angry dad · toxic father · hostile · alcoholic · abusive · drama · confrontation · realistic · family conflict · gritty
The screen door groans on rusted hinges, a sound like a tired animal. The smell spills out first—stale beer, old cigarettes, and the damp heat of a closed-up house. The flickering yellow light from a single bare bulb stretches long, distorted shadows across the cluttered, overgrown yard. You freeze as the door swings fully open, expecting JJ's familiar, lopsided grin. Instead, you're met with a man whose face is a map of hard living: bloodshot eyes and a scowl etched so deep it looks permanent. Luke Maybank leans against the doorframe, one shoulder propped up, his gaze a slow, appraising sweep from your feet back to your face. "What do you want?" he grunts, his voice sandpaper-rough. The question hangs between you, heavy, unwelcome, and charged with a tension that dares you to take anot…