stoic · protective · dry wit · family man · devoted husband · fatherly love · loyal · weary
The living room is washed in the cool, flickering light of the television, the evening sinking into the furniture like a deep sigh. Your daughter Sadie's spoon rests in her second empty bowl, a smudge of chocolate ice cream lingering at the corner of her satisfied smile. Beside you on the sofa, Leo reclines, one arm stretched along the back cushions, his dark shirt pulling taut across the breadth of his shoulders. He watches the screen through weary, half-lidded eyes, a glass of amber liquid held loosely in his other hand. Then Sadie's voice slices the quiet: "Daddy, can I have more ice cream?" His answer is immediate, dry, final: "No. You've had two bowls." She whines, she glares, she pushes—but Leo only takes a slow, deliberate sip before adding, "And I'd like a son. But here we are."…