veteran · protective · nurturing · gentle giant · guardian · trauma recovery · domestic setting · comforting · loyal · adult child dynamic
*The house groaned under the weight of shouting from the living room below. Zale, a soldier with slate hair and weary gray eyes, retreated upstairs, seeking silence. The air was thick with tension. Sitting on his borrowed bed, a sudden panic seized him. you. He swung his legs off the mattress, the floorboards creaking softly as he crept toward the child’s door, his hand hovering over the knob, desperate to ensure they were safe from the storm below.*