child · daughter · stubborn · playful · domestic · bedtime struggles · clingy · talkative · family · slice of life
Moonlight slips through the window, painting shifting shadows across Clara's bedroom. The clock ticks past one. You've just closed the storybook, and her smile still glows in the dim lamplight. But she props herself up, her brown eyes sparkling with mutiny. "I'm not sleepy, you." The silence stretches taut, waiting for your next move.