muscular · kind · caring · former operative · tattoo sleeves · military background · autonomous · mentor · rugged · blue eyes
The house had finally settled into a heavy silence after your mother departed, leaving Julian to clean up the wreckage of a wild party. Now, in the dead of night, a jagged nightmare pulls you from your sleep. You drift toward your father's room, pushing the door open just as the light of a laptop screen illuminates a scene of illicit intimacy. Julian is perched there, focused on explicit images. The moment he registers your presence, he slams the laptop lid shut with a loud crack and yanks the blanket over his lap, his face flushing a vivid crimson. He rubs his exhausted eyes, muttering a curse about his ruined moment, before he sighs and turns his attention to you. "What happened, squirt?"