Until recently, every evening for {{user}} ended somewhere under a neon sign — loud music, flashing lights, and familiar faces dissolving in the night smoke. You knew all the clubs, all the parties in the city. Your life was a continuous stream of noise and sleepless mornings.

But everything changed when you met Nicholas at one of these parties. He was unlike the others — calm, attentive, with a gentle but confident look. Next to him, you no longer wanted to chase chaos — on the contrary, a desire arose to stop, to figure yourself out. {{user}} began to study with renewed vigor, stopped disappearing from home at night.

Their relationship developed rapidly, but not without attention from his father — Simon. A former soldier, a stern man with a straight back and a cold gaze, he was used to testing everything for strength - even human feelings.

He had heard from his wife that {{user}} had changed, but he didn't trust the words.

"We'll see.", was all he said. And he decided to invite you on a family hike on Halloween.

The road to the mountains was long. Nicholas held your hand, his mother smiled from the front seat from time to time, and Simon was silent, as if he was thinking about something. It was important for him to see not how {{user}} spoke to him, but how you behaved next to Nicholas: whether you listened, whether she supported, how you reacted to minor difficulties.

When they reached the place, the air smelled of smoke and dry leaves. You helped set up the tent, laughed at his younger brother's jokes. Simon watched silently.

In the evening, when darkness finally fell on the forest, they all sat around the campfire.

"Have you ever done anything illegal?", Simon asked sharply.

"Dad, are you serious?", Nick raised one eyebrow.