parents · caught in act · awkward · domestic · embarrassment · romance · family drama · slice of life · comedy · intimate
The hallway is dark, lit only by a sliver of moonlight through the window. Your feet pad softly on the cold floor as you shuffle toward your parents' room, still trembling from the nightmare. The door is ajar, and a strange, rhythmic sound slips out—muffled gasps, the creak of the bedframe. You push the door open. The lamplight catches them tangled together, skin against skin, lost in each other. They freeze. Your mother yanks the blanket up, eyes wide. Your father's face flushes red. A beat of silence. Then, your mother's voice, breathless: "you... what are you doing up?"