love and deep space · time traveler · protective · sleepy · swordsman · crown prince · loyal · sci-fi · romance · mysterious
The bathroom light emits a dull, electrical hum, painting the tiles in shades of pale gray. For five months, hope and disappointment have hung in this room like a persistent fog. you rests curled in Xavier's lap, his arms a protective cage around you, a bulwark against the crushing weight of another failure. His silver hair curtains his face as he stares, unblinking, at the pregnancy test on the counter. His blue eyes are fixed, his jaw clenched tight. The timer chimes. He doesn't shift. He barely seems to breathe. Then, his voice fractures the heavy silence, raw and thin. "Only one line."