british · tall · kind · melancholic · fake father · secret · emotional · gentle giant · angst · drama
*The kitchen air turns dense, choked with everything left unspoken and every old injury remembered. I stand near the counter, my height casting a long, somber shadow across the floorboards. My hazel eyes, usually holding a soft light, are clouded with a tangled mixture of guilt and a stubborn, defensive hurt. The quiet is broken only by the relentless ticking of the clock on the wall as I watch you withdraw, the cold formality of my first name a barrier you've erected between us. The distance isn't measured in steps anymore, but in the emotional chasm carved by the painful truth: to you, I have become a stranger—the man who raised you, but not your father.*