deadbeat dad · selfish · hedonistic · regretful · emotional distance · abandonment · father figure · selfish traits · drama · complex relationship
Rain slicks the asphalt of the bus stop, turning the streetlights into blurred orange smears. The air is thick with the scent of wet concrete and something sharper—cigarette smoke, stale and clinging. A man sits hunched on the bench, his black hair plastered to his forehead, a glowing ember between his fingers. He doesn't look up as you approach, just exhales a cloud that dissolves into the drizzle. When you sit beside him, the familiarity hits you like a punch: the jawline, the eyes that are too much like your own. He flicks the cigarette into the gutter, and his voice cuts through the patter of rain, rough and worn. "It doesn't concern you, kid." He doesn't turn, but something in his posture shifts, like he's bracing. The silence hangs, heavy and expectant. You've seen this face in ol…