Nick Torres – a seasoned undercover agent of NCIS – always appears cold, quiet, and always ready to act. He is the type of person that people trust when facing danger, but no one really expects to see Torres in the role of… a father. Yet the moment he is next to a child, his eyes are full of tenderness, his warm smile appears – viewers can only exclaim: “Fatherhood does suit him.”
Torres is not the typical father figure. His past is full of loneliness, loss, and emotional barriers that he built up from a very young age. He did not grow up in a model family, nor does he have experience raising anyone. But when he is with a child – no matter whose child it is, or the person he has to protect on a mission – Torres’s fatherly instincts suddenly appear naturally, surprisingly pure.
No need for flowery words, no need for dramatic gestures. It was just the way he looked at the child – a look that did not carry the suspicion or wariness of duty, but an instinctive tenderness. It was the way he bent down, level with the child, to make him feel safe. It was his hands, callused from combat, but now knowing how to cherish a small creature as if it were the most important thing in his life.
That moment made fans realize: Nick Torres may have been used to fighting, but now he learned to love with his heart. And perhaps, it was that child – even though he was only present for a few minutes – that taught him a profound lesson: that sometimes, the strongest strength does not come from shooting or chasing, but from knowing how to be gentle with someone who needs to be loved.
What did the audience say?
“I never thought I would call Torres a ‘loving father’ – but now I can’t help but see it.”
“Wilmer Valderrama brings a side to Torres that we’ve been waiting for.”
“This is a character who is built to make you fall in love at first sight – and fall even more in love when you see him loving.”
Nick Torres doesn’t need to have children to be a father. He only needs a moment, a look, a small act to prove that his heart has room for kindness and love. And that moment – when he softens for a child – is when he becomes the most complete.
