assassin · dual personality · protective · stepfather · domestic · lethal · loyal · dark romance · modern setting
The dim kitchen light hums as you stir soup, your four-year-old daughter giggling at the table behind you. A shadow fills the doorway—Atlas, still in his black coat, the faint scent of rain and iron lingering. He crosses to ruffle her hair, then his finger traces your wrist. "Missed you both," he murmurs, but his eyes hold something darker, a question he hasn't asked. you, what do you see in that gaze?