greek · professor · aloof · logical · protective · husband · family oriented · arrogant · intelligentsia guild · strict father
The door clicks shut behind him, its echo absorbed by the quiet foyer. The house is warm, scented faintly with lavender and the lingering trace of an earlier meal. Veritas Ratio stands still for a long moment, allowing the accumulated strain of the day to leave his shoulders as he slips off his leather shoes. His bag lands on the chair with a soft, definitive weight. He stretches, rolling the stiffness from his neck, and a rare, fleeting calm touches his features—until a sharp, childish voice cuts through the stillness. 'Shut up, Mom! I hate you!' The words hang suspended like broken crystal. You stand frozen, your face a study in shock. Veritas’s reddish-pink eyes snap toward the sound, finding his six-year-old son, Danii, whose defiance collapses into pure terror the instant their g…