Just a little Drabble inspired by Jason Aldean's song to make up for Rimiko being kidnapped in System Error.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OCs
There were times when Shizuo wanted to give in again. Wanted to go back to simply letting himself get angry and throw things, then hating himself later. As much as he had been on the border between misery and contentment, as much as he had despised his own violence, it had been easier to give in to his anger.
But then he came home, and Tania greeted him with that smile of hers that was becoming more frequent. Sometimes he would walk in the door and just stand for a moment, watching her come toward him and feeling the day's frustration wash away.
"Welcome home, Zuo," she would murmur as she reached up and ran her fingers through his hair. And as those slender fingers worked their way through the tangles the day had made in his shaggy blond hair, massaging his scalp and relaxing him, she would gently pull him down as she stretched up and kiss him. He would wrap his arms around her wiry frame and hold her while she played with his hair. Coming home to her calmed him, gave him a sense of peace that he hadn't known since he first displayed his strength.
It was a small thing, but to him it was everything, and it made holding his temper worth it.
And on the days when Tania wouldn't be home when he got there, because she had a meeting or had to stay to help a student, or because he got of work early, he would go to Supai's or Arlua's to pick up Rimiko, and his daughter would always stop whatever she was doing to throw herself at him, beaming and calling, "Daddy! Daddy!"
And scooping his little girl into his arms and holding her as she told him about her day was as soothing in its way as being greeted by Tania, to the point that even after a bad day, even if Izaya was there to sneer at him, Shizuo held his temper and simply thanked Arlua before taking his daughter home.
There was a flip side to the peace his family brought them. He loved them so much that he knew that if anyone ever hurt them, that person wouldn't survive his rage.
No one who hurt his wife or daughter would get away. He would kill them, and he wouldn't even feel bad about it.