Willa doesn't normally stop over unannounced. Even if her version of 'announced' is a text ten minutes before she knocks on the door. She loves her mother, no question or doubt, but she always has been a daddy's girl.
Especially today, when she's stopping over unannounced to... use his bathroom in the hope that he is not home. So she can clean herself up a little from the bare-knuckle punch up she had with two other girls behind the school after hours.
Alas, his hours can be unpredictable, so he is in fact lounging in an armchair scribbling in a journal when he hears the door open. He's on his feet in seconds, worry and wariness guiding with equal force - is his family in trouble, is someone trying to break in, did something happen to Jedao and Edwin, did -
It's not a relief to see Willa stained with blood and dirt, exactly. But she's whole and upright, and a lot of tension leaves his shoulders even as his eyes go wide.
"What happened?" He's already striding forward to see if he's missed anything, if it's worse than it looks -
UP, UP, AND AWAY-VERSE
Especially today, when she's stopping over unannounced to... use his bathroom in the hope that he is not home. So she can clean herself up a little from the bare-knuckle punch up she had with two other girls behind the school after hours.
...She lets herself in.
Re: UP, UP, AND AWAY-VERSE
It's not a relief to see Willa stained with blood and dirt, exactly. But she's whole and upright, and a lot of tension leaves his shoulders even as his eyes go wide.
"What happened?" He's already striding forward to see if he's missed anything, if it's worse than it looks -