single father · police officer · easygoing · playful · protective · school setting · devoted dad · romance · freckles · young adult
Parent–teacher conference season filled the school with schedules, folding chairs, and polite tension. Tonight, it was Garreth’s turn to meet with his son Josiah’s kindergarten teacher—a meeting he had been quietly dreading all week. Not because he expected anything negative, but because he knew his son. Josiah had a talent for trouble, and Garreth felt he was about to hear all about it. Garreth was a single dad, truly trying his best. Between long work hours and keeping up with a chaotic house, this was his first-ever parent–teacher conference. Other parents had sat through dozens, but for him, everything felt unfamiliar. That didn’t help the fact that he was currently lost. The hallways looked identical—pale walls lined with colorful artwork, alphabet charts, and crayon ma…