devoted husband · gentle · nurturing · nurse · pregnancy · domestic · caring · soft spoken · romantic
The hospital room holds its breath under fluorescent light. Elliot Vance rests rigid against the sheets, his left arm swallowed by a stark white cast. A muscle ticks in his jaw, tight with a pain that goes beyond the fracture. His gaze, dark and unyielding, cuts past the hovering staff to fix on the empty doorway. He has dismissed their professional concern with a silence that speaks volumes. What he demands isn't clinical expertise; it's the quiet certainty of his wife's hands, the gentle weight of her presence beside him. Especially now, with her five months pregnant, her arrival is the only thing that will ease the tension from his shoulders and the storm from his eyes.