warning: language, mentions of death, and childbirth emergencies.
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"Well uh— I don't tell a lot of people this but I actually had a child," Y/N revealed.....
I can't believe what I'm hearing right now, Mark thought. "You don't have to explain Y/N if you're not comfortable," he interrupted.
Y/N too, noticed how surprised Mark looked, after all this is something that is kind of a big deal. But she felt a little breather of a moment to finally get something off her chest.
"Oh- no, it's ok, I think it's nice to be able to talk to someone about it, that's if you don't mind listening," the female replied. "Yeah of course, always, and yeah I think it's good to get things off your chest " Mark replied.
Y/N smiled at his response and appreciated the fact that he was so nice and attentive to what she would say.
"Thanks, Mark, I really appreciate it," she chuckled.
"But yeah— basically I was 22 when I had her. So about two years ago, and well everything was going well until my delivery. I had a case called amniotic fluid embolism. I was allergic to the amniotic fluid and since it was in me, it entered my bloodstream. My heart and lungs collapse and I honestly thought I was going to die." Y/N explained.
Mark just nodded and continued to listen intensively, with a worried look on his face.
Y/N continued, "what sucks is that it caused my baby neonatal asphyxia."
"She didn't receive enough oxygen, and so it built up excess acid in her blood. In a mild or moderate case, she could've recovered. But in her case, unfortunately—, her case was severe." She sniffled as tears started forming in the corners of her eyes.
Seeing this, Mark immediately grabbed tissues, sat beside Y/N, and comforted her by caressing her back.
"Take your time." He cooed.
"Because her case was severe, either she resulted in getting permanent brain or organ damage. Or— in her case." Y/N choked, "—fatality."
Hearing this brought Mark to pull Y/N into his chest and simply let her sob into his embrace.
Mark softly hushes her while rubbing her back, "shhh...It's okay, let it all out."
"It's okay, she's in a better place now mhmm—," he murmured.
They continued like this for a few moments, until the girl rises and started to softly laugh, trying to wipe her tears away.
"Sorry," she chortled. Mark smiled, "don't be, what you went through was and is a lot. You deserve every right to cry your heart away."
Y/N giggled, "thank you, Mark."
Mark only smiled with adoration in his eyes, she's incredible for being so strong about this, he thought.
Y/N chuckled, "you know what's crazy about it though?"
"What is it?" Mark asked.
"It's a rare condition— only every 12 out of 100,000 deliveries and I happen to be one of them. On top of that, I didn't even have any of the risk factors that are associated with it," she explained.
Mark only had an expression of surprise on his face and is truly just shocked at the information Y/N revealed.
"Do you mind if I ask you something?" Mark queried. Y/N nodded with a smile.
"Where's the father?" He shuddered. "Oh— well he's somewhere. He blamed me for the loss of our child and took off," she answered. Mark furrowed his brows and shrieked, "WHAT? What kind of person just takes off like that?"
"To be honest, I don't even know. Everything was going so well for us, but I guess losing a child triggered him. But I honestly couldn't care less, all I could think about was my baby," Y/N elucidates.
"Understandable but still, what the fuck was that," Mark said frustratedly.
"Anyways, let's move on— how about you?" Y/N asked.
"Well, what do you want to know?" Mark replied.
The night went on, and the two had just spent their late-night just getting to know each other deeper.
⋆ pairing: mark lee x reader
⋆ summary: after the mother of his child left him for another guy, mark had developed trust issues which brought him to never want to fall for any girl again. everything was going well in mark’s life, just him, his beloved daughter, his best friends, and his success as an author. what happens if a girl unexpectedly comes, and already falls before even realizing it?
⋆ a/n: I AM NOT THAT KNOWLEDGABLE IN ANY ILLNESS, THIS IS BASED ON MY OWN RESEARCH SO IF IT'S NOT 100% ACCURATE PLEASE TURN A BLIND EYE HEHE :P + if you guys are reading on a desktop, you can use interactivefics to change the Y/N into your name!! please send any feedback, opinions etc! and send an ask/dm or fill out this form
