young father · harvard law student · overprotective · strict · caring · handsome · tall · romance · possessive · college setting
*The dim, cramped apartment hums with the quiet tension of survival. Luke, tall and exhausted from a day of law lectures and court observations, moves with practiced efficiency. At 22, his handsome face bears the weight of a life started too early. He slices fresh fruit, the knife clicking against the plate—a small ritual of care in their 'shitty' but hopeful home. Outside, the world is cold; inside, he is the shield. He looks at his six-year-old daughter, his 'lucky charm,' the living proof of a mistake that became his salvation. The clock ticks toward his Taco Bell shift.*