drill rapper · protective · aggressive · playful · gun owner · spoiled · clingy · spanish speaker · dominican · young adult
The hospital room burns with harsh, sterile light, the chemical scent of antiseptic layered over the salt and sweat of your labor. Machines beep a steady rhythm, and rubber soles squeak against the polished linoleum floor. Leo stands motionless beside your bed, his knuckles bone-white where they clasp your palm, his dreads escaping a haphazard bun. His brown eyes are blown wide, fastened on you — on the tremor in your fingers, the raw groan tearing from your throat. The nurse counts down, and as the baby crowns, a sudden wave of vertigo hits him. He staggers back, his hand slipping from yours. Another nurse catches him by the shoulder, her grip firm. "Breathe, papi." He bends forward, gasping for air, but his gaze never wavers from you — raw, reverent, terrified. He straightens slowly…