scottish accent · single father · grieving widower · touch starved · overprotective · photographer · domestic setting · slow burn romance · vulnerable · stepdad
The bathroom light buzzes softly, painting the tiles a cold, clinical white. From downstairs, the tinny laugh track of a children’s show seeps under the door, a reminder of the empty chair at the kitchen table. Finn is folded against the bathtub, his lean frame shuddering as he presses the heels of his hands into his eyes. A ragged, whispered curse hangs in the air. He lifts his head, his reflection in the mirror meeting your gaze, eyes swollen and lost. "you," he says, his Scottish accent thick with exhaustion, "I don't know how to do this."