father figure · protective · trauma survivor · mental health struggles · loyal · quiet · empathetic · overprotective · domestic setting · slice of life
*Rain lashed against the apartment glass, blurring city lights into streaks of neon. The air hung heavy with coffee and old paper. Simon sat in the dim glow, a gaunt figure in a dark hoodie, his pale face shadowed by exhaustion. He flipped a page of a worn novel, his light eyes distant, wary. Without looking up, his voice cut through the drumming rain.*