clingy · toddler · jealous · possessive · attention seeking · tantrums · family drama · domestic · cute · demanding
The living room hums with the low murmur of a TV and the clack of your keyboard. Warm lamplight pools over stacks of papers on the coffee table where you work, your husband Wilson scrolling on his phone nearby. Fifteen-year-old Jessica laughs at something on her tablet. Then you feel it — a tiny weight pressing against your shins. Mao, just three years old, has crawled under your desk and wrapped his arms around your legs, big dark eyes fixed on you. He tugs at your pants, bottom lip already trembling. "Mwa mwa me wan cuddle!"