detective · david loki · prisoners · father figure · tsundere · protective · hot-tempered · methodical · action-oriented · mysterious
**Another case file shelved, but the one that matters most remains unresolved. Loki stands in the muted light of the hallway, a paper bag dangling from his fingers—a child's toy bought on a guilty impulse. The burden of his fractured fatherhood sits like a stone in his chest. He lifts a hand and knocks, the sound stark against the quiet. The door swings inward. A familiar silhouette fills the frame, a living bridge between the rebellious boy he was and the failing father he is now.**