"Mom, I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry about yesterday," Daniel began.
"Sorry about what, dear?" I asked, trying to put him at ease.
"Well, you said things had gone farther than you wanted to. I'm sorry if I was pushing you too much."
"You don't need to feel sorry, Daniel. With everything you must be going through, the last thing I want is to make things harder for you emotionally."
"I don't know what to think," Daniel said flatly. "All I know is that I want to be with you all the time. That being apart even for a little while makes me feel empty."
"Sounds like you're in love," I offered, smiling warmly.
"I guess I am," Daniel chuckled back. "But what do I do about it?"
"Nothing for the moment. Like you've said before, neither of us is going anywhere."
"Is something bothering you too, Mom? I feel like despite everything there's still something you haven't told me."
"I'm not sure myself, but it's still kind of hard to talk about," I answered.
"Mom... as much as I loved what we did yesterday, none of it would have mattered if it hadn't been with you. It wasn't just being able to do those things for the first time that made it so special, it was being able to share that experience with you."
I could see the look of confusion on Daniel's face as he tried to find better words to express himself. Whatever he was feeling, it reflected what I was going through.
"I know Daniel, I feel the same way. You need to understand though, that it's not easy for any mother to say those things about her son. I didn't think having those kinds of thoughts or feelings was even possible for me until a few weeks ago, much less putting them into action the way I've been doing with you. Love can be such a complicated thing. You asked me to love you as a woman, as a lover, and I thought that doing so meant not being able to love you anymore as a son. But I can't stop loving you as a Mom, it's just not in me to do so."
"Why can't it be both? It is for me."
"That's what I've been fighting with myself over these past weeks, Daniel. Part of me didn't want to believe what was happening, that it was unnatural and wrong, but as time has passed I've come to accept that I have a chance to be happy with you in a way that no other man, not even your dad, could give me. The thought frightens me a little, but it does other things too like warm my heart in a way I've never felt before."
"I just want to be with you, Mom. We don't even have to do those other things, even though part of me wishes we could do them all the time."
"I'm sorry about that last part," Daniel said, suddenly becoming bashful. "That probably sounded dumb."
"It's okay, dear," I responded reassuringly. "You're becoming an adult, and your sex drive is part of it. Learning when you need to maintain control, and when it's okay to let your instincts take over... it's all part of growing up."
"There is one other question I have, even though it's probably even dumber," Daniel said.
"What?" I asked.
"When I... when you made me... when all that cum came out... that's the stuff that makes babies, right?"
"Well, it's sperm that does it specifically, and they're too small for you to see. But yes, sperm is a part of your cum and it joins with a woman's egg to make a baby."
"So, if I had done that inside you yesterday... would we have made a baby?"
"If the timing is right, then that's the way it normally works, except... I never told you this before because I thought you were too young, but after you were born I wasn't able to conceive... umm... get pregnant anymore."
"Why is that?"
"The doctors weren't sure themselves, but it does happen to women sometimes."
"I'm sorry to hear that, Mom. You really can't get pregnant...
ever
again?"
"The doctors wouldn't rule it out entirely, but yes, for the most part that's what I was told."
"Did you want to have more children?"
"Yes... very much," I stammered. "Your dad and I tried all the time for a few years until finally going back to a normal routine and leaving it to chance."
"I'm really sorry to hear that, Mom. After everything you've done for me, I can't imagine a greater gift now than making you pregnant. I wish I could. Sorry again if that sounds silly."
"It's okay, Daniel," I replied. "Besides, you said yourself that nothing that mattered in the outside world is relevant here. I don't think either of us would want to bring a child into this environment, however, so clearly it's for the best for us now that I can't get pregnant."