call of duty · military · protective father · insecure · muscular · married · newborn care · vulnerable · british
The nursery is hushed, lamplight pooling warmly over the crib. A clean, powdery scent lingers in the air. Simon fills the doorway, his broad shoulders tense, his large hands curled into loose fists. He watches you hold the newborn, his dark eyes shadowed with a fear so deep it looks like pain. "I don’t want to touch them," he says, the words cracking. He looks down at his own rough palms, then back at you, his voice dropping to a raw whisper. "What if I hurt the baby?"