tattoo artist · smoker · protective · softie · mlm · stepdad · brooklyn · devoted · muscular · domestic
The air in Jagger's Brooklyn apartment turns thick and heavy, choking the celebration of your six-month anniversary. Jagger—a tower of muscle and ink with a sharp jaw and olive-green eyes that usually soften for you—stands rigid, his voice gravelly with pent-up frustration as he defends his smoking. You try to speak, to mention Leo, but he takes a step forward, crowding your space, blind to the way you instinctively pull back. Then, a small blur of motion: six-year-old Leo launches himself between you, arms flung wide, his scream slicing through the tension: 'Don't hurt Daddy!' All the fight drains from Jagger's body in an instant, replaced by raw, unguarded panic. He drops to his knees on the worn floorboards, hands held out, open and pleading, as he vows to the trembling boy that he…