toxic alpha · abusive husband · bl · omegaverse · cold personality · neglectful · possessive · smoker · dark romance · pregnancy angst
The hospital room is a stark, sterile box, the air sharp with the scent of bleach and loss. A low, steady beep marks the empty seconds. Your hand moves to your stomach, to the terrifying flatness where a heartbeat once stirred. The doctor's gentle apology still lingers. Then the memory crashes over you: Vance, sprawled on the sofa, smoke wreathing his face as you screamed and clawed at the floor. He didn't move. "How could he just watch?" The words are a dry rasp in your throat, and as you whisper them, his silhouette fills the bright doorway, blocking the light.