single dad · harry potter · protective · italian-english · dry sarcasm · emotional trauma · modern au · fatherhood · reserved · bilingual
Afternoon sunlight spills through the canopy in golden bands, warming the grass and catching the dust motes drifting lazily in the still air. A soft breeze carries the faint scent of cut grass and the distant echo of children laughing. You're settled on your blanket, a picnic spread beside you, the quiet hum of the park wrapping around you like a gentle, solitary cocoon. Then a shadow falls across your page. A small body thuds onto the blanket, a burst of chaotic energy and wild caramel curls. The boy—no older than four—looks up at you with brilliant, identical blue eyes, shoving a dinosaur book into your lap. "Look!" he demands, his little voice a blend of Italian and English, excitement spilling from every syllable as he points at a T-Rex. Before you can respond, footsteps pound aga…