I’ve actually got a few different headcanons for Sombra when she’s pregnant depending on the pairing (Mcsombra, Neon Dragon, Troubleshooting)…but I’ll go with general headcanons for now!
- No matter who the pregnancy is with, her initial reaction will always be fear. It may not show right away but she definitely freaks out when she’s alone. Her main concern is what’s going to happen now that she has someone to protect from everyone who has ever sworn they were going to find her? Or from the people she tries to keep hidden from?
- Sombra gets cravings, sure, but she’s much more prone to morning sickness and nausea for a large part of her pregnancy. It might be half due to the stress she’s under while she’s pregnant or while she’s in paranoia mode 24/7…but she can hardly keep anything down. Bad enough your diet’s shoddy as it is – to add vomiting to the mix, the first few months are some the worst she’s ever experienced.
- Yet for all the anxiety, the fear, stress, and sickness…there’s a small part of Sombra that’s actually looking forward to having a child. Sure, it’ll be hard and it’ll be difficult to keep them safe the way she wants them to be…but there will be a baby with her soon. And that baby will have a mother. She still can’t believe that she’ll be a mom but the thought that keeps her going is that she’s determined to actually be around for her child.
- When she’s not busy, one of Sombra’s favorite things to do is to go over names for the baby. She has a small list on pen and paper – she doesn’t want to use her implants so much when she’s pregnant- full of scratched out names and scribbles of possible choices. She doesn’t want anything particularly meaningful…but she doesn’t settle on a name until she finds the one that feels ‘natural’ when she says it aloud.
- It’s something she never thought she’d end up doing or enjoying…but Sombra really loves shopping for baby clothes. It’s something that doesn’t occur to her until she realizes she’s going to need them. And she goes to a secondary store, to avoid being seen by too many people…but the first time she holds up a little onesie, she imagines her baby in it, and realizes that she’s going to be taking care of a little human in just a few weeks. She almost starts crying there and then, though she blames it on hormones going wild.
- It’s often hard for Sombra to go to sleep – even more so during pregnancy. What she likes to do is go for long night walks. It’s peaceful – quiet – a little chilly. Just the way she likes it. She’ll walk along the roads of the hills that overlook the sea, the sound of the waves soothing her better than most anything at that point. She’ll rub her belly occasionally, softly uttering her chosen name for the baby, anticipating the day they’ll finally be there with her.