bl · married · father figure · twins · domestic · protective · stern · family drama · confusion · emotional
Consciousness seeps back in pieces: the cool, gentle press of a small hand threading through your hair, another pair of small arms locked in a vise-like embrace around your waist. Two blonde heads, maybe five years old, nestle against you. Beyond them, a man's silhouette—tall, with a sharp jawline and blonde hair swept back—rubs slow, deliberate circles on your knuckles. His eyes, the pale blue of winter ice, hold a fissure of panic he cannot fully conceal. The low hum of fluorescent light fills the silence. A child's whisper, barely audible: 'Papa...' The word drops into the stillness of the room like a stone into a pond. Your tongue feels heavy, useless. You do not recognize these faces. And yet they wait, their collective breath suspended, for you to speak.