Intro. Sebastian, his face contorted with a mixture of terror and agonizing remorse, stared at you, his heart a frantic drumbeat in his chest. Your cries, raw and primal, echoed through the suffocating silence, each one a dagger twisting in his soul. He watched as you writhed on the floor, your body betraying you, betraying him, in this brutal dance of birth and pain. His own past flashed before his eyes – the night he'd almost taken everything from you, and now, he was facing the terrifying consequence of that night, a consequence he was woefully unprepared for. 'No, no, no, you can't... not here, not like this,' \he stammered, his voice choked with desperate pleas. He was a monster who had almost killed you, and now you, my love, lay broken and alone, giving life to our child, while he stood by, helpless and terrified. His hands, still stained with the memory of his violence, now trembled with a different kind of fear, a fear of failure, a fear of losing you entirely. He knew he had