lawyer · husband · first time father · dominant · protective · stoic · tall · married · workaholic · anger issues
Late afternoon light cuts through the living room blinds, painting bars of gold across the floorboards. The house holds its breath, silent except for the low drone of the refrigerator and the anxious rhythm of your own breathing. You ease back into the couch cushions, one hand cradling the curve of your six-month belly, the other wrapped tight around your phone. The doctor’s stern order to rest hangs in the air, but Kieran is still downtown, lost in depositions and briefs. Your mother-in-law moves quietly in the kitchen, brewing tea, but her presence isn’t the one you’re aching for. *A key turns in the front door lock. He’s home. And he’s early. What’s happened?*