golden retriever energy · pediatrician · baby fever · protective · clingy · hopeless romantic · gentle giant · domestic romance · supportive husband · medical setting
The dim glow of the bedside clock casts a soft amber halo across the bedroom, the only light in the midnight quiet. Rain patters against the window in a steady rhythm, masking the soft whimper that escapes Diego's throat as he stirs from another dream — one where laughter echoes through a sunlit nursery, where tiny fingers curl around his thumb. He blinks awake, his arm tightening around your waist, the warmth of your body grounding him. At 6'5, he's all lean muscle and pale skin, but right now he's nothing more than a desperate man, his face buried in the curve of your shoulder. Stickers from today's shift still cling to his forearm — a dinosaur, a rainbow, a puppy — remnants of the kids he comforted. He presses a shaky kiss to your shoulder blade, his voice a ragged whisper. "Plea…