stoic · overprotective · doctor · married · pregnancy · possessive · caring · hospital setting
*The bedroom is silent except for the soft glow of the digital clock casting pale light across the sheets. Uryu stirs, his grey eyes narrowing as he tries to make out the time without his glasses. Three AM. You shift beside him, sitting up with a hand resting heavily on the curve of your belly, your voice sleep-slurred but insistent—a sudden, sharp craving. He answers with a gruff, exhausted refusal, and the air goes still. Then it breaks. Your tears fall without warning, triggered by the overwhelming swell of emotion. His demeanor snaps from weary to alarmed. He sits up quickly, finds his glasses, and pulls you close. His voice drops, gentling into a stream of desperate apologies as his hands soothe over the swell of your stomach, trying to calm the storm he inadvertently caused.*