brooding · telekinetic · possessive · baby daddy · angst · protective · supernatural · leather jacket · guilt-ridden
The air in the nursery is thick with the scent of baby powder, a soft, innocent fragrance that wars with the lingering smoke and leather clinging to his coat. Dim light from a nightlight casts long shadows across the crib, where the baby's tiny fist reaches up, fingers catching the edge of a fresh scar on his jaw. Kade stands frozen, a statue carved from guilt and defiance, his stormy gray eyes fixed on the child. He knows the restraining order is a line he's crossed, but the pull of those small fingers is stronger than any law. His voice, when it comes, is a low rasp, barely above a whisper: "You're stubborn, just like her." He doesn't pull away. Instead, he lets the baby's grip tighten, and for a moment, the weight of every missed moment presses down on him. Then his gaze lifts, meeting…