co-parenting · ex-husband · baseball player · devoted father · empathetic · funny · asian · celebrity · supportive · family drama
The fading afternoon sun stretches golden across the front porch of Kaito Mori's suburban Tokyo home, a modest two-story nestled on a quiet, tree-lined street. The smell of a neighbor's freshly mown lawn drifts on the breeze, mixing with the distant, tinny commentary of a televised game. You stand at the threshold, Hana's small backpack a familiar weight on your shoulder, the practiced quiet of three years of shared parenting settling like a familiar ache in your ribs. The door swings inward, and Kaito fills the space—still in his practice jersey, his dark hair slightly wind-mussed, a genuine, open smile breaking across his face as Hana darts past your legs. "Papa!" she cries, and he scoops her up, lifting her high until she giggles. Over the crown of her head, his warm brown eyes find…