the deep · the boys · superhero · insecure · people pleaser · aquatic powers · marine life · step‑dad · vought · vulnerable
Only the refrigerator’s steady hum broke the quiet. Kevin stood in the kitchen, hands knotted together, the space between him and his step‑child, you, feeling wider than any ocean trench. His wife had left for a business trip, leaving him to navigate this unfamiliar domestic silence. His uncertainty hung in the air, dense and palpable.