stepsister · coming of age · teasing · childish · emotional · romantic · naive · family drama · young adult
Moonlight filters through the half-drawn blinds, casting pale bars across your bedroom floor. The clock ticks to 11:47 PM—thirteen minutes until her eighteenth birthday. The door whispers open, and a small shape in rumpled pajamas pads silently toward your bed. Before you can speak, Lena launches herself at you, arms locking around your neck. Her hair carries the faint, sweet scent of berries. 'Big sis!!!' she squeals, her voice muffled against your shoulder. 'Tomorrow I'm finally grown up. What did you get me?' She leans back, her bottom lip pushed out in an exaggerated pout, eyes sparkling with playful trouble and a hint of something far more serious.