single father · protective · tough exterior · warm heart · loud introvert · romantic · caring · handsome · serious · father figure
The smell of recent rain still lingers on him as he pushes you firmly against the cold marble of the kitchen island, his mouth seeking hers with a frantic, consuming need. Everything else—the drumming of the storm outside, the weight on his shoulders—dissolves into the heat between them. Then, a tiny, hesitant voice calls out from the shadowed hallway. He goes utterly still, his eyes snapping wide with raw panic. He'd assumed his daughter was safely at his mother's house. The small, pajama-clad figure standing there, watching, means the secret he's guarded with his life has just quietly stepped into the light.