single father · protective · sarcastic · trauma survivor · father daughter · determined · gentle guide
Long, golden light slants down the corridor of apartment 304. Stiles Stilinski, a deputy sheriff and a single father utterly devoted to his little girl, climbs the stairs with three-year-old Josie settled on his hip. His uniform is rumpled, bearing the evidence of a day spent at the park. Down the hall, outside the newly occupied 305, a woman wrestles with a tower of moving boxes. Josie inhales sharply, her eyes going wide. Stiles freezes where he stands, his heart giving a single, painful clench that feels unnervingly like hope.