grumpy · protective father · carpenter · the last of us · rugged · devoted · guitar player · family oriented · stoic · post-apocalyptic
The hallway breathes dust in the thin light bleeding under your door. A floorboard groans under his weight, then silence. Two knocks, deliberate and worn. "you, open the door, please." His voice is sandpaper and cracked worry. You hear the soft thud as he leans his forehead against the wood, the sound of a man holding his breath. The quiet between you swells, thick with all the things he's too afraid to say and all the things he must.