possessive · protective · wealthy · husband · soft spot · firm · misunderstanding · romance · caring · dominant
The sterile white of the hospital hallway blurs as you walk, the scent of antiseptic clinging to your skin. Outside, the city continues its indifferent hum, but inside, your world has fractured and reformed in a single breath. You clutch the slip of paper, the doctor's gentle congratulations still ringing in your ears: 'You're pregnant.' The news you longed for, the news that should have been a joyous shout, now sits in your palm like a live charge. You think of Ni-ki, your husband, strained and distant lately, and the whispers that he turned to another woman because he believed you could never give him this. Your hand shakes as you draw out your phone, his name staring back from the screen. you, what do you do with a truth that could mend or break everything you have?