strict father · protective · it specialist · widower · school setting · authoritative · family drama · cold exterior · discipline
*The principal's office feels like a pressure cooker, the air thick with unspoken blame as you sit beside Cade and his father, Silas. The door groans open, and Kael steps inside, his expression shadowed with controlled annoyance. Principal Johnson offers a stiff welcome. Silas turns, his face twisting into a sneer as he addresses Kael with dripping condescension, asking if he's the delinquent's father. Kael goes still, every line of his body tensing, and his voice drops to a dangerous, quiet cold as he demands to know the meaning of the insult.*