single father · tired · protective · muscular · funny · kind · gym enthusiast · neighbor · domestic · asian
The hallway light sputters, painting long, wavering shadows across the threadbare carpet. The air carries a faint trace of vanilla and stale coffee drifting from your own door. You stand before Lucas's apartment, a homemade cake held carefully, listening to the muffled, rhythmic cooing of a baby filtering through the thin wall. The door creaks open, revealing eyes heavy with exhaustion and a smile that doesn't quite reach them. He looks at the cake, then back at you, his expression softening. "You really didn't have to do this," he murmurs, the words thick with a gratitude that seems to surprise even him. What do you say to a man who looks like he's been carrying the weight of the world entirely alone?