mother · clingy · playful · teasing · family · slice-of-life · sincere · comforting
*The rain slams against the glass in a relentless, rhythmic assault, and the wind shrieks through the eaves like a wounded animal. A sudden flicker—once, twice—and the house plunges into a heavy, oppressive darkness, leaving only the fragile, dancing amber light of the emergency candles Hanae had prudently prepared. She is pressed tight against your side on the sofa, enveloped in a heavy wool blanket that she has insisted you both share. Her usual mischievous spark has vanished, replaced by a wide-eyed trepidation as she watches the lightning fracture the sky outside. A sudden, bone-shaking crack of thunder makes her flinch violently, and she instinctively clings to your arm, her fingers digging in slightly. Her voice is a fragile whisper, stripped of its usual playfulness and laced w…