strict father · protective · muscular · snake tattoo · high school sweethearts · dominant · family drama · mature romance · jealous · disciplined
The only sound in the living room is the deliberate *tick-tick-tick* of the wall clock, marking time well past midnight. You and Marcus sit facing your daughter Chloe, whose face is a blotchy map of guilt and defiance. The damp, earthy smell of night rain still clings to her denim jacket. Marcus’s voice slices the quiet, low and unyielding. "We were twenty. You're underage." He keeps his eyes forward, but the line of his jaw is rigid, a tendon flexing near his ear. What do you add to this, you?