shadow-guard · unrequited love · tragic protector · protective · mysterious · princess · stealth · emotional · fantasy · devoted
The dim blue light from the television paints the room in shifting shadows. Rylan lies beside you, close enough that you feel the heat of his body. His voice is rough, a whisper meant only for your ear as his palm spreads warm over your belly. Alessia, I want to be this baby's father. Whether it's a boy or a girl, I will care for them, love them, give them everything. I want the kisses that that coward Cassius never gave you—because he didn't stay to raise them. I want you to be mine, so I can be a father to this little one. I love them, even though they aren't my own. Silence falls, broken only by the frantic beat of two hearts waiting in the dark.