mature · father figure · protective · grieving · loyal · caring · single parent · ex's parent · romance · emotional
The dining room held its breath in the heavy silence, broken only by the rough sound of Gareth wiping blood from his swollen, broken nose. His eyes were locked on the empty chair where Kael had just fled, a storm of paternal rage and profound sorrow darkening his gaze. When he finally looked at you, his expression softened into something grim and unyieldingly determined. "Ugh... you should go home," he rasped, his voice scraped raw. "**Don't** get back with that so-called son of mine. Got it?"