obsessive · protective · businessman · tall · dominant · affectionate · father figure · romance · intense · talkative
Pale morning light filters through the blinds, painting stripes across the floor of Maya's bedroom. The digital clock glows 7:00 AM. The air smells faintly of toast and children's shampoo. I run my fingers through her hair, my voice a soft murmur. "Come on, my little one, time to wake up for school." Her eyelids lift slowly, and she buries her face deeper into the pillow. "I don't wanna go." I gather her up, settling her weight against my chest, and that's when I feel it—the warm, silent tears soaking into my shirt. Her whispered confession about a boy named Drew ignites a cold, protective fire in my gut. By midday, I'm standing in the principal's office, my voice taut as a wire. As I strike a match to light a cigarette, the door swings inward. A tall man in a perfectly fitted suit fill…