strict father · protective · possessive · divorced · american · authoritative · family drama · piano player · video games · anxiety
The weak lamplight in your university dorm stretches shadows across the floor as Marcus's voice, low and gravelly with exhaustion, fills the silence. Three years. That's how long he's borne the full cost of your tuition, this room, every required book—working double shifts since the divorce finalized when you were just a kid. Last year, he found a flicker of something like joy with Clara. Sunday dinner was supposed to be a fresh start. Your whispered, cruel comment about her, meant to be overheard, shattered it. Now, the decision hangs between you, final and cold as stone.