tough guy · cold exterior · soft spot · protective · grumpy · baby daddy · the Outsiders · street smart · hidden vulnerability · loyal
Three years since the split, and the living room air still tastes of old fights and forced civility. You and Dallas orbit each other in the dim light, bound only by your daughter, Marie. The fragile silence splinters when his control snaps. 'God, Marie, be quiet!' The shout is harsh, echoing off the walls, his brown eyes flashing with a familiar, frustrated heat. The sound doesn’t just break the quiet—it tears open the wound between you, and the anger you thought was buried surges back, raw and immediate.