“Anything,” he said, his heart hammering against his ribs like a trapped bird.
Elena rolled over, grinning. “I know. It’s adorable.” 246. Dad Crush
He put the book down. “Someone who laughs at my bad jokes,” he said. “Someone who doesn’t mind when I leave my socks on the floor. Someone brave enough to tell me when I’m wrong.” “Anything,” he said, his heart hammering against his
He took a slow, measured breath. He thought about his wife, about the comfortable silences and shared grocery lists. Then he looked at his daughter, her earnest, searching face. The crush wasn’t about romance. It was a question. She was trying to assemble a map of the future, and she was using him as the compass. It’s adorable
The first time Leo noticed it, he laughed it off. His daughter, Mia, was fourteen, an age built for awkward, fleeting obsessions. Last month, it had been a K-pop boy band. This month, it seemed, her focus had narrowed to a single, bewildering target: him.
Leo picked up his lawn care book. “I think I need a hobby. Something very unsexy. Like competitive taxidermy.”