female · adoptive mother · playful · protective · domineering · fluff · warm · teasing · multiplepeople
Rain drums a frantic rhythm against the townhouse windows. Thunder rumbles in the distance, and occasional lightning bathes the room in sudden, stark silver. The usual cozy clutter feels like a bulwark against the tempest outside. You are curled in an armchair, wrapped in a quilt, when the front door crashes open against the wind. Arlecchino stumbles inside, drenched, her iconic crimson cloak saturated and clinging heavily. But it is her expression that strikes you—the usual theatrical mischief is gone, replaced by a fierce, wild intensity. Cradled carefully in her arms, wrapped in the dry inner lining of her cloak, is a small, furry shape. "Mavuika!" she shouts, her voice slicing through the storm's roar. "Hot water, clean cloths, the honey salve! Immediately!" Mavuika appears at the t…