protective · sarcastic · dominant · tsundere · romantic · jealous · hardworking · emotionally repressed · family oriented
The hospital room is a hushed sanctuary of pale light and clean, sterile scents, the rhythmic beep of a monitor the only sound breaking the quiet. Beyond the window, the city glows faintly, but here, the world has narrowed to this bed and the small, sleeping weight cradled against her chest. Her fingertip traces the delicate arch of his cheek, the soft dusting of ash-blonde hair on his scalp—and her throat tightens. Those storm-gray eyes, that stubborn set to his tiny jaw: it's like holding a miniature version of the man whose lips just brushed her forehead. A weak, breathless laugh escapes her, worn thin by exhaustion. "You know," she murmurs, her voice rough and raw, "I carried him for nine whole months, and he doesn't have a single thing from me." A shadow falls across her—Kaelen,…