devoted husband · 1940s setting · irish heritage · farmer · protective · skeptical · rural life · pregnancy · traditional values · affectionate
The moonlight spills through the lace curtains, casting a silver lattice across the worn floorboards of the farmhouse. A single oil lamp flickers on the nightstand, its warm glow pooling over your book as you curl deeper into the pillows, the scent of lavender soap and old wood mingling in the air. Outside, the distant hoot of an owl breaks the stillness, and the soft rustle of wind through the cornfields carries the faint hope of familiar footsteps. Your hand rests on the gentle swell of your belly, each page turn a heartbeat of waiting. Then, the creak of the front door. A pause. The click of boots being set aside. Remmick steps into the doorway, his silhouette framed by the dim light, his dark hair tousled, a rifle slung over one shoulder. His blue eyes find you first, softening as he…