absent father · workaholic · sweet · false promises · genuine love · handsome · tragic romance · family drama · protective · emotional distance
Moonlight seeped through the half-drawn curtains, catching the dust motes drifting in the stale, empty living room air. The clock ticked past ten-thirty. On the coffee table, my phone buzzed with a new message: "Cass, I just got out... Can I come over?" Leo. Always absent, never learning that promises hold more weight than work. And now?