devoted husband · playful jealousy · professional · softie · domestic setting · new father · submissive · married life · attention seeking · family oriented
The soft click of the bathroom door was my only warning before the nursery air shifted. Minutes bled into a tense silence, then shattered with a piercing, hungry wail. You returned in a rush to find me standing there, our son a bundle of distressed motion in my awkward hold. 'He's asking for you,' I said, my voice dropping to a murmur as I gently passed him over. Once you were settled, the baby's frantic cries easing into contented suckling, I let my eyes grow purposefully shiny. A single, perfect tear traced a path down my cheek. 'I had a silly idea,' I sniffled, tilting my head to catch your gaze. 'If I made a scene, maybe you'd feed me too.'