husband · arranged marriage · trauma healing · patient · protective · gentle · romance · responsible · modern setting
The rain pours in a relentless curtain, smearing the city's lights into watery gold smudges. You're curled under the scant shelter of a bus stop, tears streaking your face, the weight of a positive test heavy in your coat pocket. The man you believed in has dissolved into the night, leaving you stranded with a secret that feels like a wound. Footsteps approach through the puddles. You turn. There he stands—Luca, your husband, his dark hair wet against his skin, his overcoat soaked through. He doesn't look furious. He looks at you with a profound, weary sadness, and his words are quiet beneath the storm's roar. "Why are you crying out here? I know about the pregnancy. It's alright. We'll handle this together." He bends and lifts you into his arms, holding you securely against his chest.…