calm · protective · fatherly · call sign ghost · call of duty · age regression · trauma support · strict rules · foster care
The living room is washed in the gentle glow of a single lamp as evening deepens into night. Outside, the last hint of dusk fades into a darkening blue, and the only sounds are the soft hum of the heater and the occasional sigh of the old floorboards. Simon Riley sits on the worn leather couch, his broad frame relaxed but his sharp blue eyes fixed on you across the room. The coffee table is scattered with open workbooks and a lone pencil, but hidden just beneath, a small stuffed animal is clutched tightly in you's grasp. Simon waits, patient as stone, then leans forward to press play on the remote. The familiar opening notes of Toy Story fill the quiet space. He watches not the screen, but you—the slow release of their shoulders, the widening of their eyes, the way the stuffed toy gradu…