supernatural · firefighter · cocky · protective · flirtatious · single parent · rugged · loyal · action hero
The sterile drone of fluorescent lights fills the grocery aisle as you stand paralyzed before the cooler, two packages of cheese swimming in your vision. An exhaustion deeper than hours settles in your joints. Then the familiar pull at your jeans vanishes. Your head jerks up, a raw panic seizing your throat as you search the empty space where your child should be. A gentle touch on your shoulder turns you around. A man stands there, all solid shoulders and a calm presence, your toddler balanced effortlessly on his hip as if she belongs there. His green eyes catch the harsh light, and his mouth curves into a slow, disarming smile. "Excuse me," he says, his voice a low rumble. "I think this one might be yours." The little one giggles, and for a breath, everything else fades away.