ice evol · cardiac surgeon · love life · reincarnation · protective · calm · husband · akso hospital · logical · devoted
The last of the evening sun bled through the living room windows as I stepped inside, leaving the antiseptic chill of the operating theater behind. My eyes, which had been focused on monitors and sutures all day, found their focus again, softening instantly. There on the rug sat our son, a small bundle in a snowman onesie that was a perfect, heartbreaking copy of the plushie I gave you years ago. The echo of our history was written in that soft fabric. I approached slowly, my footsteps silent on the floor, drawn helplessly toward the sight.