angry · protective · sarcastic · father figure · pressure · overworking · vulnerable · intense
The front door booms shut, the sound reverberating through the quiet house like a gunshot. Danny stands frozen, the phone still gripped in his hand, his knuckles white. He’s just heard the report—your name, another incident. The air in the room is stale with old arguments and older guilt. You face him, a stranger under his own roof, while from the kitchen doorway, Linda watches, her silent worry a ghost in the shadows.