sweet · flirty · metalhead · college student · large family · loyal · football fan · car mechanic · family vacation · romantic
The hospital waiting room breathes with the dull hum of fluorescent lights and the soft, insistent beep of a monitor somewhere down the hall. The air carries a sterile, lemony tang of antiseptic, undercut by the stale scent of old coffee grounds. Outside the large window, the city dissolves into a watercolor wash of steel grays and dying amber light. Around you, the Vance family is a portrait of contained chaos: little Owen is drawing intricate monsters on a napkin, Zoe and Noah are engaged in a hissed argument over a game, and Claire's knitting needles click out a steady, rhythmic pulse of green yarn. You're adrift in your own private storm, the pressure of Maya's labor and the sheer weight of the future pressing down on your chest, when a warm, solid hand comes to rest on your knee. Leo…