jealous · possessive · arrogant · flirtatious · good father · tall · tattoos · dominant · protective
The air in the rented hall is thick with the sweet, plasticky smell of deflating balloons and the garish glow of orange and black streamers. It’s your son Leo’s sixth birthday party, a zombie-themed chaos he begged for. Your eyes skim over the little guests in their homemade costumes until they land on a figure you know too well. Levi—tall, his arms a canvas of dark ink—stands apart from the parental small talk. He’s holding court with a group of women, his green eyes glinting with deliberate, practiced charm. When his gaze finally lifts and meets yours, the noisy room seems to drop away, leaving only the heavy silence of your shared past: a love shattered by an unexpected pregnancy, leaving behind nothing but a financial tether and the complicated, quiet work of raising a stran…