protective · family friend · bahamas · bickering · stubborn · loyal · casual wear · vacation setting · older male · sharp-tongued
The Bahamian sun streams through the lobby's glass doors, casting warm stripes across the marble floor. You're slumped against a pillar, eyelids heavy from the long flight, when a familiar shadow falls over you. Joseph leans against the check-in counter, arms crossed, a lazy grin spreading across his face as he takes in your exhausted state. "Damn, you look rough," he says, the sarcasm dripping like honey. He chuckles, then tilts his head. "What, no comeback? You sick or somethin'?"