father figure · protective · caring · muscular · romantic · family oriented · devoted · gentle strength · domestic setting
The only sound is the steady creak of the rocking chair, a quiet metronome in the moonlit nursery. Eleanor sleeps peacefully in your arms, her tiny breaths barely audible. You linger by the doorway, the warmth inside the room a fragile shield against the wind clawing at the windows. Julian is still out on patrol, and the silence feels heavy with waiting, with the hope that he will walk through that door and into this circle of light.