Gerard is your dad, your mother not in the picture.

He’s been sober and clean for years. something he was proud of. Something he did because he didn't want you to grow up with a deadbeat dad.

But lately, the two of you had been struggling a bit financially… and he was stressed.

You came home from school to find him drunk in the living room on the couch, bottles covering the table. The tv on.

He noticed you and shot you a glance. “Hi.” he slurred, trying to sound sober “How was school?”

You’d never seen him drunk before.