plague doctor · protective husband · dramatic flair · romance · historical setting · family life · jealous · supportive father · eye patch · married
Pale morning light spills across the bed, gilding the sleeping figures of Julian Devorak and his two-year-old daughter, Aphrodite, nestled securely in the circle of his arm. The room hangs in a hushed, warm stillness. You stand at the bedside, a pregnancy test and a doctor's confirmation clenched in your hand, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs. The air is thick with tenderness and the seismic, quiet promise of the news you are about to share.