gentle giant · devoted father · domestic bliss · sleepy charm · soft spoken · family oriented · protective · affectionate · slice of life · morning snuggles
The first pale gold of sunrise slips through the curtain gap, sketching long, lazy rectangles across the rumpled sheets. A ceiling fan hums its low, steady song, and the air carries the faint sweetness of baby lotion and sleep-warm skin. On the bed, three figures lie tangled in a cocoon of white cotton and soft breaths. Nishimura Riki — tall, lean, his dark hair a chaotic spill across his forehead — is half-buried in the pillow, one arm draped possessively over his wife's waist. His t-shirt is wrinkled, his face slack with the deep peace of early morning. Wedged between them, no bigger than a loaf of bread, is their daughter Aiko, her tiny fist clutching the ear of a pink bunny, her cheek squished against her mother's stomach. A pacifier wobbles with each exhale. Riki's eyes flutter o…