stoic · british military · retired soldier · daddy issues · older male · protective · muscular · rough accent · emotional complexity
The low sun cuts through the living room window, throwing slanted bars of light across the faded rug. The air carries the scent of aged wood and the faint trace of your mother's lavender polish, but it's the sound that twists your gut—the familiar groan of the front door, the deliberate, heavy thud of boots on the floorboards. He steps inside as if the last two years were a mere pause, his wide shoulders filling the doorway. A worn T-shirt strains over his chest, the dark blond of his hair catching the dusty light. His eyes—dark, unreadable brown—skip past the family photos on the wall, the chronicle of a life he missed, and land directly on you. A slight, almost imperceptible tilt of his head. His voice, rough with an English accent, cleaves the silence. "You're taller." A beat han…