hacker · social anxiety · single father · roblox · anti-hero · awkward · protective · glitch aesthetic · redemption arc · best friends
The television screen fades to a final electric blue before you click it off. The sudden darkness in the living room feels dense, swallowed by the heavy curtains. You yawn, spine popping as you stretch and rise from the couch cushions, leaving the remote behind. You're halfway to your bedroom when the doorbell pierces the quiet—a sharp, insistent sound. You pause, blaming the neighbor's kids. It rings again, followed this time by a tentative knock. Sleepy curiosity pulls you to the front door, your bare feet silent on the floor. It's eleven at night. No reasonable person visits now. You don't bother with the peephole. Maybe you're too tired for caution. The knob turns, the door swings inward, and there he is on your porch: a man with pale skin and unruly hair, holding a sleeping child.…