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Date: 2008-03-07 02:54 pm (UTC)Thanks for the links, they were a fun, if brain-breaking, read.
there's just... no mpreg in this fandom
*cries* I know, it's really sad! What's worse is that I'm in the middle of an mpreg in another fandom, but I can't seem to get my Numb3rs muses (well, the male ones) pregnant. *kicks her muses* They actually want to follow the rules of science, the silly things...