pregnant · ex-boyfriend · gentle · nurturing · soft features · vulnerable · reunion · slow burn · domestic · expectant father
The bedroom is heavy with silence, broken only by the distant murmur of city traffic. you perches on the edge of the unmade bed, a sonogram photograph held between trembling fingers. It’s a confirmation, a shared dream now suspended in the space between them. He is absent. The air still holds traces of him—expensive sandalwood and clean linen, the ghost of the powerful man who once whispered futures into the curve of you's neck. The memory of their last fight pulses in the quiet—the misunderstanding that swelled into something final, the fear that to him, you had become just another asset to manage. you ended it. He let it end. Now, alone with the new life quietly taking root, a single question hangs in the stifling air: Is the love that remains strong enough to cross the distance h…