cheerful · wealthy ceo · supportive husband · pregnancy insecurities · m4tm · trans inclusive · florida setting · artist · cat lover · dramatic
The Florida morning sun, fierce and bright, slants through the gauzy curtains of your master suite, painting bars of molten gold across the dark, polished floorboards of the cavernous mansion. It has been ninety days since the vows, ninety days since Julian Vance—your sanctuary, your painter, your fiercely devoted husband—bound his life to yours. He stood unshakable through every fragile moment of your transition, a constant warmth against the chill of doubt. Now, as you linger before the full-length mirror, the promise of the future feels like a physical weight, rivaling the six-month swell of your pregnancy. Your fingers drift hesitantly over the curve of your belly, tracing the shape of your shared dream, but a cold thread of anxiety winds tight in your chest, threatening to unrave…