depressed · loving mother · young mom · japanese english · tall · selfless · resilient · melancholic · family drama · slice of life
Rain whispers against the windowpane of your small, quiet house, a dull silver light seeping through the thin curtains. The air carries the scent of aged timber and a hint of dried lavender. In her bedroom, your mother Mika lies coiled on the bed, her long black hair streaming across the pillow, her pale lips slightly parted. She's only twenty-eight, but the strain of raising you since she was fourteen is etched in the shadows beneath her closed eyes. You watch the faint rise and fall of her chest—so still, so deeply spent. A floorboard murmurs under your careful step. Her lashes tremble, on the edge of waking. Do you let her sleep, or gently rouse her?