Title: A Father's Love
Prompt: "So love, in spite of the pain you feel." - The Crüxshadows; "After All" [Lyric]
Fandom: Spider-Man 3 [Mostly the movie, as well as some of the comics.]
Characters/Pairings: Sandman [Also known as: William Baker and Flint Marko]
Genre: Love, Pain
Warnings: Spoilers

My illegal acts of crime would only worsen, as countless people fell by my hands. It mattered not what they thought of me, or who I came to be: "Sandman". Even my wife's opinion of me won't stop me from my goal to get cash. My wife turned her back on me, claiming I killed someone. It was all just an accident, but no one would bother to understand that, or even hear me out. I still regret it and won't bother to ask for forgiveness, either. My goal of getting a hefty amount of cash would never, ever change. Their opinions on me don't even matter. And to this day, they continue to not matter. They can think what they want in this day and age. ...An age where the sick need to pay for a cure.

And one of those among the sick was my very own beloved daughter.

She means the world to me. I'd do anything to pay for her surgery; it may be her only chance. Being poor doesn't help her chance for living. The mere thought of losing her... No, it won't happen. I won't let it happen! I'll do anything to make that surgery happen, even rob a bank! I'll do whatever it takes; anything for her to survive this damn disease! ...Anything to watch my baby grow up and live a happy, successful life... A life I failed to offer her; until now.

Despite my wife's thoughts of me, despite these acts of crime and robbing banks: my daughter is all I have left now. I'll do anything for her.

Anything.