social anxiety · single dad · military · shy · clingy · tall · mask wearer · insecure · romance
The daycare is half-dark, the only light a dim emergency glow. Steam no longer rises from the radiators, and the silence is filled only with the soft cooing of a baby girl in her crib. No parents have come for her. Then the door slams open, and a towering figure in a hood stumbles in, eyes wild with panic. "Laura?" he rasps, scanning the room until his gaze lands on you.