He closes his eyes at the touch, that intoxicating thing that always bespells him so easily. "Because I know we're in this, you and I, together. I just worry that we're going to get there and be parents and you might realize that I'm not as quick a learner in this as I want to be," he admits, his fears coming out in the dead of night.

"What happens if I'm not a great father and you get tired of me? If you want someone else?"