Indy returns home with coffee, excited to tell Ryan her parents are visiting. She finds him on the entryway bench looking distraught. He confronts her with a pregnancy test, and Indy sees fear in his expression. Ryan begins to ask if she did it on purpose but stops himself. Hurt, Indy demands he ask the question directly. He tries to explain he is exhausted and not thinking clearly, but Indy tells him she isn’t pregnant and that his reaction proves he doesn’t want the same future she does. Feeling betrayed by his distrust, she grabs her keys and leaves.

Ryan paces his apartment, regretting his reaction. He wants a family with Indy but was thrown off by the unexpected discovery. For a moment, he had a flashback of Marissa falsely claiming to be pregnant with his child. Before he can go find Indy, Stevie bursts in and reveals the test is hers. Ryan feels momentary disappointment that Indy is not pregnant, then joy for Stevie, who has not yet told Zanders. Flooded with regret, he remembers Indy denied the pregnancy. Stevie warns Ryan that if he doesn’t truly want the same future as Indy, he must let her go. Ryan insists he does and has already taken steps Indy does not know about to secure their future. Stevie says she knows where Indy is but needs to speak with her before he does.

A heartbroken Indy stays at her Rio’s house. When Stevie arrives, Indy describes Ryan’s terrified reaction to the pregnancy test and asks Stevie to look after him. When she asks if Stevie is really pregnant, Stevie confirms it, and they share a happy, tearful moment. Later, Ryan comes to the door, but Rio turns him away at Indy’s request. He leaves a duffel bag of her belongings with a note inside her book saying he loves her and intends to give her the life she wants.

The next morning, Rio tells Indy that Ryan slept in his car outside his house all night. Indy goes out and Ryan begs her to come home. She says she can’t because she’s afraid his words are empty promises given his reaction to the test and that she needs more time alone to think. They kiss before she goes back inside.

Indy goes to her fertility clinic appointment alone, questioning whether she still wants to proceed without Ryan. The receptionist informs her that her insurance doesn’t cover the treatment but that someone paid for it in full in mid-December, right after she told Ryan about her condition.

Back at Rio’s, the hockey player tells Indy that he’s arranged an apartment showing for her with his broker, Cindy. Cindy drives Indy 30 minutes outside the city to a large farmhouse. Indy insists the property is outside her budget, but Cindy ushers her inside and slips away. Indy finds Ryan in the kitchen cooking breakfast. He tells her she brought him back to life and that he wants the future she desires. He reveals he bought the house in January and shows her the deed listing both their names. Ryan also explains he paid for her fertility treatments because he wants her family to be his, too. He asks her to stay and then gives her some privacy to think.

Overwhelmed by Ryan’s loving actions, Indy tours the house. Four bedrooms compose the second floor, and her own belongings are already set up in the primary bedroom that takes up the entire third floor. Sitting on the back porch, she feels at peace and realizes she is home. Stevie arrives in Indy’s car and joins her, and they envision raising their families side by side. Indy says they’re “doing this forever” and asks for Stevie’s help with a plan.

As Ryan leaves the apartment building for a press conference, David mentions that movers took Indy’s belongings. Ryan explains that he bought the couple a house outside the city, and David encourages him to seek a peaceful future for the two of them. At the press conference before the final regular-season game, Ryan gives an uncharacteristically candid speech. He admits to feeling intense pressure for years and says the game has become fun again this season.

Afterward, Ron praises his honesty, saying that Ryan is now the leader he always wanted him to be. Ryan asks if he’s being traded, and Ron says no. Ryan then confesses that his relationship with Indy started as fake dating to convince Ron he had softened. Ron laughs, revealing Caroline suspected the scheme all along. He says that, regardless of how things started, Ryan became the man he was pretending to be.

The Devils win, securing their first playoff spot in six years. Ryan spots Indy in the stands, but she is gone by the time he reaches the family waiting room. He returns to his apartment to find it completely empty and drives to the new house, where he finds it fully decorated. Indy presents him with a playful new lease that entails rent paid in daily declarations of love and only one rule—to live their happiest lives together.

They reconcile and make love. Afterward, the doorbell rings, and Indy reveals that she planned a surprise party with Ryan’s teammates, their friends, the Morgans, and her parents. Ryan communicates with Indy’s father in ASL, and Tim gives him a sign name combining the ASL sign for “protect” with the letter R. Ryan plans to ask Tim’s blessing to marry Indy that night. He sits on the porch with Indy, surrounded by loved ones, feeling utterly happy.

The narrative moves forward a year. After the spring banquet, Ryan and Indy, who are now married, await the results from their last embryo transfer. To distract a stressed Indy, Ryan takes her to the empty United Center to play one-on-one basketball. Indy makes up her own rules as they play, and Ryan jokes about their future child’s athleticism. He reassures her they will be okay regardless of the transfer’s outcome. Indy asks him to close his eyes. When he opens them, she’s holding a positive pregnancy test. Indy explains that she tested the night before and had it confirmed by a doctor that morning. She went by herself because she didn’t want him to hear bad news at the clinic. Overcome with joy, they agree the winner of their game gets naming rights. Ryan reveals he has already chosen Iverson for a boy and Navy for a girl.

Four years later, Indy is at the United Center with their two-year-olds, Navy Renee and Iverson. Navy is adopted, and Iverson, their biological child, was born three months after Navy. Indy and Ryan are raising their children as twins. Their fertility journey was difficult. The first embryo transfer failed. While they were pursuing adoption, they successfully transferred their last embryo, and they were matched with Navy’s birth mother shortly after learning Indy was pregnant.

Ryan has won two MVP titles, and the Devils won their first championship the year before. The Ryan Shay Foundation has grown into a year-round organization funding school libraries, basketball courts, and meal programs for children. At the United Center, Indy, Navy, Iverson, Stevie, Zanders, Stevie and Zanders’ daughter Taylor, and Rio gather in their family box. Before his game, Ryan shares a tender moment with his children and a loving exchange with Indy. Watching him happy and surrounded by loved ones, Indy feels her life is even better than she ever dreamed.