The Failure of a Father

Ch 7: The Regrets of a Parent

It was Saturday, the one day everyone was hoping for to arrive. However, things weren't what they used to be in the Santiago residence, Maria and Marcos started arguing everyday, and it was about…something.

"What the fuck, Marcos?! Hurting your own hijo?!"

"He makes mistakes all the time!"Marcos said in his native tongue.

"SO WHAT? WE ALL MAKE FUCKING MISTAKES, NO ONE IS PERFECT!"Maria yelled as she slapped her husband across the face.

Meanwhile, Roberto was just standing there…just watching his parents argue over what the heck happened in their household recently, just like what happened at the Afton residence, currently.

Roberto tip-toed to his room, and stayed out of the conflict his parents are in.

"SERIOUSLY, MARIA?! ROBERTO IS A FUCKING UTTER DISGRACE TO THIS FAMILY!" The father of the Santiago family yelled.

Once Roberto reached the second floor, he heard what his father said about him. "Did Papá just call me…an utter disgrace in this family?" He headed downstairs, with tears streaming down his face.

Marcos and Maria kept arguing, until Roberto stepped into the room. "You think I'm an utter disgrace in this family?"

Maria walked up to her eldest son. "No, hijo, he's just pretending!"

Roberto curled his hands into fists. "Hey, Marcos, guess what?"

Maria was shocked, this was the only time in her life as a mother hearing her own son mention his father's first name.

"Did you just call me by my first name?" Marcos said as he pulled out his ultimate weapon (a.k.a, the belt). "I'm your papá, Roberto Alejandro Millan-Luis Santiago!"

"Heh…" The Hispanic teen chuckled. "You think that you think that you're mi papá…" He yelled in front of his father's face. "…after all of the mierda you put me through in the past few days?!"

Marcos was unfazed. "You will never use malas palabras in this casa, hombrecito!"

"OH, HOW ABOUT THE TIME YOU HIT ME WITH A CINTURÓN JUST BECAUSE I BROKE YOUR FAVORITE VASE?!"

That fazed Marcos, a tiny bit. "That doesn't matter!"

"HOW ABOUT THE TIME YOU GROUNDED ME FOR NO FUCKING REASON?! DID YOU EVEN SHOW ANY FUCKING REMORSE FOR IT?! HOW ABOUT THE TIME YOU SLAP ME JUST BECAUSE I BROKE YOUR FAVORITE MUG?!"

The realization struck Marcos Santiago, he was hurtng his baby boy and he didn't know about it all along. Realizing the gravity of his mistakes, tears flowed down his cheeks like freshwater from a river.

"Hijo, lo siento—" Marcos was interrupted when Roberto yelled at him.

"SHUT UP, PAPÁ, I HATE YOU!" Roberto said, before going upstairs to his room and slamming the door shut.

Marcos Faustino Santiago fell on the couch, realizing how much he had screwed up as a father, much like William Afton, who was busy moping the day away at his house.

Maria Santiago gave one last glance at her husband, before turning to go upstairs. When she reached Roberto's door, the mother heard crying from inside. Knocking on the door, Maria asked. "Roberto? Are you in there?"

"You may come in…"

Maria opened the door to the eldest child's room, and as she went closer to him, the mother gave him shoulder pats and said, "Roberto…listen, your papá may be a total puta at this time…but he's not lying, he loves you…"

Roberto stopped crying and scoffed. "Like that abuser would ever care…"

Maria turned to look at the window, lost in her thoughts.

Meanwhile…

Marcos Faustino Santiago stood up, and sat on the couch, thinking of what Roberto said to him last time. Now that he and William are on the same boat, he needs to take some time to think of what he had done.

He said to himself, his voice above a whisper while sniffling. "What have I done…?" He heard Ronalda's footsteps slowly descending down the stairs.

"Papá? Why are you crying?" Ronnie Anne asked her father.

Marcos shifted on the couch uneasily. "Nada hija…" He said as he put a hand over the cushion. "…it's just a little conflict between me and your hermano."

"What happened?" The 11-year-old Latina went to her male parent.

