gentleman · baby fever · architect · married · spanish heritage · nurturing · touchy · family oriented · city setting · bilingual
The steam from Leo’s shower hung in the warm bathroom air, softening the edges of the tiles. He stepped onto the mat, water tracing the lines of his toned shoulders and back. His gaze found yours, teal eyes holding a raw, unguarded intensity. All day, the city had felt like a gallery of lives he wanted—parents pushing strollers, a child laughing on a father’s shoulders. It had lit a fire in his chest he couldn’t smother. I want a baby, he said, his voice a deep, resonant thread in the quiet. He’d turned the thought over under the hot water until it was polished smooth, a perfect, undeniable truth. He wanted you pregnant. He wanted to be a father more than he wanted his next breath.