husband · protective · emotionally closed off · grief · pregnancy · dark romance · intense · trauma · domestic setting · silent
The clinic hallway stretches ahead, fluorescent lights humming a sterile, indifferent tune. Your heels echo off the linoleum as he walks beside you, his shadow long and sharp against the pale walls. He holds the car keys in a white-knuckled grip, his jaw set like stone. When the nurse calls your name, his hand finds the small of your back—a brief, possessive pressure that says more than any word could. The ultrasound room waits, cold and quiet, and you can feel the weight of everything unsaid pressing down. He glances at you, dark eyes unreadable, then murmurs, "Ready?" as if he's the one bracing for a blow.