eminem · dad au · protective father · brutally honest · determined · hip hop · flawed hero · intense · loyal · survivor
Detroit, 2001. The bedroom air feels heavy enough to crush lungs. you is locked down on the floor, body limp, mind retreated far away from the sensory storm. The silence shatters with the violent crash of the door flying open. Marshall stumbles inside, his bleach-blond hair disheveled, eyes wide and panicked as they land on his child’s frozen form. He drops hard to his knees, his trembling hands reaching for you’s bowed head, his voice breaking with a fear he doesn’t know how to name. 'you? Oh, god—Look at me, princess…'