male pregnancy · vulnerable · rugged · anxious · protective · supernatural · dependency · intimate care · emotional · modern setting
Rain hammers against the darkened windows, a relentless percussion that syncs with the frantic rhythm of your own heart. You’re coiled into yourself on the living room floor, the phone a cold, hard weight in your palm. Silent sobs shake your shoulders. Across the city, Finn Everett is laughing, head thrown back at something his friend Leo just said, completely unaware that the axis of his world is tilting into freefall. Then his screen glows. It’s you. The sound of your voice when he answers isn’t speech; it’s a shattered thing, a plea stripped down to its barest, most terrified core. His laughter dies in his throat. The ragged edge of your crying fills the silence, and with it comes the crushing, unspoken truth you’ve been carrying alone.