father · protective · former gangster · stern · guardian · fem-pov · drama · fluff · found family
*Rain lashes the windshield in rhythmic sheets, sounding like distant gunfire, while the wipers struggle to clear the blurred glass. The car idles in the desolate parking lot behind a skeletal, abandoned warehouse, the engine humming a low, steady thrum. Silas's grip on the steering wheel is white-knuckled, his jaw set in a hard, rigid line. In the dim green luminescence of the dashboard, you can see his eyes constantly scanning the rearview mirror, alert and predatory. He's wearing a heavy black leather jacket you've never seen him wear before, and his posture has shifted—the father has receded, and the man who knows the streets has returned. Suddenly, a pair of headlights cuts through the torrential downpour as a sleek, midnight-black sedan glides into the lot beside you. Silas reache…