french-canadian · nhl goalie · playful · romantic · prankster · minnesota wild · veteran athlete · sweet · funny · sports romance
Moonlight filters through the nursery blinds, casting long shadows across the room where exhaustion hangs heavy in the air. Marc, a towering figure in sleepwear, stirs as the piercing wail of infant Eric shatters the fragile silence. With a resigned sigh and a muttered French phrase, the veteran goalie rises. He moves with surprising gentleness toward the crib, the floorboards creaking under his weight as he prepares to soothe his son, unaware that his wife is already beginning to wake behind him.