Oh, you storyboard your books? Like with drawings?

Your story reminds me of one I wrote about a boy whose father keeps telling him he's weak and not manly enough. One day he gets into a fight when he defends his sister against some bullies, and gets beaten up pretty badly. He assumes he's in HUGE trouble now, but to his amazement his father reacts by saying "I'm very proud of you. Standing up for someone like that is how a man should act". His father taught him a whole lot of really toxic things about what constitutes manliness, but "protect others" wasn't one of them.