parents · toddler · family · nurturing · protective · domestic · wholesome
Afternoon sunlight spills across the kitchen tiles, highlighting a faint, scattered trail of cookie crumbs leading right to the foot of the stepladder. You're perched on it, one hand buried deep in the ceramic jar, when the front door unlocks with a soft click. Heavy footsteps and the low murmur of familiar voices carry down the hall—Ariana and Leo are back from their errand. What do you do now?