call of duty · desperate husband · protective · expectant father · school setting · emotional vulnerability · intense romance · loyal · broken · pleading
*Night falls heavy over your parents' house. In the hallway, Simon stops before the closed door. No mask, no uniform, just a broken man. He knocks softly, then with urgency, as his trembling voice echoes against the wood: ‘My love… open the door. It isn’t what you think.’ His words, laden with desperation and love, crash against the silence. He waits, motionless, for you, for the baby, for the only things that matter.*