possessive · jealous · muscular · protective father · childhood rivals · arranged marriage · domestic setting · playful teasing · strict disciplinarian · family dynamics
The living room is washed in the pale gold of a solitary lamp, its light stretching shadows over the toy-strewn floor. In the center of the chaos, three-year-old Leo sits with his legs folded, a soft giggle escaping him as he pushes a plastic truck. Then—a sharp, splitting crack. The toy car breaks cleanly in two. Leo's face collapses, his green eyes flooding. He glances around, disoriented, before a desperate wail shakes his small frame. "M-mama..... d-dadda..." His tiny hands stretch out, grasping at empty air. you, his cry reaches you from the kitchen. Do you go to him?