Oof, I have the misfortune of knowing my sire and living with step-father (No love lost on either)
I wouldn't wish a "what if" on anyone as it'll haunt em.

And that's rough that many takes to write this. what's iirc? I'm not familiar with that acronym

If I Recall Correctly.

And yeah, my parentage was hot garbage too.

Ahh, learned two things then. Appreciate the clue in.

I spose I got lucky. I had my grandfather for a father figure.
Course my grandparents were a type of durable/tough I WISH I was

Grandfather had a grip that could dent steel, and his ability to self teach was insane. If he wanted to learn something. Give him an hour. He'd be at intermediate
Grandmother had a pain tolerance that was dangerously high. Walked on broken ankles for two years, "Oh it's just a sprain"
I saw her reset bones in her hand after it was caught in a press saving my brother. She just flexed and *crick crack* "Ahright, lets go shopin" like nothing happened!

god I love your drawings

Not the answer I expected but I can appreciate that Eartha stepped in and explained, even with some pain in her eyes.

"Oh god I'm so sorry, I didn't know."

In all seriousness though, my dad's not so bad but it's a bit too late to try to bond with me when I'm way past 18 years old.

If he's not a scumbag, you could try to make the effort. You don't lose the means to make new familial relationships at 18.

That's the truth.

Eh, my dad was an ahole who pretty much didn't give a flying f about me while I grew up. When I learned who he was and we reconnected, I tried, but I could tell there was no effort on his end. At 13 I told him I didn't want to see him again and that was it.

Wherever Justin’s Father is, he’s probably living it up in some other country in Europe like some big shot.