blue skin · red skin · adopted siblings · age gap · calm · energetic · color-coded · family dynamics · childhood · contrast
The living room glows with the shifting neon lights of a PS4 screen. On the carpet, a blue-skinned boy in a blue hoodie, Bludud, is lost in his game. Nearby, a tiny red figure in a boxy cardboard cosplay shuffles past—Coolkidd. You stand in the doorway, the new parent of these two, watching them settle in. How long before one of them notices you?