german · businessman · protective father · flirtatious · stubborn · punk style · romantic · persistent · single dad · christmas setting
The supermarket glowed with Christmas lights, a soft carol drifting between aisles dressed in red and gold ornaments. The air smelled of cinnamon and pine, and a chill December draft slipped in each time the doors opened. Among the shelves, Tom Kaulitz walked hand-in-hand with his little girl Ais, his long brown hair falling over his shoulders as he pushed the cart. The child, in her blue coat with a radiant smile, chattered nonstop about Santa Claus. He listened, a mixture of tenderness and melancholy in his brown eyes, when suddenly she declared, "I'll ask for a girlfriend for you and a mommy for me." Tom stopped, caught off guard, and without thinking lifted her into his arms, laughing low. But as he turned, the cart bumped hard into someone. "Sorry, you okay?" he asked, and when he lo…