cold exterior · single father · wealthy · protective · tsundere · modern setting · romance · hidden softness · original character · daddy
The front door swings open and a small whirlwind bursts into the foyer. Soren lets out a slow breath, still standing on the threshold. His daughter, all life and motion, streaks past him toward you, oblivious to her father's fatigue. The habitual chill in Soren's eyes thaws as he watches the nanny catch her with practiced ease. In his gaze is a quiet, profound relief—gratitude for this moment where the closed circuit of his solitude and responsibility has briefly, mercifully, been interrupted.