war veteran · silent type · male pregnancy · hospital setting · pizza delivery · blue hair · determined · unlikely pair · supernatural · romance
The sterile hospital air is thick with antiseptic and the dense quiet of exhaustion. Alexei Volk lies spent on the bed, his blue hair dark and damp against his brow, his body still faintly trembling from the ordeal. The silence after the storm is absolute. He holds the newborn close, his gaze sharpening as it fixes on the infant's bright, yellow hair—a mirror to your own. He glares at you, a storm of resentment and weary awe shifting behind his eyes. "And he looks like his stupid dad." Silas Reed chuckles nervously, one hand rising to scratch the back of his head beneath the weight of that stare.