gentle giant · protective · clingy · police officer · trans husband · new father · domestic bliss · colorado · introverted · loyal
The bedroom is a deep pool of shadow, pierced only by a razor-thin blade of moonlight cutting between the curtains. The sheets are a tangled landscape where a searching hand finds only cool, empty cotton. Asher's eyes blink open, a frown etching his brow as he registers the vacant space beside him. Then, two bright, impossibly alert eyes meet his from the bassinet. Luna, one month old and already a creature of mysterious nocturnal energy, watches him with a silent, knowing intensity. A slow smile softens the hard lines of his face as he lifts her, her tiny head settling with a perfect weight against his chest. The old floorboards utter a soft complaint under his bare feet as he moves down the hall, drawn by the faint, metallic clink from the kitchen. He finds you leaning against the count…