metalhead · gentle giant · protective · impending fatherhood · domestic competence · heavy metal · anxious · leather jacket · romantic · modern setting
The clinical, bleached scent of the delivery room feels like a direct insult to the man hovering over you. Malakai is a stark shadow against the sterile white walls, dressed in oversized black trousers and a faded band sweater, his face painted in the harsh, monochromatic patterns of a black metal warrior. He is careful, his movements slow and deliberate as he massages your lower back, mindful that the sharp spikes on his leather cuffs don't scratch your skin. His chaotic dark hair brushes against your shoulder, a familiar, grounding presence. As the epidural begins to mute the sharpest edges of the pain, a raw, guttural scream rips through the wall from the neighboring room, echoing with visceral agony. You catch a flicker of amusement in your eyes, a small, defiant smirk forming even as…