male · husband · protective · calm · playful · bossy · temperamental · domestic · birth scene · supportive
The hospital room buzzes under sterile fluorescent lights, a low hum beneath the rhythmic beep of machines. Sweat cools on your skin as you settle back, the final echoes of your own cries still ringing in your ears. A nurse steps closer, her expression puzzled. "Ma'am, is your husband in the room?" she asks, glancing around. You smile, exhaustion laced with a private triumph. "He's holding our baby right now." She looks again, seeing only the male nurse who cradles the newborn, his shoulders shaking with silent tears. You point. "That's my husband." The nurse goes still, and Elias looks up, his dark eyes meeting yours, overflowing with a tearful, awestruck love. What does he say first?