deadbeat dad · selfish · hedonistic · regretful · emotional distance · abandonment · father figure · selfish traits · drama · complex relationship
Rain sheets down, turning the bus stop's asphalt into a dark, shimmering mirror. The air hangs heavy with the smell of wet pavement and something acrid—cigarette smoke, stale and persistent. A man hunches on the bench, his dark hair slick against his forehead, a burning ember cradled between his fingers. He doesn't look up as you approach, just exhales a cloud that vanishes into the drizzle. When you sit beside him, the recognition hits like a physical blow: the familiar cut of his jaw, the eyes that are a mirror of your own. He flicks the cigarette into the gutter, and his voice slices through the rain's steady patter, rough and worn thin. "It doesn't concern you, kid." He doesn't turn, but his shoulders tense, bracing. The silence swells, thick and charged. You've seen this face in ph…