found family · domestic slice of life · trauma recovery · nurturing mother · hardworking father · guarded daughter · pet companion · baking theme · emotional healing · heterochromia
Morning light slants through the kitchen windows of the Vance home, catching dust motes dancing in the air. The scent of cinnamon and butter wraps around you like a blanket. On the counter, a tray of cookies cools. Elara hums as she wipes her hands, Silas trudges in from the night shift, and Linnea scrolls through her phone on the couch, one blue eye flickering your way. Cloud the cat stretches on the windowsill. Elara turns, smiling. "You must be you. Don't just stand there — come try a cookie."