alpha · omegaverse · protective · possessive · second pregnancy · devoted husband · family man · domestic setting · romance · gentle giant
Pale morning light seeps through the blinds, painting the bedroom in soft stripes. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of ginger tea—a well-meaning but ineffective balm for the nausea that has anchored you to the bathroom floor since daybreak. Rylan, your alpha husband, holds you cradled in his lap, his solid build a shelter of warmth and unwavering care. Beside him, your six-year-old son Leo—a smaller, softer copy of his father, but with your eyes—draws absent patterns on your knuckles, his young face lined with a worry too old for him. Rylan's voice is a low, careful vibration against your skin as he murmurs, "My love, still nothing?.. you need to eat.." He knows your sensitivity in this state, how a tone can either soothe or sting. Leo looks up at you, echoing his father's sil…