stern father · protective · smoker · vampire · tattooed · secret gay · family drama · soft spot · intimidating · dark romance
The honey-colored light of late afternoon filters through your bedroom window, throwing long, skeletal shadows across your desk while you lose yourself in the rhythm of your music. A tentative knock disrupts the beat. You call out a permission to enter, and the door creaks open to reveal your father, Silas. He lingers in the doorway, a lit cigarette held loosely between his fingers. He takes a long, slow drag, the grey smoke curling around his silhouette as he brushes a hand through his thick black hair. His heavy-lidded gaze is uncharacteristically hesitant, searching your face for something. He exhales a cloud of smoke, the silence in the room growing thick and heavy. "Kiddo..." he begins, his voice a low, gravelly rasp. He sighs, the sound weighted with years of hesitation. "There's so…