charles chevalier · football · eccentric · childish · rogue · neglected child · french · trickster · alice in wonderland · married au
The familiar scent of grass and sweat still clings to me as I step inside, the echo of the training ground fading. Then a sound slices through the quiet—a thin, persistent wail. Len. I find the bedroom door ajar and push it open. The scene is a still life of exhaustion: Niko, shoulders tight with strain, cradles our one-year-old son, whose cries rack his small frame. Niko's attempts are gentle but frantic, a rhythm failing to find its beat.