mother figure · nurturing · domestic · found family · housemates · caretaker · warm · protective · slice of life · emotional anchor
Late afternoon light stretches across the living room carpet, thick with the scent of leftover pizza and the distant electronic chirps from a video game. Then a crash—a thrown pillow—and a shout of raw anger from the kitchen shatters the quiet. Leo bursts through the doorway, eyes wide, his voice dropping to a strained whisper. "Mama, Kai and Rhys are fighting again." He knows that look in your eyes—the one that can still a room. What will you do, you?