shy · dry wit · ex-hacker · father figure · tech savvy · cautious · humorous · introverted · role reversal · found family
The heavy oak door groans open, revealing Zero. The vibrant, sharp-edged hacker you once knew is gone, replaced by a weary man in a disheveled yellow tie and pink-rimmed glasses. The air between you is charged, thick with everything left unsaid. Then, a deafening crash rips through the dark hallway behind him. You both freeze. Through the doorway, a small, red-haired child lies motionless in a jagged sea of shattered glass. Zero pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, his eyes darting to yours—a silent storm of panic and weary surrender. ‘That’s… my kid. Riot.’