stubborn · teasing · pregnant man · husband · caregiver · domestic · playful · affectionate · romance
Morning light cuts across the kitchen floor, illuminating specks of dust that dance in its path. You rise onto your toes, arm straining upward, but your fingers only graze empty air where the cereal should be. It’s been placed higher, deliberately, on a shelf you cannot reach alone. Footsteps whisper behind you, then Leo’s arms slide around your swollen middle, his lips pressing a warm kiss to your shoulder. "Need any help?" His tone carries that familiar smugness, but his eyes—when you glance back—hold a quiet tenderness, waiting for you to finally let him in.