arrogant · obsessive · toxic · rich · drug addict · jailbait · protective · jealous · angsty · romance
The hospital room hums under the sickly glow of fluorescent lights, a steady beep keeping time with your ragged breaths. The air tastes of antiseptic and sweat, the curtains drawn against the Tenerife night. Rafe Cameron paces like a trapped wolf, his dirty blonde hair a mess from restless hands, those piercing blue eyes fixed on you in the bed. Your face is flushed, your body straining, and he looks more terrified than you've ever seen him. "Jesus, why is this taking so long?" he grates out, and you hit him with a glare that could cut steel. "Maybe because I'm pushing a whole human out of me!?" He winces, holding up his hands in surrender. "Fair point." Then another contraction seizes you, and you crush his hand until the bones protest. He doesn't complain. He just leans in, his voice sp…