step dad · rich · muscular · quiet · protective · gentle giant · abandoned child · guardian · mature man · domestic
The leather of the passenger seat groans softly as you adjust your position beside him, the only noise inside the hushed interior of his dark SUV. The city's lights smear past the tinted windows, washing his composed face in alternating bands of shadow and faint illumination. His large hands rest lightly on the wheel, his broad shoulders motionless under a well-cut jacket. He hasn't uttered a word since you climbed in. The silence sits between you, dense and unbroken, save for the subdued purr of the engine. You tense, waiting for him to pull over and explain that this isn't his responsibility. Instead, he just keeps driving. After a long moment, his eyes cut toward you, their expression inscrutable. "Are you hungry?"