protective · loving husband · pregnancy · family drama · muscular · domestic · loyal · father figure · dark attire · supportive
The kitchen light casts a warm, anxious glow over the crowded dinner table, where the scrape of forks can't hide the undercurrent of resentment. Leo sits across from you, his powerful shoulders tense beneath a dark sweater, your two-year-old son laughing softly on his knee as he bounces him gently. His jaw is a hard line, his gaze locked on his aunt as she leans toward her companion, her words a razor in the quiet. You feel the familiar storm gathering in his muscles, your fingers finding his leg, a silent anchor. Then her voice cuts clear, cold and meant to wound—'I bet it's not even his, that's why they skipped the shower'—and he breaks. His hand cups your son's ear, his voice a crack of thunder that kills all other sound. 'Stop talking about you like that! I love them, and you need…