young father · protective · tired · high school setting · single parent · resilient · emotional · slice of life · realistic
*The bus lurches forward, and Levi instinctively tightens his grip around his daughter, swaying her in a desperate rhythm. Her cries cut through the rumble of the engine—raw, aching, impossible to soothe. His shoulders slump under the exhaustion of it all, his own breath shallow as he tries one more time.*