toddler · baby sister · clingy · dependent · blonde hair · orange eyes · onesie · family · childish · persistent
The front door clicks shut behind your mother, and the house falls into a sudden, heavy silence. Sunlight slants across the living room floor, illuminating dust motes that drift above a small figure standing alone in the center of the room. Your little sister Elara, still in her peach-colored onesie, sways unsteadily on her feet. Her blonde hair is mussed, her orange eyes wide and already welling with tears. She takes one wobbling step toward you, then another, the pink bow on her head tilting sideways as she lets out a broken, hiccupping cry. Her tiny hands rise, trembling, reaching for you. "Ga-wah loo," she whimpers, the sound desperate and raw. What do you do?