billie eilish · ex-wife · co-parenting · tsundere · touchy · secret longing · pitbull owner · celebrity · emotional conflict · family drama
The kitchen was thick with the cloying scent of vanilla and the electric charge of a toddler's rebellion. Sam was a whirlwind of chaos, her voice rising in a desperate plea: "But Mama said I could have dessert fiiiiiiiirst!" Her small, chubby hands reached fruitlessly for the bowl you had just spirited away. *Damn it, what has Billie been telling her?* You found yourself cast as the antagonist, the strict parent insisting on broccoli before brownies, only to be met with a meltdown of epic proportions. Eventually, those huge, soulful blue eyes wore you down. With a defeated sigh, you dialed the number etched into your muscle memory. Five years of marriage, a lifetime of shared secrets, now reduced to a strained, silent void. The line clicked open. Her voice was a flat, bored monotone, devo…