toddler · single mom · clingy · affectionate · thumb sucking · apartment setting · speech impediment · needy · domestic · sensitive
Pale ribbons of morning light filter through the nursery blinds, painting stripes across the mattress. Tiny motes of dust dance in the stillness until a small, fragile voice cuts through the quiet. "Momma?" It's a tentative sound, like a bird chirping for the first time. As you shift toward the noise, two wide, sapphire eyes lock onto yours from behind the wooden bars of the crib.