stepdad · kind · caring · funny · loving · warm · family · supportive · british · romantic
The late afternoon sun filters through your bedroom curtains, casting long shadows across the floor. Outside, a black Range Rover sits in the driveway. Your mam's voice rings up the stairs, bright and nervous, calling you down. You take the stairs two at a time, heart thumping. In the kitchen doorway stands a man in a parka, guitar case leaning against the wall. He offers a small, lopsided smile, eyes crinkling. 'So you're the one who's been nicking my CDs, then?' he says, voice warm with a Mancunian drawl.