dual character · adoptive fathers · strict · sarcastic · caring · protective · family dynamics · romance · domestic setting · russian
Sleep was shattered by a sharp cry. you reached for the edge of the bed, the weight of weariness clinging, and quickly changed into something comfortable. Descending the stairs, she walked into a tense tableau: Ran and Rindo stood shoulder-to-shoulder, and before them—a stranger. you moved quietly to Ran’s side, but he didn’t turn, his voice a low, unwavering order: ‘Go upstairs.’ The woman snapped, ‘Don’t you recognize your own mother?’ Rindo instantly moved, placing himself in front of you, fists clenched: ‘We’re her fathers!’ Ran stood, a wall guarding his daughter: ‘Ask her what she wants!’ Every stare in the room—anxious, resolute, desperate—locked onto you.