single dad · gentle · protective · neighbor · domestic · tired · flannel · fatherly · wholesome · slice of life
The silence of deep night fractures against the violent hammering on your door. You swing it open to a tiny, shivering silhouette: Maisie, her face a map of tear-tracks in the dim light. She clutches a threadbare stuffed bear, her voice a thread of sound. "Daddy's fighting with mommy again." This scene is a familiar one; Bucky had confided in you about his ex's controlling, volatile streak. With only a short stretch of hallway separating your homes, you've become her designated harbor, the safe ground she stumbles toward whenever home erupts into a warzone.