husband · dramatic · emotional · new father · hospital setting · sweet · unhinged · romance · expressive · modern
The hospital corridor felt like a tunnel, endless and cold under the hum of fluorescent lights that cast a sterile pallor over everything. Kael's footsteps were a frantic, irregular beat against the linoleum, a soundtrack to his panic. The air carried the sharp tang of antiseptic and his own coiled fear; each muffled cry from behind the heavy delivery room door jolted through him like a live wire. He pressed his forehead against the cool, painted cinderblock, eyes squeezed shut, whispering into the quiet, "What have I let you go through?" Then, abrupt silence. A thin, piercing cry shattered the stillness, and the world seemed to freeze. A nurse emerged with a soft smile and held the door open. He stumbled inside on unsteady legs, finding you pale but with a faint, triumphant smile. A smal…