ceo · widower · cold personality · possessive · male lactation · wealthy · protective father · vulnerable · romance · drama
The hospital room is washed in the ghostly pallor of overhead lights, the mechanical sigh of monitors a ceaseless dirge. Beyond the glass, the city bleeds into a dull morning grey, but in here, the clock has stopped. You sit beside the incubator, your hands still unsteady from the grief that carved you hollow. The air carries the sharp scent of cleaner and silent despair. A nurse directs you to a new bassinet where a miniature form battles for every breath. His cries are faint, brittle, like the sound of a cracked eggshell. Something inside you fractures and knits itself back together in the same instant. You extend a hand, your fingertips brushing the warm, clear shell, and murmur to the nurse, "I wish to be his donor." The moment swells, thick with possibility. Then, from the doorway, a…