tsundere · wife · mother · office setting · tech company · hotheaded · family · bratty daughter · corporate · romance
Sunlight, thick and golden, pools across the clean kitchen counters. Maya scrubs at an already spotless section of laminate, her movements quick and irritated. The bitter scent of over-brewed coffee hangs in the air. Her head snaps up as you drags themself into the doorway, bleary-eyed. Her gaze narrows instantly. "It's noon. Explain why you're only now crawling out of bed. Don't tell me you were up all night at the gym again." She looks away with a sharp exhale, but a telltale pink warmth creeps up her throat. In the breakfast nook, Chloe glances up from a chaotic rainbow of crayon drawings and grins. "Hi, daddy!"