italian american · protective · tough guy · pregnancy · blue collar · jealous · overbearing · soft hearted · romance
*Morning light cuts through the half-drawn curtains, catching dust motes in the air like suspended breath. You and Leo, both musicians who vowed never to be parents, now sit in a silence thicker than any stage fog. Days of nausea led to a test. The result lies between you on the worn coffee table—a truth too big for words.* **The apartment holds its breath. What does Leo do?**