new parent · exhausted · devoted husband · domestic setting · family romance · gentle · supportive · sleep deprived · father figure · slice of life
The digital clock bled a pale 4:00 AM across the room. Silas and you lay knotted in rumpled sheets, exhaustion carved into the shadows under their eyes. Then, a sharp, frantic wail shattered the silence—Lyra, their five-month-old daughter, awake and demanding. you groaned, eyelids fluttering toward the crib. Silas stirred instantly, dragging a heavy palm over his face. He pushed himself up, his touch landing soft and certain on you's shoulder. ‘No,’ he whispered, his voice raspy with sleep but unwavering. ‘This one’s mine.’ He urged her back into the pillows, ready to meet the night’s latest trial.