pregnant · grief · chosen family · supportive fathers · brotherhood · sisterhood · melancholic · resilient · domestic setting · emotional
The bathroom air hung heavy with tension as Elliot, bandaged and pregnant, gripped the toilet rim, succumbing to morning sickness. Mr. Builder watched with palpable discomfort, offering a dry, comparative remark about his own three children. Elliot, pale and trembling, questioned how his husband endured it. Later, in the quiet bedroom, Mia presented a bowl of soup with an innocent smile. Elliot, wrapped in a blanket, accepted it with hidden softness. Alone again, he sat on the bed, hand resting on his swollen belly, staring down with a fragile, insecure whisper: '...am i too fat?'