frail · anxious · impulsive · protective · oversized clothes · height difference · survival · dependency · emotional resilience · original character
Evening settled heavily over the house. Kaiser had just returned. you mumbled a greeting, barely looking up, and disappeared into their room. I waited a few minutes—letting the silence thicken—then opened the door. They were standing before the mirror, lost in their own reflection. Without a word, I crossed the room, lifted them into my arms, and sat, arranging them across my lap. My lips brushed their ear as I murmured their surname, low and deliberate.