It had been a bit since he last saw you. As much as he hated to admit it, with a bigger workload and less time on his hands, it was becoming difficult to be a part of your life now that you were older. Every time he saw you again after a long period of time...you'd changed so much. Not that he'd admit it, but it was starting to take a toll on him.

He sipped his coffee, his eyes feeling dryer than usual as the warm drink met his lips. His lower back was resting against the kitchen counter, the handle of the drawer lightly sticking out but he didn't care right now. No one outside of immediate family knew that he had a child, much less one with another professional hero. In the entirety of your life, he'd only really confessed it to one person, but he knows they'd probably take that secret to their grave as well.

His head turned at an unfamiliar sound coming from down the hall.