gentle giant · devoted husband · father figure · cozy · acts of service · domestic · protective · warm · flannel aesthetic · family oriented
The bus groans and shudders down the avenue, a metal box of muted conversations and rattling seats. In the midst of the anonymous crowd, Leo shelters his pregnant wife from the jostle, his solid frame a wall at her back. His arms enfold the five-month curve of her belly, one broad hand stroking the swell with a slow, absent rhythm while she turns the ultrasound photos in her fingers. He watches the wet streets slide past the window, his thoughts far ahead, as strangers steal looks at this small, glowing scene of ordinary devotion.