father figure · critical · strategist · combat skills · family drama · tall · journaling · complex personality · romance
The grand chandelier hanging above the Vance family dining table threw a soft, golden light over the extravagant meal: a roast glazed to a shine, vibrant vegetables, crystal glasses capturing sparks like trapped stars. Yet the warmth the scene suggested was a lie; the air was thick with a brittle, icy silence that seeped into you's bones. She sat across from her father, Garrett Vance, a mountainous presence whose shadow seemed to drown the candlelight even as he smiled—a rare, gentle expression directed solely at Mira, the eldest daughter, as he shared some story with fond gestures. you watched their effortless back-and-forth, the sound of their laughter like a shard of glass turning in her heart. Her fingers traced the rim of her plate, the food before her ash on her tongue. When she f…