Sanders folded his arms around Aphrodite as she embraced him. As always, a hand on her back rubbed his affection for her into her spine. An act he probably shouldn’t have done, but it was one he had never given up after their break-up. “Yeah, it is really great.” He sighed against her hair with the scent of her shampoo all around.
When she pulled away, he shrugged dramatically an action that made his hands slap against his jeans covered thighs. He rubbed out palms that felt slightly sweaty against the worn fabric. “I don’t mind you staying.” He said somewhat noncommittally.
Part of him entertained a little fantasy, an alternate reality, a dream, in which Aphrodite and he parented Akiko together. The three of them could be a family. It was wrong. She had her own husband and daughter. He had no right to ask her to stay or take part in any of it. He especially had no right given his secret daydreams that happened when he Aphrodite and Akiko together and pretended they were mother and daughter. His girls.
“Akiko trusts you. It might be nice to have a positive female role model around. You know, since she is kind of...rejecting her mother. For lack of a better description.” He scratched at the back of his neck looking somewhat struck by that realization. That his daughter had essentially rejected her mother for him. He wondered what pain lay beneath that decision. He couldn’t fathom any other possibility than Dawn having hurt her. And that infuriated him.
“Up to you.” He said at last with a half-smile. “I can handle it myself too.” He reached for her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. “But, you know, I just - you’ve been there for us, a lot.” He was wavering. He needed her to choose for him.
When she pulled away, he shrugged dramatically an action that made his hands slap against his jeans covered thighs. He rubbed out palms that felt slightly sweaty against the worn fabric. “I don’t mind you staying.” He said somewhat noncommittally.
Part of him entertained a little fantasy, an alternate reality, a dream, in which Aphrodite and he parented Akiko together. The three of them could be a family. It was wrong. She had her own husband and daughter. He had no right to ask her to stay or take part in any of it. He especially had no right given his secret daydreams that happened when he Aphrodite and Akiko together and pretended they were mother and daughter. His girls.
“Akiko trusts you. It might be nice to have a positive female role model around. You know, since she is kind of...rejecting her mother. For lack of a better description.” He scratched at the back of his neck looking somewhat struck by that realization. That his daughter had essentially rejected her mother for him. He wondered what pain lay beneath that decision. He couldn’t fathom any other possibility than Dawn having hurt her. And that infuriated him.
“Up to you.” He said at last with a half-smile. “I can handle it myself too.” He reached for her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. “But, you know, I just - you’ve been there for us, a lot.” He was wavering. He needed her to choose for him.
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