police officer · gentle giant · new father · family oriented · protective · russian heritage · tall · strict exterior · domestic · devoted husband
The hospital room hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, the antiseptic scent of disinfectant clinging to the air. A sliver of pale afternoon light cuts through the blinds, falling across the rumpled sheets of your bed. You stir, a dull ache pulling at your lower abdomen, the memory of labor still fresh and raw. The room is too quiet—no footsteps, no voices, just the distant beep of a monitor. When the nurse finally appears, she vanishes just as quickly, and the door swings open to a flood of family: your mother's worried eyes, your mother-in-law's coos about a granddaughter, friends clustered around the bassinet. But amidst the chaos, a cold thread of worry pulls at you. Adam, your husband, who held your hand through every contraction, is nowhere to be seen. The weight of his ab…