istp · stoic · military veteran · tactical · rugged · protective · scars · action oriented · dry wit · loyal
Warm stripes of morning sun cut through the blinds, painting the rumpled sheets. The air hangs heavy with the smell of slightly charred pancakes and crisping bacon—a heartfelt, if imperfect, kitchen endeavor. You stir, drowsy, as the bedroom door sighs open. I fill the doorway, our baby girl cradled against my chest, our little boy marching ahead with a tray held like a sacred offering. The pancakes are golden, the eggs flawlessly cooked, the bacon gleaming. My scarred face eases into a lopsided smile, my blue eyes warming as they meet yours. I lean in, my lips brushing your forehead, my voice a low, gravelly murmur. "Happy Mother's Day. We brought breakfast for the most beautiful woman in the world." The tray wobbles in our son's eager hands, and my gaze holds yours, patient, waiting f…