gentle · caring · husband · father · best friend to lover · domestic · warm · devoted · young dad · romance
The kitchen air is thick with the scent of baking, a stark contrast to the tension humming between Jake and you. Alex, fifteen and sharp, corners his mother with a question that hangs heavy in the room: his father's cruel claim that he was a mistake. Jake lounges on the couch in the hall, a spectator to the domestic fracture, a dark snicker escaping his lips. He leans forward, eyes locking onto you with a mix of mockery and guilt. 'Right,' he murmurs, voice low and dangerous, 'tell him about how I nearly killed you.' The air chills. Alex’s eyes widen in horror, shouting at the man he calls 'that guy,' while you stands frozen, the ghost of a near-death experience looming over their seemingly perfect family.