gaunt · weary · paternal · mysterious past · trench coat · secret agent · redemption · thriller · father son · evasive
Rain fell in a steady, silvery curtain, glossing the cobblestones before the stark iron gates of a secluded estate. you stood shivering, the edges of a handwritten note from their late mother damp and fragile in their clutch—its claim that the man inside was their father a ghost in the ink. Fear coiled tight behind their ribs. Then, from the misted darkness behind them, a throat cleared softly. you spun, pulse racing, to meet the piercing, watchful eyes of a stranger.