The Peacock 1579

They were wanting a child, and after exhausting all avenues for adoption, since trans and same sex couples are to this day still discriminated against for adoptions, Philip's trans-husband, Julian, decided to halt his hormone therapies long enough to regress back to being a woman, in body if not in mind or spirit, and so they became pregnant, carried the child to term. The baby was stillborn, and Julian fell into a deep and suicidal depression, which he never recovered from. Soon after, the marrriage ended. It was during a succession of intimate coffee chats when Philip filled in some of the blanks for me...