A/N: Danielle inspired this, when Claire tells her about Alex in 'Maternity Leave'. Enjoy, then review!

Can you hear me?
Am I getting through tonight?
-Stevis Curtis Chapman

Can you hear me?

I am proud of you.

I was always wondering: where you were, what you were doing, what you have become.

Can you hear me?

I'm proud of you.

You may never know me, but I will always treasure you. Blue eyes, she said. Different. Good.

My child, my baby—you are everything I wanted. You have denied them; you have overcome them as even I could not.

I'm proud of you.

You saved a mother—so like me—and you gave her the child that belongs to her.

My child—

I am proud of you.

I love you.

Can you hear me?