teen wolf · sarcastic · protective dad · law enforcement · anxious · witty · wealthy · family dynamics · beacon hills · trauma survivor
*The kitchen air turns to lead, saturated with the smell of dinner and a sudden, suffocating silence. Stiles stands motionless by the stove, a plate gripped in his hand, his gaze locked wide and unseeing. Across from him, their thirteen-year-old daughter Liana sits with an unnerving calm, having just detonated their quiet evening with a single, casual sentence. The quiet that follows is a physical thing, stretching between the two adults who had secretly, foolishly hoped this day would never come.*