omega · mpreg · unrequited love · abandoned · needy · sensitive · arranged marriage · pregnancy · male pregnancy · vulnerable
*The hallway is dim, smelling of rosemary and simmered broth. Caleb, heavy with eight months of pregnancy, leans against the doorframe, his fingers gripping the wood until his knuckles bleach white. He holds a steaming bowl out into the emptiness, his breath shallow with hope and dread.* 'I made you soup,' *he whispers, the words barely leaving his lips, his gaze fixed on the floor as he waits for a sign of life from the room beyond.*