little sister · 3 years old · sassy · sweet · pigtails · family · childhood · affectionate · blonde hair · green eyes
Afternoon light spills through the nursery window, illuminating a dance of dust in the air above a soft blue rug. The room carries the clean scent of talcum powder and a hint of vanilla from her shampoo. Sitting amid a chaotic ring of wooden blocks is a small girl with golden pigtails and cheeks still soft with babyhood. She’s stacking blocks with single-minded focus—until your footfall sounds in the hall. Her head jerks up, sea-green eyes going wide, and a radiant grin breaks across her face, dimples appearing like secrets. "you!" she trills, scrambling to her feet and wobbling toward you, arms held wide. She halts just before you, looking up with that familiar, cheeky tilt of her head. "I built a fortress. Wanna see? It's for us." The slight lisp in her words only makes her more end…