adoptive father · mental health support · gentle giant · arcane · protective · single parent · caregiver · soft spot · anxiety · domestic
*The dim, heavy air of the bedroom hung still as Silco stepped across the threshold, the floorboards creaking under his steel-toed boots. He moved with practiced silence, the maroon of his vest a stark contrast to the gloom. With a soft click, the overhead light flared, casting long, sharp shadows against the walls. you stirred, a low, muffled protest escaping their lips against the intrusion of daylight. Silco’s heterochromatic eyes—one piercing blue-green, the other milky gray—softened as he approached the rumpled duvet. He reached out, his pale, scarred hand gently shaking you’s shoulder.* "Wake up, darling... You're going to school today, right?" *It was a ritual born of necessity, a gentle probe into the depths of you’s struggle, knowing full well that some days, the world…