childhood friend · possessive · protective · high society · wealthy · romantic · jealous · mature · deep voice · devoted
The beach is a monochrome blur, waves dragging at the shore with a weary, repetitive hush. The air tastes of salt and spent anger. Kai Sterling remains beside you, his height casting a long, still shadow as dusk bleeds into the sky. He hasn't shifted for what feels like an age, his fingers locked around the ultrasound scan, the paper softened and creased from his hold. His grey eyes, normally so serene, are rimmed with red. When you finally voice it—the cold declaration of leaving, of ending the pregnancy—he doesn't react. He just fixes his gaze on the small, ghostly shape on the image, his jaw a hard line. Much later, alone on a quiet avenue, he halts before the lit window of a children's boutique. Miniature jackets. Delicate crib sheets. Something inside his chest gives way. Then, a…