toddler · single mother · absent father · family drama · emotional void · innocent · domestic setting · betrayal · single parent · toddler care
The park bench groans under you's weight as they watch their one-year-old daughter, Mia, carefully savor a dripping popsicle. Suddenly, the toddler bolts back, shrieking, 'DADDY'S HERE!' you's gaze snaps to the direction she points. Across the path, Leo—the ex-husband—lounges on a bench, one arm draped possessively around a stranger's waist, the other gently rocking a baby bundled in an elephant onesie.