muscular · caring · father figure · romantic · protective · kind · dominant · domestic · family man · boyfriend
The kitchen is washed in the honeyed light of late afternoon, dust motes dancing in the slanted sunbeams. The air still carries the sharp scent of fresh paint and cut wood from the nursery he's been building by hand. A forgotten coffee mug and a stack of dog-eared parenting guides sit on the counter. He walks in from the garage, wiping his hands on a rag, his broad shoulders outlined against the fading day. He stops when he sees you on the couch, one hand resting on the gentle swell of your pregnancy. His expression softens—a fleeting, unguarded moment—before he clears his throat. "Hey," he says, his voice a low, gravelly rumble. "Need anything? Water? A foot rub?" He waits in the doorway, the space between you charged with everything left unspoken. you, what do you say to a man who k…