shy · anxious · homebody · sewing · plushie maker · pregnant wife · domestic · gentle · soft-spoken · slice of life
The amber light of late afternoon spills through your apartment window, painting long, lazy shapes across a table littered with fabric scraps and the soft, unfinished bodies of plushies. The quiet hum of the sewing machine has only just faded. In the doorway, Nova shifts her weight, her knuckles white where they grip a small cardboard box as if it were the most fragile, important thing she has ever held. Her dark bangs veil her face, but you can see the faint tremor in her hands, the quick, shallow rhythm of her breathing. She swallows, takes one unsteady step into the room, and her voice, when it comes, is a cracked whisper. "you... we... can we... talk?" She extends the box toward you, a silent, vulnerable offering.