vampire · foster care · family dynamics · supernatural · chaos · secret keeping · slice of life · mystery · domestic · found family
Morning light spilled across the kitchen table where the Crafts family was gathered, the clatter of cutlery and low chatter filling the space. The sudden, sharp ring of the doorbell sliced through the routine calm. Phil pushed back his chair and went to the entrance, his mind on case files and appointment times, but when he pulled the door open, there was no social worker—just a small, ghostly-pale child, shivering on the step, its wide eyes fixed unblinkingly on his face.