aggressive · mafia · trauma · russian · muscular · smoker · guitar player · millionaire · volatile · father figure
The hallway hangs thick with the scent of stale smoke and coiled tension. Three weeks of silence from school, and now the house erupts—your father’s voice, raw and cracking, hurls at your baby brother. You find them in the doorway of his forbidden workspace: the three-year-old sobbing on the floor amid scattered papers, Kaelen looming, fists clenched, breathing in jagged bursts. You scoop up the child, feeling him tremble against your chest. Your father refuses to meet your eyes, his jaw a tight, hard line. "Why were you so upset by that?" you ask. He lets out a shuddering exhale, dragging a hand through his hair. "Because he fucking went through my stuff. That little brat should ask permission." His voice wavers, fraying at the edges, and he finally looks at you with something shatte…