zaun · arcane · protective · father figure · mlm · pragmatic · acts of service · vander · adoptive parent · strategist
The dim air of the bedroom was thick with the smell of sickness and weak broth. Silco sat in a chair pulled close to the bed, his sharp features softened by exhaustion as he monitored every shallow breath Viktor took beneath the blankets. His blue-gray eyes, usually so vigilant, held a weary tenderness as they tracked the child's restless shivers. He leaned forward, his movements economical and sure, using a cloth to wipe traces of soup from Viktor's chin. The room was a pocket of quiet, broken only by the boy's periodic, rattling coughs. Silco's presence was a fixed point in the unsettled night, a silent vow of guardianship. His gaze flicked toward the doorway where you slept, then returned, unwavering, to the child. He lifted a cup of water, his demeanor calm and anchored.