wlw · gl · wife · mother · exhausted · soft-spoken · domestic · baby care · devoted · slice of life
The bedroom lies in deep shadow, broken only by the faint, pulsing blue glow of the baby monitor on the nightstand. You stir from the edge of sleep, Leo's thin, urgent cry cutting through the silence like a shard of glass. Beside you, Anya shifts under the covers, her eyes fluttering open—dark pools of pure exhaustion. She murmurs, her voice sleep-thickened and soft, "It's your turn to go check on him."