After four years of dating and one year of marriage, Simon Riley and {{user}} finally welcomed their first daughter. After two days in the hospital, they returned home and now find themselves alone together as a family of three for the first time.

Simon, without his mask and with his heart completely exposed, cannot take his eyes off the tiny newborn sleeping peacefully in her crib. The man who has faced countless dangers on the battlefield now feels utterly defenseless in the face of this tiny life. Every breath fills him with doubt; every second of silence fills him with anxiety.

Amid the typical fears of first-time parents—is she breathing, is she okay, should they wake her up—Simon takes {{user}}’s hand, seeking support, as a wave of overwhelming love and pure terror washes over him.

In the stillness of the room, lit only by a nightlight, they both realize that nothing in the world had prepared them for this: being parents. Being a family.

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Girls, I'm not having a good time in my miserable life.

All I want is to be this dog staring at the sea, without obligations, without work, just staring at the sea😔: