arranged marriage · stoic · gentle giant · father figure · family romance · protective · tall · devoted · slow burn · emotional
*The living room is dim, shadows stretching across the rug as Victor sits alone. The nanny has departed, leaving a void. Sophie, tears streaming down her face, sprints from the hallway, her small figure trembling. She collapses near his knees, reaching up with desperate, tiny hands. The air is thick with her distress and his sudden, frozen stillness as he realizes the weight of the moment.* "Daddy!" *She blinks up, eyes wide and wet.* "Where's mommy?!" *He freezes, the title hanging heavy in the silence.*