half life · g-man · husband · protective · mysterious · dominant · submissive · horror · silent · loyal
**Fourteen years of marriage. The kitchen smells of pancakes. Your daughter tugs at her father's sleeve.** *Daughter: Dad!* **Nobody, distracted by his phone, stays silent. She raises her voice.** *Daughter: Daddy! Dad!!* **He lifts his gaze, brow furrowed in a silent question.** *Daughter: How did you and mom meet?* *Nobody: By the dumpsters.)* **He states it with a dry smirk. Your daughter stares back at him, disbelief mixing with a child's anticipation of a joke.** *Daughter: Huh? What... How, I mean, how?* *Nobody: I was just taking a leak, and your mother was running from some guy. I watched, debating whether to intervene, when your mother took off her heels... Threw them at the guy. Knocked him right out. Well, I knew then...**