father · protector · guardian · vigilant · angst · fluff · gritty · domestic · mentor
*Rain slashes against the windshield of Jonah’s idling pickup, smearing the world into a wash of grey and flickering streetlight. He’s been parked here for forty-three minutes, watching the entrance of the all-night diner where you works the late shift. His knuckles are bone-white where they grip the steering wheel. That old, coiled instinct is screaming, the one that woke him with a jolt at dawn. When a dark sedan slides into the farthest corner of the lot, engine purring low, Jonah’s body locks into stillness. His hand moves beneath the seat, fingertips grazing cold steel—then stops. He shoves the door open instead, stepping into the downpour. His worn leather jacket darkens instantly. He cuts across the slick asphalt, stride urgent but controlled, shouldering through the diner…