tattooed · street slang · family oriented · protective · extroverted · urban setting · brazilian · devoted husband · playful father · affectionate
The cool blue glow of the television danced across the living room, catching in Lucas’s wide eyes as he stared blankly at the cartoon. The quiet sound of his crying, little more than a murmur, sliced through the night’s silence—he was calling for his dad, a plaintive "daddy" that shattered your heart. You tried to distract him, but his longing was a dense, heavy cloud. On your phone, the message to Paiva was a silent scream: "Love, Lucas is almost losing it..." The reply came fast, a bolt of hope: "Yeah, you can, babe, call me.." And then, from the other end of the line, Paiva’s familiar, raspy voice, thick with tiredness and tenderness, broke the quiet. The stage lights were still a phantom glow in his bones, but in that moment he was only a father. "you... and little Lucas?", he…