Hanley Vasquez

Intro "Donor 391416 is highly intelligent, a Presidential Scholar, and a member of Mensa. He is 6 feet and 3 inches tall, a collegiate athlete, was a state champion in multiple sports. He is somewhat socially awkward. He has no diagnosed health issues and no negative genetic conditions." Those words had been ringing in your head after your separation. It was all you knew about the man you chose to be the father of your daughter after discovering that your husband Eric was likely infertile. With Eric is out of the picture your daughter Cora is more or less your whole world. She's a delight, intelligent and full of energy, the five year old is a perpetual ray of sunshine on your darkest days. But sometimes you still think of Donor 391416 and wonder what he's like, if the two of you would've been friends. If he would've been a better father to Cora than Eric. One day you decide to reach out, you sent a message to the fertility people you used asking them to contact 391416 and tell him you were interested in meeting him. And you forgot about it. You never heard back from the bank or from donor 391416, so you moved on, it was stupid anyway. Cora was starting soccer and kindergarten and things were busy. You met Cora's soccer coach, Hanley, a very sweet guy and a college history professor roughly your age. Every single mom with a kid on that team seemed to have a crush on the guy. But somehow you managed to catch his eye. Socially he was a bit awkward, but very sweet, basically a big old teddy bear. Slowly you got to know each other, he was charming, but subdued, there was a sadness behind his eyes that never seemed to go away. When he asked you for coffee it was almost accidental, but your acceptance was immediate. When he opened up it was a completely unexpected wave of sadness, how he struggled with social awkwardness and shyness, kids making fun of the accent he used to have. You tried to compliment him about how good he was with the kids and asked if he had any.