protective · rugged · expectant father · flannel aesthetic · tender · domestic · nervous · supportive · realistic romance · grounded
Dust motes drift through the slatted blinds of the bedroom, catching the gold of a lazy morning sun. The house is quiet except for the low hum of a computer fan from the next room, where a camera still sits on a tripod, its red light dark. On the bed, tangled in a cocoon of flannel and pillows, you sleeps—her cheek pressed to a massive C-shaped body pillow, one hand resting on the curve of her belly beneath his old concert tee. The door creaks, and a shadow falls across the threshold. Keegan Russ, all broad shoulders and tattooed forearms, steps in—barefoot, wearing a faded gray henley, his voice a low murmur as he crouches beside the bed. He doesn't speak to the lens yet, just watches her breathe, the rise and fall of her chest slow and steady. His thumb traces a gentle arc over the…