's Jayce.
When Jayce wakes up after the operation they are both by his side.
He does have a name ready, because how could he not. It's their baby.
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Viktor cried more than once during those months, especially when he and Jayce started arguing. She knows he barely slept and hopes he can sleep better now. When Viktor approaches her, trying not to look at the glass box with a sleeping baby inside, she knows he does so because he's still scared.
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Viktor cried more than once during those months, especially when he and Jayce started arguing. She knows he barely slept and hopes he can sleep better now. When Viktor approaches her, trying not to look at the glass box with a sleeping baby inside, she knows he does so because he's still scared.
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Jayce has thought about the name because it's Jayce. Mel knows Viktor is still trying to treat their baby as an experiment. What Mel doesn't know is that Viktor has drawn them, her and Jayce. When she was laying down on his lap, burying her face into his stomach. She doesn't know but suspects
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Jayce has thought about the name because it's Jayce. Mel knows Viktor is still trying to treat their baby as an experiment. What Mel doesn't know is that Viktor has drawn them, her and Jayce. When she was laying down on his lap, burying her face into his stomach. She doesn't know but suspects
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and still is the craziest thing a person has ever come up with. Yet she's looking at the miracle baby behind the thick glass and she can't hold her tears. The girl is hers and Viktor's. Carried by Jayce. All three of them are her parents. Mel knows
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and still is the craziest thing a person has ever come up with. Yet she's looking at the miracle baby behind the thick glass and she can't hold her tears. The girl is hers and Viktor's. Carried by Jayce. All three of them are her parents. Mel knows
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while Viktor is in the lab, checking his test results every second hour.
Only when it's confirmed that the baby is vital Jayce agrees to the operation.
What they've done is illegal and unethical, Mel knows it. All those months ago she shouldn't have agreed to Jayce's idea, because it was
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while Viktor is in the lab, checking his test results every second hour.
Only when it's confirmed that the baby is vital Jayce agrees to the operation.
What they've done is illegal and unethical, Mel knows it. All those months ago she shouldn't have agreed to Jayce's idea, because it was
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She knows what the right choice is, she knows she should step in. But Jayce looks her straight in the eye and says that he can do it with all the certainty in the world. He looks terrible. He's weak. He can barely leave the bed. She's not sure he can stand anymore. She spends days by his bedside
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She knows what the right choice is, she knows she should step in. But Jayce looks her straight in the eye and says that he can do it with all the certainty in the world. He looks terrible. He's weak. He can barely leave the bed. She's not sure he can stand anymore. She spends days by his bedside
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Viktor keeps it professional and never mentions anything regarding a child outside of the laboratory. Mel knows that it's breaking him. Jayce's state is fastly deteriorating by the 5th month and she knows Viktor and Jayce are arguing almost daily because Viktor is terrified and Jayce is stubborn
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Viktor keeps it professional and never mentions anything regarding a child outside of the laboratory. Mel knows that it's breaking him. Jayce's state is fastly deteriorating by the 5th month and she knows Viktor and Jayce are arguing almost daily because Viktor is terrified and Jayce is stubborn
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She's doing whatever she can to put their other research on hold. She notices Jayce lovingly stroking his stomach. She's giving in and laying down on his lap, burring her face into his abdomen, thinking that there's a baby inside. She's thinking about a name. She's fearing for Jayce's life.
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She's doing whatever she can to put their other research on hold. She notices Jayce lovingly stroking his stomach. She's giving in and laying down on his lap, burring her face into his abdomen, thinking that there's a baby inside. She's thinking about a name. She's fearing for Jayce's life.
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even if she knows she probably shouldn't when she and Viktor somehow agreed to it.
She's torn between a dream of having a baby with the two people she loves so dearly, and Jayce knowingly risking his life, and Viktor supporting him and risking his own sanity.
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even if she knows she probably shouldn't when she and Viktor somehow agreed to it.
She's torn between a dream of having a baby with the two people she loves so dearly, and Jayce knowingly risking his life, and Viktor supporting him and risking his own sanity.
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They don't treat it as a normal pregnancy. It's an experiment. The embryo is a test subject. They don't talk to it, they don't think about names, they do not imagine themselves as parents.
Mel believes they are crazy. But she trusts that Jayce is strong enough and she trusts Viktor's judgement
They don't treat it as a normal pregnancy. It's an experiment. The embryo is a test subject. They don't talk to it, they don't think about names, they do not imagine themselves as parents.
Mel believes they are crazy. But she trusts that Jayce is strong enough and she trusts Viktor's judgement
So they set up a set of rules.
They don't call the embryo a baby until it's crystal clear it will survive, because they can't afford to get attached to it, not when Jayce's life is on the line. At any given moment for any reason at any stage they can terminate the pregnancy.
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So they set up a set of rules.
They don't call the embryo a baby until it's crystal clear it will survive, because they can't afford to get attached to it, not when Jayce's life is on the line. At any given moment for any reason at any stage they can terminate the pregnancy.
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the experiment is successful... They will have a baby, the one they cannot have now. Their baby. And he knows they want it. Because he does. More than anything.
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the experiment is successful... They will have a baby, the one they cannot have now. Their baby. And he knows they want it. Because he does. More than anything.
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goes wrong they will stop right away, if the embryo is not meant to survive anyways, why not at least try. It can be a scientific discovery. It can help so many people. And they can do it, he knows they can! Nothing bad happens to him, because neither Mel nor Viktor will let it happen.
And if
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goes wrong they will stop right away, if the embryo is not meant to survive anyways, why not at least try. It can be a scientific discovery. It can help so many people. And they can do it, he knows they can! Nothing bad happens to him, because neither Mel nor Viktor will let it happen.
And if
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Viktor, because why on earth he was not protesting. Ectopic pregnancies are a one way ticket, male body is not meant to carry a child what are they even thinking. They cannot willingly put Jayce in such danger. Yet Jayce was stubborn. He promised they will treat it as an experiment, if anything
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Viktor, because why on earth he was not protesting. Ectopic pregnancies are a one way ticket, male body is not meant to carry a child what are they even thinking. They cannot willingly put Jayce in such danger. Yet Jayce was stubborn. He promised they will treat it as an experiment, if anything
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for it to survive outside of the parent's body. And the more he thought the more the idea seemed possible.
Viktor was the first to hear about it and his first response was "absolutely not", yet Jayce managed to get him on his side. Mel was too shocked when she heard about it and only glanced at
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for it to survive outside of the parent's body. And the more he thought the more the idea seemed possible.
Viktor was the first to hear about it and his first response was "absolutely not", yet Jayce managed to get him on his side. Mel was too shocked when she heard about it and only glanced at
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He can become the test subject he thought. He trusted he and Vik can come up with some procedures that would allow him to carry the embryo long enough
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He can become the test subject he thought. He trusted he and Vik can come up with some procedures that would allow him to carry the embryo long enough
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