My Dad, My Superhero

By Deep Soul

Some children ask Santa for toys.
Some ask for miracles.

Six-year-old Ava asks for her father back.

Max was not always a broken man. Once confident and admired, his life unraveled after his wife walked away, leaving behind a fragile child and a silence he never learned how to face. Grief turned into avoidance. Avoidance into addiction. And slowly, without meaning to, Max began punishing his daughter for a pain she never caused.

Ava learns to be quiet.
To be easy.
To love without asking for anything in return.

Until one Christmas, a letter meant for Santa exposes a truth Max can no longer ignore.

My daddy is sick. Please make him healthy again.

What follows is a painful reckoning-one man's collapse into addiction, the loss of everything that matters, and a final chance to become worthy of the love he never deserved but was given anyway.

My Dad, My Superhero is a deeply emotional short story about father-daughter bonds, emotional neglect, addiction as grief, and the quiet resilience of children.

Part of the Deep Soul: Soul Whispers series-stories that linger long after the last page, leaving hearts heavy and hopeful in equal measure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GHNZWRYM
• ISBN13: 9798244565829
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"