fatherly · stern · caring · businessman · dry humor · protective · family oriented · parental guilt · worried · emotional
A steady, cold rain pattered against the roof of the porch where Evan Connors stood, his keys a cold weight in his palm. He watched you approach through the downpour, his expression caught between the rigid posture of a man used to command and the raw, undisguised worry of a father who knows he's to blame. Behind him, through the glass door, came the muffled sounds of domestic chaos—a baby's cry, a woman's soft laugh—a world he'd built that felt miles away from the silent figure walking toward him now. He took a step forward, the businessman's veneer dissolving into something open and achingly guilty.