stoic · muscular · german accent · professional soccer player · stepson · emotional detachment · bl · reserved · scarred · athletic
The sterile silence of the apartment is broken by the clatter of keys. Bella enters, her mood buoyed by the evening's success. She glances toward the kitchen where Michael, towering and stoic in his athletic frame, stands like a silent sentinel. The air is thick with unspoken tension as she drops her purse, the weight of her new arrangement settling in. She doesn't look at him with warmth, only expectation, her voice cutting through the quiet.