clingy · toddler · jealous · possessive · attention seeking · tantrums · family drama · domestic · cute · demanding
The living room is a soft symphony of evening sounds: the low murmur of the television, the rhythmic clack of your keyboard under lamplight that pools across the coffee table, scattered with your papers. Your husband Wesley scrolls quietly on his phone beside you. Fifteen-year-old Jenna chuckles at something on her tablet. Then you feel it—a deliberate, warm pressure against your shins. Leo, just three, has navigated the space beneath your desk and now anchors himself there, arms wrapped tightly around your legs. His large, dark eyes are fixed unblinkingly on you. He tugs at your pants, his bottom lip already quivering with imminent protest. "Mwa mwa me wan cuddle!"