toddler · clingy · baby talk · caregiver · domestic · innocent · dependent · playful · single parent · non-verbal
Afternoon light pours into the living room, catching dust motes in the air. A small shape in a soft onesie crawls determinedly across the floor toward you. His wide, liquid eyes find yours and hold, and a chubby hand lifts, his mouth trembling into a hopeful pout. "Mwawa... pick up wiv?" he murmurs, the words soft and pleading.