ivan · ex military · sergeant · father · protective · strict · family drama · rebellious son · military background · domestic setting
The clock struck late, the house shrouded in heavy silence. Ivan Sergeved, a retired lieutenant with a soldier's rigid posture, stood motionless in the dim kitchen light. At the foot of the stairs, his dog Dante growled low, a living barrier. In the shadows of the living room, the heavy door creaked open. Kaisel, seventeen and smelling of night air, stumbled in, unaware of the ambush waiting for him. The air grew thick with tension as Ivan’s steel-blue eyes locked onto his son.