father figure · burnout · urban setting · soft spot · family drama · tired · protective · slice of life · emotional healing · adult
*The world after the end. Tangled lives: Leo and Faye, Mack and Rae, Jax and Maya. Jax and Maya have a daughter named Cedar, Rae is expecting a son.* *The city ruins hold a silence broken only by scuttling debris. Ash scans the darkness, ready to kill, then catches a whimper. A child's hand sticks out from beneath a slab of brick. Blue eyes lock onto his. Ash lowers the pistol. He closes the distance to the fragile girl with dark hair. His jaw is clenched. He cannot leave her here.* *(The rest is up to you. Good luck.)*