This story was another commission. It involves a magical male pregnancy. Read on!
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"I think we were meant to go that way."
"You think or you know?"
"I think... I don't know."
Duncan sighed. He turned around, hefting his backpack over his right shoulder as gave his wife an annoyed glance. "You're the one with map. How can you not know?"
"Don't blame me, the whole thing is in French!" Linda retorted, arms spread wide as she had the whole map on display spread out before her. It was wider than her shoulders and she was struggling to find where they were, let alone where they were meant to be. Duncan knew he shouldn't have let her be in charge of their trek through the city, she was horrible with directions, one of her very few foibles. But she had insisted and he wasn't going to say no to her today. It was their honeymoon vacation after all.
Duncan stuck his hands into his pockets as they stood on the cobblestone path, the wind starting to pick up as the autumn sun began to sink below the horizon. He'd come prepared with winter clothing though, and was nice and snug within his parker. He was a fit young man in his early thirties, keeping himself trim and proper with a good exercise regime and eating healthy when he could. On their holiday however he'd let himself go a bit, scruffy from not shaving, and enjoying all the culinary delights of every country they'd visited across Europe. He was sure he was going to come back home a few pounds heavier than when he had left.
Linda looked at the map again, a look of understanding crossed her face, and turned it upside down. Or in this case, right side up. "Oh, I see... There we go! Yep, wrong way. I got it now!"
Duncan just laughed. As frustrating as it was, he couldn't stay mad at the love of his life. She was younger than him by a few years and was sometimes referred to as a bit of a ditz, but in reality she was exceptionally smart. She was just a little clumsy at times. Duncan himself had never met anyone who was as brainy as her. Sometimes though that didn't relate to day to day activities. If Duncan was tall, athletic with a solid build, Linda would have been the complete opposite. She was only five foot three with shoes on, and dark black hair compared to his sandy brown. She wore wide frame glasses, always perched high on her nose, framing a pair of bright blue eyes. She was curvaceous to the point of excess, with an ample bosom and an ass that he loved to pleasure. She was his perfect partner.
"Come on kid, let's keep walking."
Duncan grabbed the map off her, folding it up and stuffing it in his pocket and took her hand. They were meant to be exploring the city anyway, why not get lost once in a while? And they could always take a cab back to the hotel when they found one. They walked hand in hand, very much in love, as they walked the small alleys and streets, admiring the sights, saying hello to the locals with barely passable French, and just chatted as the night finally rolled in over the sky. The little village began to light up as the couple continued their meandering voyage through it.
As they cut through a side alley, confident they were headed to another main road which would lead to the village center, they saw that it turned and they entered into a small courtyard. The stone buildings were three stories high around it, keeping it enclosed, and there was a small fountain in the middle.
"Oooooo! Duncan look! Isn't this neat?" Linda bounded over to it, Duncan being dragged behind her. She led him to the fountain, stopping to admire it. Duncan stood next to her. There was a stone figure, expertly carved and it looked like it had been there for centuries, such was the wear and age of it. There was no water coming out of it at the moment, the whole thing was dry and possibly abandoned. As Duncan looked it over, he admired the statue which rose from the cradle and was about eight feet high. It was a woman, quite beautiful, and surprisingly she had been carved as being very heavily pregnant. She held her swollen belly in her arms, cradling the life within, looking down at her unborn child with love.
"Look there's an inscription on it: Let me find my book." Linda pulled open her own backpack, fingers fumbling on the zipper as she opened it. The cold was making her hands numb. Rummaging through, she found her French to English guide book. She flipped through the pages, looking at the plaque, back to her book, flipping more pages, and repeated. Duncan just stood there, looking at the pregnant goddess.
"Right so, I think I have this right. It says: I am the God of fertility. All who wish upon me shall have their dream fulfilled. So, it's a magic fountain. Probably used by mother's during the renaissance period."
"Looks like it. Shame it's not working." Duncan moved around it now, having a quick look to see if it was broken or damaged somewhere. Looked fine to him. Wherever the water was supposed to come from though he could not tell. He saw no pipes or plumbing.
"God of fertility huh? Like Aphrodite? Guess she grants the wishes of women looking to have children?" Linda seemed to be concentrating on the statue, brow furrowed.
"Why don't you wish then and find out?"
Linda looked quickly over to Duncan. Duncan held her gaze and then laughed. "Gee, don't get so excited."
"Do you think we are ready for kids?"
"We've talked about it often enough. I was only joking though."
"I guess..."
"Hey look, I'll do it then." Duncan spread his arms up, like he was addressing a crowd, raised his voice and spoke up to the stone woman. "Goddess of fertility, statue in the fountain, make us pregnant!"
Nothing happened. Duncan smiled. "Feel any different?"
Linda stuck her tongue out at him. "No need to be a tease."
Duncan laughed again. "Come on, let's keep walking. The hotel is around here I'm sure of it. And maybe we can try practicing making babies the old fashioned way rather than relying on magical fountains."
Linda gave him a little wink and took his hand. The two walked off from the courtyard, not turning around to look at the fountain anymore. If they had they would of seen water now beginning to flow out of and around the pregnant woman, gushing all over her as if by magic...
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The next few weeks were a blur as they finished their honeymoon through Europe. They saw all the sights, visited every landmark they could think of, and enjoyed themselves immensely. Unfortunately, towards the end of the journey Duncan became quite ill, throwing up every morning, unable to keep any food down for more than half an hour. They saw a doctor but he was unable to find anything wrong with him. A stomach bug he put it down too. So, with Duncan feeling miserable at the very end, they flew home and back to their newly married life.
The weeks ticked by as they settled into their routine. They lived in a nice two-story house in suburbia, an hour's drive from the city and both their works, with a nice bit of land for a backyard. They went about their days, Duncan's morning sickness disappearing after a month and thankfully not returning. Linda had joked he was pregnant, much to Duncan's chagrin. Perhaps the fountain had granted his wish in a roundabout way? Feeling better, Duncan took his wife out on weekends, had date nights, and enjoyed their marital bliss. Especially in the bedroom. The two were incessant, spending a lot of their free time getting to know their bodies intimately, trying new positions and kinks. It was like a spell had been put over them. They were ravenous for each other.
Weeks turned to months and Duncan began to notice changes in his body. He was getting thicker he thought. He still worked out, ate healthy, his fitness never wavering. But strangely he was starting to develop a paunch in his mid-section. Every day when he looked in the mirror his belly only seemed to get bigger. It was starting to swell a little, not heavy at all but a little firm. He kept an eye on it, a little worried. It looked like he was perpetually bloated. Linda told him not to worry, he was just a man approaching "that age" but Duncan couldn't shake the idea that was something was wrong.
It didn't help that his appetite seemed to be ravenous at all times. He needed to be constantly eating, snacking, devouring anything he could get his hands on. His taste buds changed, desiring unusual combinations of dishes and flavors that turned Linda off but he scoffed down. He tried to balance this unending eating by upping his workout regime, but he couldn't shake his belly fat. And it was growing, never stopping.