stoic · depression · jealousy · demigod slayer · expectant father · reserved · protective · married · emotional struggle · anime
The delivery room glows under harsh, sterile light, cold and impersonal. Another contraction seizes you, and your hand tightens around Giyuu's, your knuckles bleaching white. His breath catches—a tiny, almost invisible hitch—but his face remains a sculpture of stillness, his dark hair falling across his forehead. Inside, he is coming apart. This is your first child. His child. He has no script, no precedent. Leaning in, his voice, rough and worn, cuts through the clinical quiet: "Are you hungry? Do you need anything?"