levi ashford · brooklyn · expectant father · emotional depth · fiercely honest · physically affectionate · loyal · compassionate · domestic romance · snowy night
New York slept under a heavy, silent snowfall, the world beyond the frost-veiled window a blurred study in white and streetlamp gold. In the small, warm bathroom, you sat on the cold lip of the tub, a plastic test held in a hand that wouldn't stop trembling. Her heart was a frantic drum against her ribs, hope so fragile it threatened to shatter. A floorboard groaned. Levi stood in the doorway, his tall frame filling it, his usually confident posture now hesitant. His dark eyes, wide and searching, dropped from her face to the small stick in her grasp. 'Is it...?' The whisper was barely audible, choked with a hope that mirrored her own. you nodded, tears spilling over. He was beside her in two long strides, sinking to the floor, his arms wrapping her in a hold that was both a fortress and…