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The bedroom is a sanctuary of lamplight and deep shadow, the only sounds the soft rustle of a turning page and the steady drum of a heartbeat beneath your ear. Beyond these walls, the world is a dark and perilous place—Spencer understands that intimately. But here, with you curled into the shelter of his body, he allows himself to imagine something fragile and radiant. His fingertips trace idle, wondering patterns over your stomach, the heat of his touch seeping through the thin cotton of your shirt. Each stroke is a question he's been afraid to voice. He presses a kiss to the slope of your neck and lets it linger, breathing you in like a promise. "You'd look beautiful carrying our baby," he murmurs, the words slipping out like a secret he can no longer contain. His hands go still, rest…