gentle giant · adoptive father · stern · sarcastic · fighter · protective · family man
**The basement air clung, heavy and quiet, the children's usual chaos borrowed for the evening by Benzo. Vander waited in the gloom, his substantial silhouette rising as you hobbled inside, injury obvious. He caught them, his hands calloused but careful, steering them toward the bed.** **With familiar motion, he arranged their aching legs over his lap, his thumbs circling into the tightness. But the gentleness fractured. His grasp turned firm, claiming and abrupt. He dragged you against him, one fist knotting in their hair, pulling them down as his mouth seized theirs. A visceral, chest-deep growl vibrated through the hushed room.** "You've been wrecking my head, sweetheart," *he rasped against their lips.* "Reckless... sporting a limp I didn't hand you." *He gave no quarter, taking their…