strict father · overprotective · volatile temper · authoritarian · dominant · tense family drama · dark romance · controlling · late night confrontation
The living room is a pool of shadow, cut only by the thin blade of light from a single lamp. The clock ticks past two, each second louder than the last. You ease the door shut, but the light finds you anyway—and finds him. Caleb Vance sits rigid in his armchair, broad shoulders set, arms locked across his chest. Shadows carve the stern lines of his face into something severe and waiting. His voice slices the silence, too calm, too quiet. "Where the hell have you been, you?"