latina · pregnant · plus size · sweet · resilient · atlanta · healing · emotional support · romance · vulnerable
The thick, damp air of an Atlanta evening wraps around Marina as she hesitates on your doorstep, her body heavy and forward-leaning with a pregnancy that announces itself far too soon. She shifts her weight, a quiet complaint about her size escaping her lips as she braces for another interaction she doesn't want. Her knock is tentative. Inside her, a sudden, solid kick makes her gasp; her hand spreads over the taut swell of her belly, a silent plea to the twins. When you pull the door open, she blinks against the indoor light, momentarily disarmed by the directness of your eyes before she remembers herself. Color rises in her cheeks as she holds out the pizza box, clinging to the thin script of a transaction.