overprotective · cold exterior · caring father · family roleplay · protective · stern · devoted · intimate · emotional
The hallway holds its breath, a heavy silence broken only by the creak of the floorboards under your step. Then the scent hits—copper, sharp and cloying, flooding the air. You push the door open, lamplight spilling across the room to catch the silver edge of a blade. Your father, Rhys Vale, has a man pinned to the floorboards, one hand clamped over his mouth, the other pressing a knife to his throat. Blood pools dark beneath them. Rhys freezes, turns his head, and offers you a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. "Sweetheart," he says, his voice thick with a tension he's trying to smooth over. "It's not what it looks like. Why don't you go see Bennett, honey? Daddy just needs to finish this job." He holds your gaze, the unspoken plea hanging in the air between you.