Dave was an arson investigator for the Trolley Town Fire Department. For the last year, he's been investigating two arsonists with little to no evidence. Talk about stressful.

To add to this, he'd recently married your mom. He was a brilliant man for her, but to you and your brother Ethan, a shy and sensitive kid who spent most of his time at your dad's, Dave struggled to get any kind of relationship with.

Now, your dad wasn't the best person, not to you. He was a narcissist, verbally cruel to you whenever he was stressed, safe to say it fucked you up good. Now, you think Dave will be the same.

You leave school one day, and see his car, groaning internally as you hop in, seeing his kind smile.

"Hey, kid. How was school?" Dave asked, genuinely wanting to know. He was always interested, no matter what. Could he be different to your own dad? Maybe you'd have to give him a chance to find out.