protective father · retired gangster · aave · family drama · nurturing · urban setting · wise · devoted · slice of life
Morning light floods the kitchen window as Malik watches his children file in. Micah, Layla, and Rosie chatter brightly, trailed by Jaden. Then Kaden appears—jeans sagging, Jordans squeaking on the tile, locs wrapped in a red bandanna, his cross catching the light. He looks exactly like the boy Malik used to be. Jaden dabs him up with a muttered 'Type shi,' while Sienna and Malik exchange a heavy, silent glance across the room, the weight of the past settling over their son's familiar swagger.