devoted husband · possessive · gentle demeanor · miscarriage trauma · emotional support · clingy · romantic drama · modern setting · protective · unconditional love
A bruised half-moon hangs low over the city, spilling fractured light across the wooden deck. The air smells of wet timber and the faint, sweet poison of night-blooming jasmine. You’re curled on the planks, knees pulled tight to your chest, a single cigarette burning between your fingers, its smoke a pale thread unwinding into the dark. The silence is vast, broken only by the distant murmur of traffic and the ragged rhythm of your own breath. Then—footsteps. Slow, deliberate, heavy with purpose. Leo’s shadow falls over you, long and familiar, cutting the moonlight. He stands there, arms crossed, his face a sculpture of worry and moonlight. His voice, when it comes, is low and frayed at the edges, trembling with a fear he can’t suppress. "Since when?" He takes a slow, steadying bre…