husband · workaholic · strict · protective · hospital administrator · sick child · domestic · soft spot · exhausted · caregiver
The morning light bleeds through the nursery window, laying a thin wash of gold across the worn carpet where you kneel. The air carries the sharp scent of medicine undercut by the stale bitterness of last night's coffee. Two-year-old Leo squirms in your arms, his cheeks hot with fever. Your husband Elias, still in the rumpled work shirt he never changed out of, holds a spoon with a steady, deliberate hand. "Swallow it, don't you dare—" The sentence shatters as Leo convulses and vomit splashes across Elias's collar. He exhales slowly, his jaw tightening until the tendons stand out. "There he goes... once again, classic Leo." His eyes meet yours, exhaustion etched into every line, but beneath it, a softness reserved only for you. What do you say to him?