"I abused him…I hit him with the cinturón…and so much more…" The Hispanic father of two children said, his voice mixed with sadness.

Ronalda was shocked, she didn't expect that kind of information from her father. She would never expect her dad to abuse her own brother.

"And as much as you want to deny the fact that it's real, you can't…what happened, happened."

Marcos Faustino Santiago broke the promise he shared with his kids ever since William Afton became abusive to Michael, and there he goes, doing that one thing he promised he would never ever do in his parental life.

Ronnie Anne shook off the shock of receiving the fact that her own father abused Roberto. "Papá…" The little Latina said, and spoke in Spanish. "…listen, I can't believe you just abused Bobby…you made that one promise to us…that you would never do that one thing you did…"

"I understand hija…" Marcos replied to his daughter in his native tongue. "…now that me and William are on the same boat…I think I need to make up with Bobby…"

Maria came downstairs. "Faustino?"

Marcos turned to see his wife. "What is it, Maria?"

"Don't mess with Roberto…he just needs to let off some steam…" The mother of two said to the father.

"Sí…I understand…" Marcos said, as he headed out of the door.

"Papá? Where are you going?" Ronalda asked her father.

"I just need to go somewhere to…chill off…" Marcos replied, as he opened the puerta principal, and closed the door.

Meanwhile, William and Lynn Sr. were sitting on a bench, looking at the cars passing by, they heard a pair of feet coming up to them. Turning their heads, they saw Roberto's father walking up to them.

"Marcos?" Lynn Sr. asked. "Why are you lookin' sad today? You weren't your usual cheerful self…"

"Yeah…" William said, looking at Marcos. "…what's the problem?"

Marcos said, as he took a seat and sighed. "Something happened between me and my hijo Roberto…"

"What is it? Did you abuse him?" Lynn Sr. said, his glare cold as ice.

"That was exactly what I was going to say…" Marcos said, putting his hands over his lap.

"You were on the same boat as I am?" William asked.

"Sí…I made a promise to them that one time you were an abusive puta to Michael, but there I go, becoming a stupid mentiroso and doing that one thing I promised I would never do…" Marcos said, slapping himself.

Lynn Sr.'s glare lightened a bit. "Well, did you apologize?"

"No…not yet, mi hijo was angry at me and Maria told me he needs to let off some steam at least for now…" The Hispanic father replied to the duo.

"Listen…I have gone through the same as you two but I ended up goin' an extra mile when Lincoln was bullied and I didn't stand up for him…" Lynn Sr. said, curling into a ball and banging his hand on his head. "Dang it Lynn…" He thought.

Marcos looked at the sky, realizing how much he had screwed things up to the point his son would lash out at him. Sighing, he sat back on the bench. "Ey…William?"

William turned to look at his Hispanic friend. "What is it, Marcos?"

"I'm heading back home now, later, amigos…" Marcos said as he got up from his seat and headed home.

Later…

When Marcos opened the door, he saw Roberto standing in front of his eyes. "H-Hijo? What are you doing here?"

"Nada papá…" Roberto said. "I just want to talk after what happened last time, y'know…"

Marcos sniffled a bit, while clearing his sinuses. "Hijo, listen, you may be mad at me right now but—"

"Papá, it's OK, I'll give you a second chance." Roberto said as he hugged his father.

Marcos hugged his son back even tighter. "Gracias hijo..." He said, while sharing the cute moment between him and his son.

Maria and Ronalda smile at the sight of Roberto and Marcos finally reconciling.

To be continued in Ch 8…

A/N: Hey guys, it's me again, I know this is short, but I've kind of started procrastinating lately. *The italicized sentences means that someone is speaking in Spanish.* Some of you may be wondering where I got the idea of Marcos abusing Roberto, it was from a fanart I saw on Google, and I thought. What if Marcos abused Roberto? So I made it come to life in this chapter.

The name of the boy who got Lincoln and his sisters banned from the grocery store is Daniel Pingrey, Carol has a little brother in my AU, so don't judge me.

NOTE: I will start updating every one week.