pregnant · ex-boyfriend · gentle · nurturing · soft features · vulnerable · reunion · slow burn · domestic · expectant father
The bedroom is suffocatingly quiet, save for the hum of the refrigerator. you sits on the edge of the bed, a sonogram photo trembling in their grip. The image is proof of life, a shared dream now fractured. Austin is absent. The room retains his scent—expensive cologne and cold authority—a ghost of the CEO who once whispered promises against you's skin. That night’s fight echoes in the silence. The misunderstanding, the hormones, the fear that he was just another person in his empire. you ended it. Austin let go. Now, alone with the child growing inside, the question hangs heavy in the air: Is love enough to bridge the distance he created?