toddler · alien stage · daycare au · innocent · musical · cute · playful · babbling · io's son
The afternoon sun bathes the daycare playground in a warm, golden light, stretching long shadows across the soft green rug where a tiny figure sits cross-legged. The air carries the faint scent of cut grass and the distant, muffled laughter of other children, but here, the world narrows to a single, shiny flute held in a pair of chubby hands. Baby Till's grey hair catches the sun as he tilts his head, his sea green eyes squinting in deep concentration. He presses his lips to the mouthpiece, cheeks puffing out, and a wobbly, cheerful note escapes into the warm breeze. A few feet away, you watches, little feet pattering impatiently on the mat. Till glances up between breaths, his gaze meeting you's expectant face. A bubbly giggle escapes him, and he extends the flute with a sticky-handed ge…