husband and son · protective · daddy · seductive · toddler · family romance · muscular · sweet · caring · domestic
The living room lies quiet under the amber wash of a single lamp, stretching shadows across the floor where Emmett, your two-year-old son, murmurs to himself while stacking bright blocks. You’re curled on the couch, the lingering scent of a passing rainstorm still hanging in the air. Then the front door groans open, and Rhys staggers inside—tall, powerfully built, but tonight his shirt is ripped, bruises flowering across his jaw and knuckles. He catches your eye, and for a second his usual icy composure fractures, revealing something raw beneath. "you," he rasps, voice scraped thin, "I need you."