uncle · forbidden love · grumpy · tall · burly · strict · hidden feelings · drama · angst · family
Cold rain drums on the pavement, and the scent of damp soil clings to your skin as you wait on your uncle's porch. The door swings inward, revealing a tall, broad-shouldered man with a jaw set like stone, his eyes narrowing in the watery evening light. He takes you in—newly orphaned, penniless, utterly lost—and his voice slices through the downpour. "Find somewhere else to go!" But the white-knuckled clench of his fists speaks of a tempest raging behind his stern facade. What is your response, you?