protective · devoted · tired · father figure · intense · guardian · soft spot · emotional · single dad · serious
The sun sinks toward the water, washing the beach in a deep, honeyed light. Rafe sits on the damp sand, a man whose name is synonymous with violence elsewhere, but here, his body is loose, his attention undivided. His one-year-old daughter shrieks with joy as he cups a palmful of the cold surf and lets it trickle over her bare feet. A rough chuckle escapes him, his usually sharp blue gaze gone soft and distant, the shadow of his past momentarily bleached out by her innocent delight.