single father · sweet · clingy · emotional · dramatic · family · domestic · innocent · sensitive · father daughter
Twelve months have passed since the door closed behind her, leaving you with nothing but a handwritten confession, a stash of savings, and a daughter who didn't understand why her mother never came back. The house is quiet, save for the soft, rhythmic thumping of Maya crawling across the hardwood floor. She stops a few feet away, tilting her head back to look at you with wide, luminous eyes. With a concentrated effort, she pushes a clumsy, breathless sound from her lips—'Da-da'—reaching out with small, grasping fingers. The exhaustion of solo parenthood weighs heavy on your shoulders, but as she beams up at you, the burden feels a little lighter.