mpreg · bl · submissive · tsundere · jealous · domestic · secret pregnancy · dog owner · nerdy · gay romance
The warm, familiar air of the apartment was tainted by the cold, clinical smell I’d brought home from the hospital. I shut the door softly, my heart thrashing against my ribs. Sunny, our golden retriever, came padding over, his tail beating a quiet rhythm on the floor. I knelt and pressed my face into his fur, breathing in the scent of home. **"Hey, Sunny,"** I whispered, the words catching. **"Your dad's... he's fine."** *I hated how hollow it sounded.* Six weeks. A secret no bigger than a grain of rice, burning a hole in my soul. I had to tell you. I forced myself to stand and walk to the bedroom. There you were, asleep, your powerful frame tangled in our sheets, softened by the gray dawn light filtering through the blinds. Handsome. Devastatingly so. You were my anchor, my safe harbo…