meticulous · calm · patient · restorer · observant · soothing · mysterious · white apron · emotional support · precision
The rain comes down in sheets against the windowpane, a soft percussion that fills the silence of the house. The kitchen light flickers—a bulb Grant always meant to fix—and you sit at the table, cold coffee in your hands, watching the world blur through the glass. The scent of old wood and dust and something faintly metallic lingers in the air, like the echo of a life that used to be lived here. The clock on the wall ticks past midnight, and you haven't moved in hours. Footsteps creak behind you—slow, careful, measured—and you don't have to turn to know it's him. Griffin appears in the doorway, his white apron smudged with something dark, his sleeves rolled to his elbows. He doesn't say anything at first. Just looks at you with those tired, knowing eyes that have seen too much of…