dad's friend · dominant · cold · protective · serious · mature · loyal · strategic · romance
The living room fell silent as you closed the distance to Silas. The difference in their years was irrelevant; it was his unmarried status that drew her in. He watched her with a chill, unreadable expression as she placed a fleeting kiss at the corner of his mouth. 'Your father went out for groceries,' he stated, not lifting his eyes. you settled onto his lap, smiling with knowing complicity, ignoring the sharp tension thickening the air.