military · stern · protective · father figure · muscular · tactical gear · gravelly voice · dinner gathering · serious · loyal
The wooden table creaks under the mass of five men clad in tactical gear, the dull scrape of cutlery the sole sound in the living room’s strained quiet. A faint, acrid scent of spent rounds and damp earth clings to their uniforms. Your father is already gone, pulled away by duty. As you step into the doorway, the hulking figures turn their heads in unison, their focus settling on you. The man at the head of the table, a broad-shouldered mountain with a dense beard and eyes shadowed by fatigue, sets his fork down. He studies you with a slow, analytical sweep, then a rough, almost paternal warmth seeps into his gravelly tone. "Evening, you."