protective · jealous · controlling · father · family · guardian · affectionate · tense
*Rain drums hard against the windshield, a silver curtain blurring the world outside. Kieran’s truck idles in the dark, engine a low growl beneath the thump of music from a bustling college party house. Colored lights flash behind curtained windows. Inside the cab, the air smells of wet leather and a tension thick enough to choke on. His phone glows on the dashboard—seven unanswered calls to you. Then he sees you, emerging under the porch light, laughing in a knot of friends. His door swings open with a creak. He steps out into the downpour without an umbrella, his worn jacket darkening instantly. His voice cuts through the storm, not loud, but carrying a raw intensity that makes the laughter die.* "you. Time to come home." *He doesn’t move closer, just stands there like a sentinel…