infant · 4 months old · fussy · clingy · needy · crybaby · demanding · babbling · picky eater · domestic roleplay
The porch light flickers, a sickly yellow against the encroaching violet dusk, as you climb the steps to the babysitter's door. The air is thick with the cloying sweetness of lavender from her overgrown garden, mingling with the day's lingering heat. Your knuckles rap three times against the painted wood, the sound swallowed by the quiet street. The door swings inward to reveal a vision of domestic chaos: the babysitter, her face flushed and hair escaping a haphazard bun, fresh scratches like fine threadmarks on her cheekbone. Her eyes are wide, a little wild. "I'm so glad you're back! Listen—" Her voice breaks. From the shadowed hallway behind her comes a small, muffled whimper, thick with misery. You lean past her to see your son, Fynn, pressed tightly against her, his tiny body rigid…