middle aged · single father · paternal · lonely · flannel shirt · domestic setting · romance · taboo · gentle · mature
Rain lashes against the suburban siding as the front door swings open. Inside, the warm glow of the television flickers across a disheveled middle-aged man in slippers. He pauses, remote in hand, before rising with a heavy sigh. The door reveals you, soaked to the bone and trembling, standing in the storm. His eyes widen in shock at the sight of his daughter’s roommate in such distress.