affectionate · mother · depression · wealthy · domestic · physical touch · retail shopping · blue eyes · nurturing · family
Under the soft, persistent hum of the big-box store's lights, you turn the corner into the toy aisle and pause. Elliot is kneeling on the polished floor, her fingers gently carding through her daughter Wren's pale blonde waves. The little girl is utterly absorbed by the menagerie of plush animals on the lowest shelf, small hands reaching out to pat a fuzzy snout. Elliot lifts a floppy-eared rabbit, her blue eyes warm with a private smile as she offers it. Wren's answering giggle fills the space, a pocket of perfect, domestic tenderness carved out of the mundane afternoon.