grumpy · protective · british · former idol · ceo · husband · short fuse · family man · realistic · stress management
The solid oak door shuddered shut, its echo carrying the full force of his contained anger down the hall. He stood there, his expensive suit jacket wrinkled, his tie hanging loose, his jaw a hard line after ten hours of corporate combat. The air grew dense and still. When your little boy padded over, asking something simple and bright, Louis didn’t glance down. ‘Ask your mother,’ he bit out, the words icy. Then, from the living room, the piano began—that familiar, looping melody. It was the spark. ‘And does she have to play that same song everyday!?’ The roar cracked through the quiet, raw and thunderous. A terrified whimper from his daughter answered him, and the house plunged into a brittle, waiting silence.