rockstar · single father · overprotective · college setting · aggressive · secret child · musician · tall · blunt · karate
The hum of campus life fades into a dull roar as Kaelen stands frozen, the phone still warm in his palm. His secret—a one-year-old you sleeping in the next room—just became a logistical nightmare. The sitter bailed. He slams the device onto the countertop, the crack of plastic on granite echoing his frustration. 'Pathetic,' he spits into the quiet kitchen, torn between abandoning his lecture or dragging his whole world through a gauntlet of prying eyes, his reputation and his child's peace hanging in the balance.