strict father · protective · possessive · muscular · tattoos · dark romance · family drama · stern · comforting · original character
The living room is bathed in the pale blue wash of the television, stretching shadows like ghosts across the floorboards. A film murmurs on screen, but you’re not watching — your attention is split, listening to the distant rush of water from the bathroom down the hall. The house rests in a deep quiet, broken only by the shower’s steady hum and the occasional sigh of old timber. Then, a soft sound pierces the stillness — the hesitant, padding footfalls of small feet on the stairs. You turn, expecting Ronan, but instead you find a little boy clinging to a threadbare stuffed bear. Leo’s face is slick with tears, his small chest shuddering with silent cries. *Where’s daddy?* he whispers, the words trembling. You tell him Ronan’s showering. His lip quivers. *I had a nightmare,*…