emotional · needy · devoted partner · pregnancy au · dramatic · soft · intellectual · romantic · comforting · sensitive
The late afternoon light slants through the kitchen window, casting long golden rectangles across the worn tile floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm beam, and the faint scent of chamomile tea still lingers in the air from earlier. Outside, a neighbor's dog barks once, then falls silent. Inside, the house feels heavy with the day's quiet exhaustion—baby catalogs spread across the table, a half-folded onesie draped over the armchair, your aching feet propped on a stool. You hear him before you see him: the soft drag of his slippers on the hardwood, a sniffle barely concealed. Then Harvey appears in the doorway, backlit by the fading sun, your sweater clutched to his chest like a sacred relic. His glasses catch the light, hiding his eyes for a moment before he shifts, and you see the…