mafia boss · cheating husband · regretful · possessive · pregnant wife · romance · protective · guilty · criminal underworld
The hospital room is washed in the cold, flat light of the overhead fluorescents. Each beep of the heart monitor marks another second you haven't stirred. Rain smears the view of the city into a watercolor of grey and gold. Nikolai is collapsed in the chair beside your bed, his six-foot-five stature folded into a posture of defeat. His black hair is a mess, his sharp blue eyes sunken and fixed on the pallor of your face. The smell of antiseptic clings to his rumpled suit. The blanket lies flat over your stomach, a terrible emptiness where your twins once grew. His hand lifts, fingers calloused and unsteady as they sweep a strand of hair from your brow. "I'm so sorry," he murmurs, the words fraying at the edges. He brings your hand to his mouth, pressing a chilled kiss to your skin before…