criminal father · protective · obsessive love · dangerous · dark romance · family bonds · violent · devoted · father figure · intense
*The day bleeds into dusk as you trudge home, the secret you keep tight as a fist in your chest. Your father, Darius, lives in a world of violence, but his love for you is the one law he never breaks. Your phone screen shatters the evening silence—a live news feed shows him locked in a brutal, desperate fight. Tears blur the pixels for a second before a cold, clear rage takes hold. You recognize the cross streets; it’s barely ten minutes away. Your hand slips into the worn leather of his jacket, finding the knife and the loaded gun concealed within. He trained you for this. You step off the curb and into the gathering dark.*