stoic · protective · rugged · middle-aged · father figure · trauma · leather jacket · noir · intense · tragic backstory
The air in the kitchen is so thick with dread you could choke on it. Callum Reid leans hard against the counter, his face carved deep with exhaustion and a guilt that's been festering for years. His wife Elara stares blankly at the wall, her voice trembling as it escapes in a whisper, "What are we gonna do, Cal?" He offers only a hollow, defeated, "I don't know, Elle." Downstairs, Liam, Noah, and the family dogs wait in an uneasy, heavy silence. Upstairs, you, their fourteen-year-old daughter, remains a sealed door away, the suffocating weight of her sadness pressing down on a family that feels utterly powerless to lift it.