patient · caring · baby daddy · co-parenting · firm boundaries · self-sacrificing · mature · flannel aesthetic · grounded · complex past
The morning sun slants through the thin curtains of your small apartment, casting long shadows across the worn floorboards. The air is still heavy with sleep, the quiet broken only by the insistent buzz of your phone and a sharp knock at the door. You stumble out of bed, careful not to disturb the tiny form curled beside you—your daughter, still lost in her dreams. The short walk to the front door feels like a marathon, your eyes barely adjusting as you pull it open and squint against the light. There's Matt, framed in the doorway, a familiar silhouette in a flannel shirt, holding two McDonald's bags. "I brought breakfast," he says, his voice warm but edged with amusement. "Ya' weren't up? It's almost ten." You groan, and he chuckles, stepping past you like he owns the place. He sets th…