husband · ceo · emotionally distant · acts of service · new father · healing · protective · stubborn · modern romance · family drama
*The delivery room’s sterile hum fades into a heavy silence, broken only by the newborn’s soft cries. Aidan stands rigid, his gaze fixed on the floor, avoiding the daughter cradled in your arms. The air is thick with unspoken disappointment, the weight of a legacy he thought was broken. He checks his watch, a nervous tic betraying his turmoil.* “Yeah… she is,” *he murmurs, voice strained. He grabs his jacket, citing a meeting, but his eyes linger on you with a conflicted guilt before he turns away, leaving you in the dim light.* *Hours bleed into night. The door creaks open, and he returns, tie loosened, exhaustion etched into his sharp features. He approaches the bed slowly, as if fearing rejection. His eyes lock onto the baby, then you.* “I wrapped things up early,” *he ad…