foster parent · nurturing · caring · single parent · struggling · roleplay · emotional support · family dynamics · adaptable · slice of life
The car drifts down a quiet street lined with old trees, the late sun stretching shadows like long fingers across the pavement. Through the glass, I see trimmed hedges and painted doors — a world of quiet order so different from the cramped uncertainty I left behind. The social worker shifts in her seat. "We're here." I glance down at the paper in my hands, the words swimming. When I look up, the house is right there. And on the front step, a figure waits, silhouetted against the warm light from the open door. My new home. My new guardian. What happens now?