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Really enjoying, but I do find it a bit annoying that Zoey seems completely oblivious that she appears to be a viable part of the "solution" (and quite probably intended as such by the resistance that sent her) So I'm hoping Zoey's "solo" path, once the MC has chosen her, at least does something to explain why she previously ignored/overlooked that possibility, perhaps something like:
After things "settle", MC confesses to her, says he doesn't want anybody else.
She says that's impossible, she'd be a dead end as she has to go back.
He points out the entire point is to prevent her version of the future from ever happening, so unless she fails it was always just going to be a one way trip for her.
She says it still doesn't matter, he has to spread the cure to as many women as possible, he can't just be with her, and she doesn't think she can handle being somebody who "shares", so it's best for everyone if they just keep sticking to her plan.
He asks why the resistance chose her. Was she the best fighter, or best infiltrator, or what? She grimaces and admits that she didn't think she was a good choice and didn't even volunteer or anything because she was at best merely average, so when they approached her and asked her to do it she asked them that very same question, and they said it was because of her personality. They said they wanted her to go because it was more important to pick somebody he would form an attachment with, somebody he would be able to trust.
He laughs, she gets an offended look.
He says, "Zoey, you've been played. They sent you on a high stakes blind date on a cosmic scale. They didn't choose you to send back so I would fall in love with my pimp. They chose you so I could fall in love with my wife."
*her mouth drops*
"But they told me..."
"A lie? Seems that way. If they had told you the truth, would it have worked? Of 'course not. You said it yourself. The primary route for transmission is by having kids. Relying on the viral properties with "repeated injections" of the gene was always just a riskier backup plan. The resistance looked into that crystal ball of theirs and discovered I never had sex because there was no one here suitable for me, so they decided they had to send somebody here who was. And you know me well enough now to know I'm not the type of person who would jump into the sack with some random lady from the future showing up on my door step looking to get knocked up to save the world. And there's certainly no way you would have come had they told you the plan was for you to try to seduce me. They scoured who knows how many different possible time lines to find you, my perfect person, and misrepresented their plan in the way they knew they had to in order to get you to agree to go.
"And I, for one, am glad they did. Because now you are here, and I love you. So, Zoey Gardner, Will you be my perfect person?"
(she jumps on top of him kissing him)
"I'll take that as a yes."
*Just before penetration*.
She lightly stops him and He asks what's wrong.
She replies that they are still just in college and with everything happening she never even thought to start taking the pill...
He chuckles and says that's ok, they have time. he'll pull out... this time.
(H Scene)
(credits)
*Denouement*
MC narrating:
Now, I'm not gonna say that if you had tested Zoey a few weeks later she would have still tested negative for the gene, but I WILL say we waited until after we had graduated before we started actively trying for kids.
And it turns out it's a good thing we did, as the money from our jobs, matched with Zoeys ability to scan the time lines, allowed us to rapidly make a lot of money from some very profitable investments. Money that we very quickly needed as we discovered the resistance had hedged their bets in more ways than one. I wasn't the only one with special genes. Zoey was blessed with a rare genetically inherited condition the doctors called hyperovulation. Which meant that while most couples have kids 1 at a time, we and our descendants tended to have them in twos and threes.
*picture of an older Zoey/MC (mc face presumably covered by some kids hand) in front of a large house with a whole bunch of twins/triplets/nannies/support staff/etc. around them.
Preventing the disease was all but assured.
(What, can't this be an H-game that still has a "wait until you're out of school to have kids" moral in it?)