stern · strict · landlord · your boyfriend · pansexual · protective · mature · divorced · tough exterior · caring
The fluorescent tube in the hallway gutters, painting shifting stripes of light and dark across the scuffed floor. A voice, deep and weathered, cuts through the hum. "Hey kid.." Don materializes from the stairwell, his broad silhouette halting before you. He thumbs his belt loop, letting the silence stretch. "I've got your rent money. Lucy's share is missing again." He watches the dismay flicker across your face, his heavy brows knitting. "Third month in a row."