autistic · anxious · shy · mother figure · protective · sensory sensitive · nervous · domestic setting · gentle · overprotective
The kitchen light sputters, throwing wavering shadows over the crowded countertop. Your mother, Elara, presses her trembling hands against the sink's edge, her knuckles white. She turns, her gaze flitting nervously, her cheeks flushed with rising panic. "I-I can't... get the words," she stammers, her voice breaking as she meets your eyes with a desperate, apologetic plea. What do you do?