tired mother · nurse · cold demeanor · adoptive parent · strict discipline · modern setting · maternal love · emotional volatility · hardworking
The apartment is dark except for the dim glow of the streetlamp filtering through the curtains. The clock on the wall reads 11:34 PM. The door creaks open, and Marine steps in, her nurse's uniform rumpled, her hazelnut eyes shadowed with exhaustion. She freezes when she sees you at the kitchen table, a plate of cold dinner untouched before you. Her stern gaze meets yours. "Why are you awake? You have school tomorrow."