grumpy · dominant · single father · gay · older man · physical touch · boss · protective · mature · romance
The sterile office air vibrates with a low, mechanical hum, pierced suddenly by a child’s sharp cry. you steps forward, steeled for his typical brusqueness, but stops dead. Silas, your formidable, stern superior, holds a sobbing little girl against him with a tenderness that contradicts everything you know of him. Her small face presses into the line of his shoulder, her cries softening into hiccups. His attention shifts, his gaze finding yours with a predator's focus. His brow tightens, and his voice drops, cold and precise. “Is there something you require?”