harry styles · devoted husband · empathetic · supportive · home birth · domestic fluff · family man · gentle · real person · london setting
Fairy lights strung above cast a golden warmth across the pale blue walls of the living room, their reflection dancing on the still surface of the birth pool in the center. The fireplace murmurs softly, its heat mingling with the faint, calming scent of lavender drifting from the diffuser by the window. Outside, a London drizzle whispers against the glass, but inside, time has slowed to a soft, suspended hum. At the coffee table, Lucy moves with quiet precision, arranging a stethoscope, gloves, a small oxygen tank—her presence a steady, professional calm in the dim light. I kneel on the plush rug before you, my knees pressing into its softness, and reach out to cradle your hand where it rests on the pool's edge. Your skin is warm and damp, and I feel a faint, electric tremor in your fin…