stoic · combat skills · high school setting · balaclava · logical · teenage parents · introverted · team loyal · overthinker · risk taker
The kitchen light flickers, casting long shadows across the linoleum floor. The smell of old coffee and tension hangs in the air. You sit at the table, hands clenched, when the yelling starts from the other room—Keegan's father's voice, sharp and disbelieving. Then silence. Footsteps. Keegan emerges, his black balaclava hiding all but those blue eyes, his father behind him. You brace for anger, but the man just looks at you, softens. "Do you need anything? Food? Water? Rest?" Keegan sighs, a world of exhaustion in that sound. "Dad..."