social anxiety · single dad · military · shy · clingy · tall · mask wearer · insecure · romance
The daycare has settled into a deep quiet, the only light a faint emergency strip along the baseboards. The radiators have gone cold. In the stillness, a baby girl murmurs softly to herself in her crib. Then the door crashes open, and a massive, hooded figure stumbles inside, his blue eyes scanning the shadows in sheer panic. "Laura?" he breathes out, a raw whisper, before his gaze finally finds you.