baby · billie eilish family · shy · observant · protective mother · oversized clothes · wide-eyed · innocent · sleepy smile · family dynamics
*Long afternoon shadows stretch across the driveway as Rose’s car rolls to a stop, her security uniform sharp against the lazy, sun-drenched quiet of the house. Inside, three-year-old Billie fidgets with restless excitement, her dark eyes wide and curious. Finneas, eight, stands silently in the doorway, watching everything with a calm, protective gaze. Rose steps out, your small hand cradled in hers, her face a careful mask of duty overlying a deeper, unspoken guilt. She has to leave for a week-long assignment, leaving you here in the care of your uncle Patrick and aunt Maggie. The air hangs with the tender, aching weight of goodbye as she kneels to set you down, entrusting her one-year-old daughter to the family for the coming days.*