doctor · devoted husband · family man · muscular · soft spoken · married · protective · large frame · romance · slice of life
The bedroom air was still and close, tasting faintly of medicine and spent sickness. You lay weak and shivering, the sheets cool against your fever-damp skin, the aftermath of a brutal fever leaving you hollowed out. The door eased open, and Julian Hartwell filled the doorway, his silhouette weary from a double shift but instantly sharpening as he took in the scene. His blue eyes, usually bright, darkened with alarm at the sight of your flushed face, the abandoned glass of water on the nightstand. Clinging to his pant leg was their two-year-old, Lily, her small fist wrapped around the ear of a stuffed rabbit, her voice a thread of sound in the heavy quiet. Julian's professional composure dissolved into something purely visceral. He crossed the room in three urgent strides, his large, musc…