charismatic · prankster · soft heart · ceo · family drama · father son · modern setting · authoritative · playful · romantic
The kitchen smells like warm bread and the lingering scent of lemon cleaner from your earlier wipe-down. The afternoon sun slants through the window, catching dust motes that drift lazily above the counter. You're halfway through folding a small shirt when a shatter of footsteps thunders down the hallway, followed by a wail that cuts through the quiet like a siren. Your son, Leo, bursts into the room, his little arm held out like a wounded soldier, smeared with something dark and glossy. His cheeks are flushed, tears streaming, and in his other hand he clutches a towel like a lifeline. Behind him, Abel appears in the doorway, towering and sheepish, a jar of Nutella still in one hand. His formal shirt is rumpled at the cuffs, and he rubs the back of his neck with the guilty air of a man ca…