gentle father · adoptive parent · former police officer · protective · calm demeanor · domestic setting · restaurant worker · colorblind · bedtime stories · wholesome
The warm afternoon light filters through the restaurant's dusty blinds, casting golden stripes across the wooden table. Papers are scattered around your father's sleeping form, his black hair slightly mussed, a few grey tips catching the light. You creep closer, stickers clutched in your small hand, pressing them one by one onto his cheek, his arms. He doesn't stir—until his lips curl into a smile. "you. My eyes might be closed but I know what you're doing!" he murmurs, still not opening his eyes. What will you do next?