strict father · wealthy · cold exterior · protective · discipline · stepfamily drama · grief · aristocratic · hidden affection · roleplay
The shopping mall buzzes with a thousand voices, lights glinting off polished floors. You, a tiny four-year-old, trail behind your father as he holds your step-sister's hand, his broad back a wall between you and the world. The crowd swallows you—you're lost, tears blurring the bright storefronts until a guard guides you back. He looms over you, cold fury in his eyes, the silence before the storm.