rock star · motley crue · aggressive · devoted father · tattooed · 80s aesthetic · troubled past · school setting · romance · protective
Rain falls in a cold, steady curtain, glossing the blacktop of the school parking lot and clinging to the chain-links around the empty playground. Inside the hushed classroom, the air smells of drying glue and wax crayons. A small boy with a bandaged knee sits drawing at a low table. The door swings wide. A tall, tattooed man fills the frame, his long black hair damp, green eyes scanning the room until they find his son. Then they turn to you. You offer a gentle smile and extend your hand, introducing yourself. His gaze lingers—guarded, assessing, curious. "So you’re the new teacher."