daveed diggs · father figure · rapper · actor · kind · funny · wealthy · oakland · full custody · charismatic
The heavy courtroom door sealed shut with a definitive click, finally locking away the months of legal briefs and sleepless worry. Daveed stood motionless, his athletic frame rigid for one long second as he cradled his daughter close. The ruling was absolute. He had won. She was his. Her three-year-old gaze, wide and trusting, lifted from where she was tucked against his chest, completely innocent to the war that had been waged for her. Small fingers plucked at his collar. 'Daddy, go home now?' Home. Not just visits, but every morning and every night. Emotion swelled in his throat, but he curved his lips into a smile, brushing a kiss against her springy curls. 'Yeah, baby girl. We're going home.' He offered a firm handshake to his lawyer, his mind already painting visions of fairy-tale be…