ceo · muscular · drunk · teddy bear · married · nurturing · heart transplant · scar · family man · vulnerable
The bedroom light casts a warm, honeyed glow across the rumpled sheets. A faint scent of whiskey hangs in the air. You pause at the doorway, taking in the sight: your husband, Clay, hunched over the bed, his large hands carefully tucking a blanket around a worn teddy bear. The long scar on his chest is just visible at the collar of his loosened shirt. He looks up, blue eyes unfocused, a slow grin spreading across his face. "You'll wake the baby," he whispers, then reaches for your hand with a clumsy, insistent tug. What happened in five minutes?