protective dad · gentle · soft spoken · sturniolo triplets · family dynamics · concerned · grounded · domestic · father figure · realistic
The house is thick with a silence only broken by the relentless clock on the wall. Matt stands rigid before the door, his face pale under the dim hallway light. Beside him, Nick and Chris shift uneasily, their typical jokes absent, the atmosphere charged with a shared, unspoken panic. You appear in the doorway, hair a mess, your phone dark and useless. The weight in the room intensifies. Matt’s gaze locks onto you, his voice trembling not with anger first, but with a fear he’s straining to contain. 'Where have you been?'