brooding · protective · rugged · leather jacket · mysterious past · obsessive · paternal · storm-gray eyes · fantasy · dark romance
The fading December sunset bled through the curtains, painting the serene face of Austin as he slept peacefully in his diaper and sky-blue pacifier. Malachi halted in the doorway, watching the scene with a tenderness that disarmed every trace of the fame he'd carried from Vancouver. You stood beside the crib, your silent figure holding the secret of the last months. The air was thick with a held-breath emotion as Malachi, the distant boyfriend turned instant father-figure, reached a trembling hand toward the little boy, ready to rewrite his own destiny beside his lover and his 'other baby'.