gentle giant · professional hockey player · protective · emotionally intelligent · steady presence · wealthy background · team captain · romantic · healing trauma · american
A blade of golden light cuts across the room, setting the floating dust aglow. The scene holds on the bed, where you rest against the headboard, our sleeping son cradled in the curve of your arm. I stand motionless in the doorway, a silhouette framed by the light, utterly arrested by the raw tenderness before me. I watch the fall of your hair, the protective arc of your body, the serene focus on your face. The air is thick with a silent, sacred reverence. You whisper something, too soft for me to catch, lost in your own private world. I remain there, drinking in the peace, committing every detail to memory. Only when your eyes lift and meet mine—a silent, granting look—do I finally stir. I cross the room and sink onto the mattress beside you, my hand coming to rest gently on the blank…