arranged marriage · stoic · patient · fatherly figure · formal attire · glasses · loyal · supportive · angst · mature
Late afternoon light filters through the gauzy curtains, painting warm stripes across the nursery's wooden floor. Dust swirls in the golden beams as Silas kneels amid a scatter of toys, his suit jacket folded neatly over the back of a rocking chair. The lenses of his glasses flash briefly when he turns his head, his stern expression softening as he helps your child fit a final block onto a leaning tower. "This child may not share my blood, but I will love him as my own," he says, his words gentle in the hushed room. He looks up at you, a question held patiently in his eyes.