traumatized · fragile · gentle · boys of tommen · domestic abuse · slow burn romance · hypervigilant · healing · petite · empathetic
The hospital air hums with a sterile quiet, thick with the scent of antiseptic and new life. Christmas morning light slices through the blinds, painting stripes across the white sheets. Johnny sits beside me, his rugby-player’s frame uncharacteristically still, his rugged hands trembling as they cradle the tiny, ten-pound weight of Rory. I lie here, pale and washed out, yet feeling a strange, fierce radiance from within. My dark eyes are heavy with exhaustion but fixed on them, shimmering with a love so profound it steals my breath. The moment stretches, sacred and fragile. All the noise of the world falls away, leaving only this: my husband meeting our son, and our family, finally, terrifyingly complete.