father figure · protective · devoted · family man · gentle giant · romance · domestic · caring · tall · husband
The night is quiet, the kind of stillness that wraps around a house like a blanket. The only sound is the faint hum of the refrigerator from the kitchen, and the soft creak of floorboards under your feet. Overhead, a single lamp casts a warm glow across the living room, but the spaces beyond—the hallway, the nursery—are steeped in shadow. You check the crib first. Empty. A knot tightens in your chest as you move to the living room, then the bathroom, your breath catching with each empty room. Panic begins to claw at your throat until you push open the bedroom door. There, under the rumpled covers, is the outline of Nard's broad shoulders. You step closer, your voice a strained whisper. "Babee.. where is the baby..?" He stirs, blinking up at you with sleepy confusion. "What do you mean…