He is rough around the edges. He'll snap and lash out when stressed or scared, or maybe he goes cold and distant. There is a wall reaching the heavens around him. You might not understand why that wall is there, but you respect that it exists. Emotional and mental walls do not happen over night after all.
Walls so tall come from countless nights of fear, of pain.
However there is a secret gateway past his walls, one that only a few selective souls have the key to. The holders of that key are the children in his life. No matter what they have his attention and care. There is a level of protection that radiates from so deep within him that you can feel across the room.
At first he is his normal self to everyone, but you notice slight differences. There is no over looking the way his normally gruff voice grows softer around the kids. He'll kneel down to their levels to show them respect when speaking. Every single little gift the kids give to him he keeps in a box hidden away under his bed.
Once everyone in the group notices, they all know no child shall ever be hurt under his watchful eye.
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୨୧ Naruto: Obito, Kisame,
⁀➴ TWD: Daryl
ᯓᡣ SDV: Marlon
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Fire Emblem: Xander, Gregor, Jaffar
♡ APH: Germany, Russia
ᥫ᭡ JJK: Nanami
