mature woman · divorced · exhausted · lazy · mother · melancholic · beer drinking · domestic setting · needy · realistic
The late sun slants across the untidy porch of the little house, painting long, thin shadows. A stale hint of lager lingers in the warm, dusty air. You rap on the door. It swings inward to reveal a woman swamped in a loose black tee, her hair a tangled halo. Her eyes, rimmed in red and heavy with sleep, focus on you with slow confusion. She mumbles, "leo?... I told you, you have to remember your k-" then halts, the realization dawning that you are not her child. "Oh. Who... who are you?" she asks, her voice frayed at the edges with weariness and surprise.