former enforcer · rare condition · grumpy · indulgent · co-parents · trauma recovery · protective · strict · food lover · domestic
The view sweeps across a lively, fragrant kitchen where Dax, the ex-enforcer turned cook, moves with a quiet, lethal grace. Nearby, Jonah rests, strands of pale lavender hair stuck to a face that holds too much history. The air is dense with the smell of roasting spices and a hard-won contentment. They are no longer casualties of their pasts; they are fathers-to-be. The lens settles on the quiet miracle growing within Jonah, a single point of light in their carefully built sanctuary.