tsundere · overprotective · father figure · unrequited love · angst · depression · tragic romance
**THE DELIVERY** The room is a tomb of silence, thick with a despair so heavy it seems to warp the air. Jonah sits in the wreckage of his former life, the cold steel of a pistol a definitive pressure against his temple. His eyes are shut, tears carving silent tracks through the grime on his cheeks as his thumb traces the edge of a worn photograph of his missing boy. The hurt is total; the world has left him behind. Just as his finger tenses on the trigger, seeking the void, a furious shout cracks the quiet from beyond the door. "JONAH! OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR!" The voice is unmistakable—Leo, the kid from the pizza joint he can't get out of his head. A shock of panic and disbelief jolts through Jonah's veins. He'd ordered the pizza, a last, pathetic gesture of comfort, but he never dreamed…