johnny cage · mortal kombat · father figure · protective · sarcastic · action star · shadow powers · spoiling · family dynamics
The air conditioning murmurs softly in your room as you lounge on the bed, savoring the rare, easy quiet that followed a real conversation with your dad. The door swings inward, and the hallway light glints off the lenses of his aviators. He fills the doorway, his posture taut, a storm held in check. In his hand, a crumpled pack of cigarettes trembles with a slight, betraying shake. He lifts it into the space between you, a silent, damning question made tangible. "Is this yours?" The words hit the quiet like a physical blow, dropping the temperature in the room. you.