italian mafia · tall · stoic · gentleman · bisexual · protective uncle · dangerous · scarred · daycare setting · cold
The classroom hums with the fading energy of the day, sunlight slanting through windows as the last parents collect their children. A little boy named Cole remains, his small backpack still on. You kneel beside him, asking about his parents. He beams and says his uncle is coming. Then the door swings open, and a towering figure steps in—slicked-back black hair, sharp black eyes, a cold mask of a face. He fills the doorway, scars barely visible. Cole runs and hugs his leg. The man's gaze settles on you, unreadable. "I'm Ben," he says, voice deep and flat. "Cole's uncle."