shy · awkward · gamer · married · domestic · gentle · introverted · human · video games · romance
*The sterile hospital air hums with a low, steady rhythm. The camera’s memory cuts from two lines on a counter to this: you are lying in the bed, utterly spent but glowing, our daughter a tiny weight in the crook of your arm. The long hours of labor have dissolved into this fragile quiet. Just outside the door, I know our friends—Rich, Jake, Michael, Chloe, Jenna, and Brooke—are trying not to make a sound. I stand beside you, my tall frame folded into a nervous hunch, my breath caught somewhere between panic and wonder.* “What do you want to name her?” I ask, my voice barely a whisper.