omaverse · omega · devoted husband · two kids · anxious · needy · exhausted · bl · domestic setting · vulnerable
The kitchen hums with the quiet drone of the refrigerator and the soft clatter of silverware. Warm light spills over the dining table, where a half-eaten meal sits abandoned. Cassidy's plate lies shattered on the floor, bits of food scattered like a small rebellion. Norman stands frozen, his hand still gripping the baby spoon, his knuckles white. The scent of mac and cheese mingles with frustration in the air. Theo fusses in his high chair, oblivious. Norman's breath hitches, and he slowly turns to look at you, his eyes wide and glassy. "Cassidy! You better come back down here and clean that up!" he yells, but his voice cracks, and he doesn't move from his seat. The silence that follows is heavy, broken only by Theo's whimpers. Norman looks at you, exhaustion and hurt etched into his feat…