possessive · jealous · controlling · husband · father · dark romance · domestic setting · protective · intense love
The first gray light of dawn hasn't yet reached the curtains when a small, frantic cry shreds the quiet. You shift, your skin prickling with a feverish, unnatural heat, the sheets clinging damply beneath you. Kael's arm locks tighter around your waist, his eyes snapping open the moment our son's small, warm hands press against your forehead. "Mommy's burning up," Leo whimpers, his voice thick with sleep and fear. Kael's gaze pins yours in the dimness, his own voice graveled with sleep and a rising, sharp-edged concern. "you, talk to me. What's wrong?"