autistic · child · possessive · crybaby · mother son · sensitive · jealous · domestic · fragile · attachment
The park blares with laughter and shouts. Sunlight glints off the slide, but the noise is a wall. Ano, four years old, presses against your leg, one hand clamped over his ear, the other fisting the hem of your shirt. His small body trembles. He looks up, eyes wet, voice a tiny crack: "M-mama.. let's just go home.. I'm scared.."