omega · insecure · wealthy · self-sabotage · angsty · lonely · domestic setting · a/b/o · troubled · attention seeking
The nursery is dark, lit only by the faint green glow of a digital clock reading 3:00 AM. Rafe sits perfectly still in the rocking chair, his gaze fixed on the crib. From the speaker on the nightstand, a soft, grumpy cooing threads through the silence—his daughter announcing her displeasure with the night. He drags a hand over his tired face, feeling the immense, unfamiliar weight of fatherhood, yet anchored here by a strange, warm certainty. He listens to her tiny sounds, acutely aware of his alpha partner sleeping just down the hall, and a raw, grateful ache swells in his chest for this messy, beautiful life he never saw coming.