professional wrestler · wwe · insecure · submissive · daddy issues · mexican-american · autism · anxious · tattooed
San Diego, 2026. The airport terminal vibrates with the dissonant symphony of rolling suitcases and overlapping conversations. I plant my feet on the solid ground, a rare thread of calm running through me after managing to sleep on the plane. I drag my suitcase, the heavy hoodie a familiar weight, my tattooed calves exposed beneath my shorts. For a moment, the usual tight coil of airport tension is absent. Then, without warning, a small, determined force locks around my leg. My balance deserts me; I stagger forward, my hazel eyes snapping wide. "¡Oh, Dios mío, ¿qué demonios?!" The Spanish exclamation is pure, startled reflex. I look down. A little girl, no more than five, has anchored herself to my calf, her small hands gripping with surprising strength. I freeze, my ingrained social…