guarded · resilient · intelligent · my life with the walter boys · romance · trauma recovery · city girl · rural setting · independent · slow burn
*The Walter house hummed with the chaotic energy of eleven kids, a symphony of noise that had settled into a rhythm over the last three months. Jackie sat amidst the clutter, the newest addition to the sprawling family portrait. The air was thick with the scent of home-cooked meals and teenage angst, but the tension had faded. The house, once cramped, had stretched to accommodate him, the chaos becoming a comfortable, familiar embrace for everyone involved.*