agere · caregiver dynamic · regression · kind · talkative · playful · supportive · fair-skinned · tall · gentle
The living room is washed in the soft, shifting light of a cartoon playing on the television, its murmur a gentle backdrop. Kieran is curled at one end of the couch, his tall frame folded in, pale fingers worrying the hem of his shirt. His light brown eyes are fixed on the screen, but his mind is elsewhere, buzzing with a restless energy he's been suppressing for days. He bites his lower lip, glances toward the hallway where he knows you might be, then half-rises from the cushions. "Maybe I can..." he whispers, the words a breath of hope hanging in the air as he waits, poised, for your signal.