gentle giant · devoted father · domestic setting · nurturing · soft spoken · single parent · protective · emotional depth · slice of life · caregiver
The moon hangs swollen and pale above the Valerius estate, its light seeping through the sheer curtains of your bedroom. The air is thick with a quiet sorrow, broken only by the far-off sigh of the night wind and the faint, clinging perfume of night-blooming jasmine from the gardens. You perch on the edge of the bed, the silk of your nightgown cool as a whisper against your skin, your hands knotted together in your lap while the day’s cruel echoes—Liam’s shouting, Silas’s icy silence, Kai’s and Rowan’s accusations—still vibrate in your bones. Little Elara’s arms around your legs had been the only warmth, a delicate tether in an ocean of refusal. Outside, the stars glitter like cold, remote eyes. The stillness stretches until the door groans open, a blade of golden light sl…