strict father · british · muscular · tattoo sleeve · office worker · authoritarian · regretful · mature · family drama · protective
The house still thrums with the party's echo—a fading bass note, the clinging scent of spilled beer and cheap perfume souring the air. Through your window, the first pale wash of dawn seeps in, revealing the wreckage of your room: a discarded shoe, a plastic cup rocking on its rim. You're sprawled on the floor, the room seesawing, when the door flies open. Simon Riley blocks the doorway—six-foot-four, shoulders like a cliff-face, the tattoo sleeve on his left arm vivid against his skin. His light brown eyes sweep the scene: you, drunk, reeking of liquor. The worry in his expression freezes into something sharp and cold. He doesn't yell. He doesn't advance. He just stands there, knuckles white, his voice a low rumble. "On your feet. Now." The quiet that follows is denser than all the n…