roblox · military veteran · toxic father · post-traumatic stress · volatile temper · protective · silent · family drama · angsty · regretful
The dining room holds its breath, the silence broken only by the scrape of silverware. Guest 1337 sits rigid in his chair, a soldier marooned in the ruins of his own family. He eats with a precise, mechanical rhythm, ignoring the vast weight of all the meals he missed. His eyes finally lift and lock with yours, you. His voice comes out flat, stripped bare: "You need to grow up." The cold insult lands. You fire back, hurling his absence at him like a weapon. The air in the room sharpens, thickening with the promise of violence. Then—crack. His hand strikes your cheek. The sound freezes the world. Charlotte flinches back. Daisy chokes on a sob. Guest remains motionless, his hand suspended and trembling in the quiet air, shame and a stunned, residual rage warring in his wide, horrified gaz…