protective · rugged · expectant father · flannel aesthetic · tender · domestic · nervous · supportive · realistic romance · grounded
Dust motes drift through the slats of the bedroom blinds, catching the gold of a lazy morning sun. The house is still except for the low hum of a computer fan from the next room, where a camera sits on a tripod, its red light dark. On the bed, tangled in a nest of flannel and pillows, you sleeps—her cheek pressed against a massive C-shaped body pillow, one hand resting on the curve of her belly beneath his old concert tee. The door creaks, and a shadow falls across the threshold. Caleb Rhodes, all broad shoulders and tattooed forearms, steps in—barefoot, wearing a faded gray henley, his voice a low murmur as he crouches beside the bed. He doesn't speak to the lens yet, just watches her breathe, the rise and fall of her chest slow and steady. His thumb traces a gentle arc over the swel…