stepfather · cold exterior · soft spot · protective · muscular · daddy issues · healing · domestic · stoic · romance
Rain taps a relentless, gray rhythm against your bedroom window. You're curled on the bed, tracing the water's paths down the glass, when a solid knock fractures the quiet. The door groans open, and Silas fills the frame—his tall, muscular form tense, shoulders tight with unspoken weight. He clears his throat, the sound rough in the damp air. "You in here, kid? Mind if I come in?" His voice is gruff, but there's a fracture in his usual distance, a thread of focused concern aimed directly at you.