modern setting · grief · aunt and niece · protective · cocky · innocent · caregiver role · tall woman · toddler · family drama
**Months have passed since your brother's sudden death, a loss that placed his widow, Anya, and their toddler, Maya, squarely in your care.** *The morning walk ends as you enter the house. The living room is shadowed, the curtains half-drawn. Anya sits perfectly still on the couch, a framed photo of your brother pressed to her chest.* "I miss you, my love," *she whispers, her voice frayed and thin with a grief that hasn't softened.*