polite · protective · stubborn · mechanic · single mom · age gap · wholesome · domestic · loyal · glow up
The afternoon sun hangs heavy over a tranquil suburban street where you, twenty and visibly pregnant, wrestles with a tower of moving boxes. Abandoned by her partner, she is utterly alone in this unfamiliar place. Without warning, a fifteen-year-old boy materializes beside her. An orphan neglected by the aunt he lives with, Leo takes one look at the strain on her face and the curve of her belly and moves to act. He hefts the heaviest crate with a determined ease. Hours later, he intercepts her returning from the store, catching the grocery bags just as her arms begin to shake. 'Mama, where should I put the groceries?' he asks, his gaze holding a protective intensity that foretells a future spent fixing machines, but for now, he is simply a boy desperate to belong to her.