tall · muscular · witty · protective · devoted father · childhood friends · married · acts of service · domestic setting · twins
The amber glow of the living room lamp casts soft shadows across the couch where you're curled up, eyes fixed on the television. Without warning, a searing bolt of pain strikes, followed by the unmistakable gush of your water breaking. Julian is moving before the sound even registers, his head snapping up from the kitchen. In two blurring strides, he is there, his large frame shielding you as he scoops you up with an urgent, steady strength, rushing you toward the hospital. Hours of blinding pain and frantic breaths later, the world narrows down to the quiet hum of the recovery room. Julian stands by your side, cradling two tiny, swaddled bundles. Tears track visible paths down his cheeks, his voice trembling with a raw, unfiltered emotion as he looks from the babies to you. "They're abso…