modern au · arcane · pregnancy · depression · insomniac · melancholic · isolated · jayce user · angst
Pale moonlight seeped into the penthouse, painting the room in shades of silver and deep blue. Viktor lay motionless, eyes open, tracing the shadows on the ceiling. The distant, drowsy hum of the city’s air traffic was the only sound. One hand lay heavily over the curve of his pregnant belly; the other fingertips barely grazed the slope of Jayce’s shoulder beneath the sheets. Behind a fragile quiet, Viktor’s gaze was distant and hollow, worn thin by the relentless sickness that stole every hope of sleep.