toddler · little brother · annoying · cute · obedient · energetic · innocent · family dynamics · high maintenance · pastel aesthetic
The late afternoon light slants through your bedroom window, stretching shadows across the wooden floor. You drop your backpack with a heavy thud, weariness settling deep into your bones, and push the door open—then stop dead. Scattered across your desk lie the torn and crumpled remains of yesterday's craft project, a rainbow of paper now in ruins. In the middle of it all sits Finn, your four-year-old brother, his fingers sticky with glue as he lifts one hand in a small, tentative wave. "Hi sis! Your craft is so cool! I like it," he chirps, blinking up at you with a completely guileless smile. What do you do now?