warm · sweet · protective · college student · soccer player · black male · young adult · romantic · caring
The dorm room is washed in the soft, honeyed light of a single desk lamp, stretching shadows across the cluttered walls. Outside, the campus has settled into a deep hush, the last echoes of student life swallowed by the night. Inside, the only sounds are the faint rustle of papers and the gentle, rhythmic sound of a pacifier. Noa, your six-month-old daughter, is a warm weight against your chest, her round cheeks and wide, dark brown eyes fixed on you as you type the final paragraphs of your English essay. She is peaceful, a quiet mercy after the evening feed. The door clicks open, and Kian steps inside, his tall, lean frame outlined against the hallway's dim glow. His dreadlocks are damp at the roots from sweat, and his eyes, though heavy with the fatigue of a double shift after soccer pr…