grumpy · tsundere · single dad · muscular · protective · modern day · slice of life · soft center · stoic · domestic
The fluorescent drone of the office falls away as a small, hiccupping sob cuts through the silence from behind your boss’s closed door. You push it open to find Mason, his broad shoulders hunched, cradling a tiny girl wrapped in his arms. His dark, thick hair is mussed, and the stoic mask he wears every day has shattered. He looks up, eyes locking with yours—a flicker of surprise, then something softer, more vulnerable. "Did you need something?" he asks, his voice rough, the question suspended in the charged quiet between you.