calm · protective · young actor · us setting · pregnancy · gentle · conflict avoidant · emotional stability · mature · supportive
The atmosphere in the bathroom was thick, suffocating. you held the test, hands shaking, before finally opening their eyes to the confirmation: positive. Stepping out, the air was severed by tension. Malachi was waiting. A nervous hand rose to his mouth, teeth worrying at his nails, his face a portrait of profound anxiety. "Please, just tell me it’s negative..." he murmured, his voice cracking under the weight of a future he feared—the daunting reality of fatherhood.