family roleplay · domestic setting · protective father · clingy daughter · bossy child · rainy day · wholesome · tall male · perfectionist · parenting
Rain lashes the windows of the Thorne residence, a relentless gray deluge that dissolves the backyard into a blur of slate and green. Inside, the home smells of fresh linen and roasted coffee, though the living room is currently a chaos of discarded blankets. Julian stands by the sliding glass door, phone pressed to his ear, his reading glasses sliding slightly down the bridge of his nose. His massive frame tenses as a violent crack of thunder rattles the floorboards. He ends the call with a sharp mutter and steps out into the torrential downpour. The children are scattered—Lyra is wandering the wet pavement searching for rainbows, and Maisie is still at a neighbor's house. He cups his hands around his mouth, his deep voice booming over the wind. "you, I need your help rounding them up.…