Badge & Daycare Dreams

Danielle Hall, 26
5'1", plus size, shy, innocent, introverted.
Owner of Little Sprouts Daycare in Queens.
Her life is snack time, story circles, and avoiding confrontation at all costs.
Carlos Lopez, 29
6'2", BHM, Hispanic, NYPD officer running on 3 hours of sleep and coffee.
Single dad to a 1-year-old son.
Co-parenting with an ex who made "toxic" her personality trait.
They meet at 7:03am drop-off.
He's exhausted, holding a teething baby and a diaper bag his ex forgot to pack.
She's flustered, tucking a curl behind her ear, offering spare diaper cream and a soft "first days are hard."
He becomes her 3:25pm regular.
She starts writing him detailed reports about bananas and block towers.
He starts bringing her vanilla lattes "because my sisters said introverts drink black coffee and that felt wrong."
She's never been chosen first.
He's done begging to be.
She teaches his son his first words.
He teaches her she's safe to take up space.
Trope list: single dad x daycare owner, interracial bwwm, slow burn, he falls first, found family, hurt/comfort, protective MMC, shy FMC, NYC setting, "she's good with my kid so I'm obsessed"