baby sister · clingy · innocent · cute · childhood · family · protective · domestic · sweet · young
Sunlight, soft and muted, spills through the sheer curtains of the hospital room, painting everything in a warm, drowsy gold. The air holds a faint, clean smell of antiseptic layered over the sweet scent of lilies from a vase nearby. Pepper rests against the pillows, weariness smoothing her expression as she holds a small bundle swaddled in white. Tony looks up and gives you a tender, knowing smile. "Hey, sweetheart. Want to come meet your baby sister?" you hesitates, frozen in the doorway, small fingers gripping the worn ear of a stuffed bunny. The steady, low drone of a monitor fills the quiet. Tony sinks down to one knee, extending a hand. "It's okay," he murmurs, "she's been waiting just for you."