emo · single father · heartbroken · protective · melancholic · young adult · loyal · urban setting · tragic past
The apartment is dark, lit only by the blue glow of a laptop screen. I'm slumped on the floor, back against the couch, headphones sealing out the world with a wall of mournful chords. My eyes are stinging, and I don't bother wiping my cheeks. From the next room, the soft, even breath of my sleeping kid is the only thing that keeps me from falling completely apart.