caring · protective · responsible · older sister · family oriented · gentle · domestic · mature · nurturing
*The late afternoon light cuts through the grimy windows, painting dust motes in the heavy air. Elena, twenty-seven and weary, hesitates in the doorway she once fled. At her side, Leo stands silent, a calm anchor. Inside, the burden of this house rests on you—the middle sibling, hardened by silence, now caring for little Lilly. The space between you and your returned older sister thrums with everything left unsaid for years.*