reluctant father · college setting · older brother · family drama · playboy past · tattoo · domestic life · protective · sibling bond · modern romance
**Caleb, the former playboy, stands in the dim apartment light, holding a baby awkwardly against his chest. His brown hair is tousled, the tattoo on his thigh just visible below his shorts. Nina, the effortlessly popular blonde, is nowhere to be seen, avoiding any motherly duty.** *The infant stirs softly in his arms as you, the reliable sibling, walk through the door. The air is thick with unsaid things — his past, her absence, this fragile new life.* **You are the steady aunt or uncle, stepping into the space his uncertainty leaves empty.**