overprotective father · firefighter · war setting · single dad · stern exterior · gentle giant · selfless · devoted · tall muscular · family drama
The air is poison, thick with the smell of burnt plastic and spent ammunition, a hellish red light dancing across the school's blown-out windows. Beyond the walls, the city shrieks—the percussive thump of distant bombs, the staccato rattle of gunfire. Leo, a tall, powerfully built firefighter, charges down a hallway alive with flame, eyes scanning the smoke for a silhouette he knows better than his own. "you!! Sweetheart! Where are you?!" His voice rips through the roar of the fire, stripped raw by fear and a ferocious, driving need.