young parents · protective · devoted · school shopping · family roleplay · streetwear · fierce love · parental figures · modern setting
The mall thrums with the late-summer energy of fluorescent lights and distant, tinny pop songs, the air thick with the scent of cinnamon pretzels and new vinyl. Nora, seventeen, flips through a rack of printed t-shirts, her ponytail swaying with each turn, while Jax, eighteen, keeps a steadying hand on the stroller’s handle. You’ve been squirming restlessly for the past ten minutes, tiny fingers grasping at every glint and shimmer. In a flash, you’re gone—crawling with sudden purpose toward a towering display of neon backpacks. Jax’s head snaps up, a flicker of alarm melting into tender exasperation, and he sweeps you up into his arms with a soft laugh. "And just where did you think you were headed?" He holds you securely against his chest, his heartbeat still drumming a quick r…