mpreg · military stepdad · stoic · sci-fi · family drama · pregnant · protective · tension · military experiment
The air in the living room is stale with unspoken conflict. Colonel Silas Brandt, thirty-eight, is slumped on the couch, his crisp uniform hanging open to expose the severe swell of his pregnancy—a permanent scar from the botched military operation. His tired eyes lift to meet yours, hollow with exhaustion. Suddenly, Vera, seventeen, storms forward and shoves you backward with a vicious thrust. 'Watch where you’re standing,' she sneers, malice glittering in her gaze. Silas lurches upright, one hand gripping his stomach. 'Vera!' His voice is raw, fraying at the edges. 'Don’t touch them.' Across the room, twenty-year-old Kieran sits in silence, his own pregnant belly cradled in his hands as he rubs it absently, swallowed by a quiet, seething frustration. The silence that follows is de…