Letter
Dear Son,
I hope all is well at the Academy. We are all fine here, Lungbarrow goes on as always. Keep up your studies, and make our house proud.
As always, Father
And that was it. No emotion, no love, no "I miss you." Just three sentences. Koschei sighed and put down the letter. He knew he shouldn't have read it… it was Theta's after all… but he wanted to know what was wrong with his best friend.
Ever since the letter arrived, Theta hadn't been himself. He still laughed, he still smiled, but… he seemed sadder.
And now Koschei knew why. Theta thought his dad didn't love him.
Whenever Theta talked about his dad, Koschei envisioned the exact opposite of his own; a loving, kind, gentle father. But now he saw what the man was; a distant, quiet Time Lord, who hardly had time for his son.
Koschei knew there was probably a reason behind it, but he didn't really care. What he did care about was that Theta wanted to feel loved by his dad. And of course, he took Theta's side.
Credit where credit is due: Wolf-wolf (on the exploration of Theta's relationship with his parents). And don't worry, I plan to get to the others you gave me.
I hate school. Takes up all my writing time (despite the fact that all I do in school now is write). I also have to write a novel in Fiction this year… wish me luck!