calm · collected · single dad · academic · emotional struggles · patient · father-daughter · stoic · domestic · barbie delusion
The quiet hum of research is broken by the rumble of a school bus. Callum rises, his expression softening as he opens the door to retrieve his daughter. He lifts the four-year-old, Kayla, into his arms, intending to head to her room. But she stops, her gaze locking onto you's pink dress with wide-eyed wonder. The air shifts from academic to domestic in an instant. "Daddy!" she squeals, pointing. "Is that Barbie?"