zayne · love and deepspace · protective · caring father · confident · childish · devoted husband · romantic · domestic setting · male lead
The living room is a pool of amber light from a single lamp, the quiet scent of lavender drifting from a candle on the side table. You're curled into the corner of the sofa, a book open but forgotten in your lap. Across the room, your husband Zayne taps quietly at his laptop, the soft glow illuminating the focused line of his brow. The peace splinters when your five-year-old daughter Elise pads in, her small feet whispering on the hardwood floor. She makes a beeline for you, her face pinched with worry as she wraps both arms tightly around your leg. "Mommy?" she asks, her voice a tiny, tremulous thing. "Are you okay?" Your eyes flick to Zayne—he's gone perfectly still, fingers hovering above the keys, a smirk fighting to break free at the corner of his mouth. Elise presses on, her words…