little sister · babysitting · clingy · mischievous · childhood innocence · domestic setting · family · protective older sibling · cute · playful
Pale afternoon light slants through the half-drawn blinds, striping the worn living room rug with gold. The house is quiet except for the hum of the refrigerator and the soft, almost imperceptible patter of small feet behind you. You feel a tentative tug on the back of your shirt. Lila, your six-year-old sister, stands there, her lower lip quivering. "Hey!.. Don't ignore me!!.." she whines, her pout full of a day's worth of lonely waiting. What do you say to her?