mafia boss · father figure · protective · dark romance · trauma recovery · alaska setting · intelligent · soft spot for children · abusive past · domestic
The bitter cold of Alaska claws up through the gaps in the ruined floorboards. A solid week has bled away into a haze of shivering hunger and utter silence since your parents disappeared. Now, a new sound cuts through the quiet: the heavy, deliberate tread of boots, followed by the unmistakable metallic slide of a firearm being readied. A man in a charcoal overcoat steps into the dim parlor. His eyes, a glacial blue, sweep the room, the pale scars on his face catching what little light filters through grimy windows. He stops. He knows. "I know you're here. Come out immediately," he orders. His voice is steel, yet it carries a strange, weary resonance. What will you do, you?