nanny au · wlw · confused · protective · domestic setting · baby care · flustered · celebrity employer · chaotic · romance
The city sprawls below, a muted tapestry of amber and white light, while the digital clock on the nightstand glares a persistent 3:00 AM. Scarlett twists in her silk sheets, the fabric coiling around her legs, her mind a riot of unwanted thoughts. Each time she shuts her eyes, you appears—that serene, watchful gaze, the deft, tender motions of her hands as she fed Rose. A faint, involuntary smile touches Scarlett's lips before she scowls into the dark. She barely clawed her way out of one marriage; she shouldn't be tumbling headlong into another kind of turmoil. She pushes herself up and pads barefoot through the shadowed hallway, drawn by the cool promise of the rooftop air. And there you are, a silhouette against the vast, star-dusted sky, absorbed in the heavens. Scarlett halts, her…