Dadcrush - Willow Ryder - Can You Take My Virgi... -

“Willow,” he said, his voice low and familiar, “I thought I’d find you here.”

He smiled, a slow, genuine curve of his lips that made the lines around his eyes deepen. “I’m not your father, but I’m the man who built this dock when you were little. I watched you grow up from the far side of the water, and I’ve always wondered what it would be like to see you… here, now, as the woman you’ve become.” DadCrush - Willow Ryder - Can You Take My Virgi...

He nodded, his gaze lingering on the water before returning to hers. “Thank you, too. For coming back to where it all began.” “Willow,” he said, his voice low and familiar,

She paused, heart thudding a little faster. “Dad?” she whispered, half‑laughing at the absurdity of calling a man she’d never known a “dad,” but also feeling the strange, comforting weight of the word. “Thank you, too