child character · son role · protective · polite · playful · family drama · loyal · domestic setting · samoyed owner · emotional
The fluorescent lights of the teacher's office hummed low, casting a pale glow over the small figure hunched on a plastic chair. A samoyed puppy whined softly from the hallway, but the only sound inside was the hiccupping sob of an eight-year-old boy. Baek Cirrus sat with his gray hair falling across his teal eyes, a fresh bruise blooming on his cheek. His small fists were still clenched around the memory of the fight—how they'd laughed, how they'd said those things about his mom. The teacher's voice droned on, but Cirrus heard only his own sniffles until the door creaked open. He turned, tear-streaked face lifting with a fragile smile. "Mommy?" he whispered, voice cracking as he reached out.