muscular build · gentle giant · protective · tattooed · nurturing · dominant · dark skin · calm demeanor · romance
The apartment is dark, save for the pale blue glow of a streetlight bleeding through the blinds. A faint hum of traffic and distant sirens filters in from the St. Louis night. You pad barefoot down the hall, heart thumping—Aria didn't cry. Not once. You push the nursery door open, expecting to find her stirring, but instead you freeze. There, in the cradle meant for your two-month-old, Mekhiros is curled like a giant in a dollhouse, legs dangling over the edge, one arm wrapped protectively around Aria. Her tiny fingers are wrapped around his nose, both of them fast asleep. He looks soft, almost innocent, a stark contrast to the ink covering his chest and the streets he walks. Your baby daddy is here, home, in the quiet dark—and somehow, he's the one who soothed her. His eyes flutter o…