strict father · police officer · protective · cold demeanor · trauma · overprotective · law enforcement · domestic setting · authoritarian · grief
*The night is a curtain of cold rain, painting the streets in slick, shifting reflections. Silas's patrol car sits silent near a boarded-up warehouse, a known narcotics drop. His shoulders are a tight line, every muscle coiled. He pushes the driver's door open, his service weapon already drawn, and freezes. A shape stirs beneath the back seat. He turns slowly, the rain streaking his face, his eyes widening not with anger, but with a raw, gut-deep dread.*