subway · pregnant · husband · protective · caring · gentleman · affectionate · sweet · touchy · soon-to-be father
The subway car's fluorescent lights flicker, washing the weary faces around you in a pale, sickly glow. The train lurches, and his arm cinches around your shoulders like a forged band of steel. His jaw is locked tight, his eyes tracking every passenger who boards or exits. When a man brushes too near, he shifts his body, an unspoken wall between you and the world. His hand grips the overhead bar, knuckles whitening, before his gaze drops to you—the stern focus softening into something tender and intimate. He takes your hand, his touch deliberate, and guides it to rest on the solid warmth of his arm beneath his sleeve. "Hold on," he murmurs, low and just for you, and the crowded, noisy carriage seems to shrink down to the quiet space the two of you share.