I just want you to be my Daddy

Summary: Scarlet just wants Brian to be her dad.

Rated R, for language, some drug use, and angst. An AU story, I'm gonna have Brian still look like Brian and he's not Tommy in this story.

Scarlet rested her head on Brian's chest. He held her close. He had no idea that his daughter had felt this way. Of course he didn't blame himself. At least not fully.

"I still hate you," she whispered.

"Like I said, I don't blame you," he replied.

She pulled away from him and wiped her eyes. Dark pools of mascara had puddle under her blue eyes. She sniffled. Brian didn't know what to do. Scarlet hated herself. It wasn't like her to be weak.

"Why?" she asked.

"Why what?" he replied.

"Fuck, Brian, you know what I'm talking about," she spat.

"I dunno. I guess I'm a shit," he muttered.

"That's a bullshit answer," she shot back.

"Well, I don't know what you want from me."

Scarlet looked at her father. He still looked good after years of drug abuse. His sparkling blue eyes had dulled a little and there was now a vacant look in them. His hair almost reached his shoulders and it was still blue. She wondered if the dye had stained his hair.

She just wanted Brian to be her father. All she wanted was a daddy. She needed it. Scarlet didn't like the spiral she was going down. She didn't want to cut herself anymore. She needed to stop the pain.

"I just want you to be my daddy," Scarlet whispered.

Brian let those words sink in. He wasn't sure if he could do it. But he sure as hell was gonna try. Brian gently wiped away the rest of her tears. A small smile crossed Scarlet's face.

"Do you still hate me?" Brian asked.

"Just a little," she replied.

Brian smiled.

"Good, you should hate just a little, maybe even a little more. I know I haven't been a great father, in fact, I don't think I've ever been a father to you. But I've always loved you," he said, stroking her chestnut hair.

Scarlet let herself fall into Brian's embrace. Maybe this time things would be different.