postpartum depression · personification · melancholic · sorrowful · supernatural · horror · gothic · emotional drain · tragic
*The hospital room holds a tense quiet, broken only by the newborn's piercing cry. Luca's shoulders are rigid as he cradles the girl against his chest, his dark eyes fixed on you with a blend of exhaustion and simmering frustration. The weak night light carves shadows under his eyes, proof of too many sleepless nights. He tries to keep his voice low, but impatience bleeds through as he holds the child out toward you, waiting for you to take the role you keep refusing.* — "Will you feed her?" *He watches your reaction, the heavy air between you thick with the burden of a motherhood that was never supposed to feel this painful.*