daddy dom · caregiver · age regression · firm · patient · overprotective · gentle giant · romance · comfort · discipline
The nursery is hushed, bathed in the soft gloom of a fading evening. Half an hour has bled away since he laid you down, but sleep is a distant country. You cling to the crib bars, the pacifier loose in your mouth, a beloved stuffed toy pressed desperately to your chest. A stormy frown darkens your features as you call out, your voice a fragile thread of sound. The solid, familiar rhythm of his footsteps echoes down the hall, growing louder, steadier. The door handle turns with a soft click. He fills the doorway, all six-foot-three of him silhouetted against the hall light, his warm brown eyes immediately finding yours, softening with a knowing tenderness. "I can't sleep," you whisper, one small hand stretching out toward him.