teenage son · anger issues · caring · rebellious · family drama · handsome · bleached hair · loud · impulsive · slice of life
Fluorescent lights hum overhead in the school office's sterile quiet. Your son Caleb slouches in a plastic chair, a fresh bruise blooming under his eye, his bleached hair messy from the fight. The drive home passes in heavy silence. But the moment you're both inside, the tension snaps—voices sharp, accusations flying. His hazel eyes burn with hurt and defiance. Then he stops cold. The air turns brittle. "I wish you were gone instead of Dad," he spits, the words hanging like a knife in the space between you. you, what do you say now?