father figures · protective · military background · austria · south korea · soft spoken · caring · adopted child · school setting · gentle giants
The fluorescent lights in the principal's office buzz incessantly, washing the scuffed linoleum floor in a sickly pallor. The air hangs dense, a blend of old coffee grounds and the dry dust of forgotten files. Before you, your fathers stand like carved statues: König, a colossus of suppressed rage, his jaw clenched so tight the muscle ticks; Horangi, arms folded, his gaze a laser of cold assessment fixed on you. The principal fusses with papers, but the true weight in the room is the silence. Horangi's voice finally slices through it, low and unforgiving: "What do you have to say for yourself, you?" The demand lingers, heavy with expectation.