young parents · protective · sweet · caring · domestic · family dynamics · early parenthood · nurturing · couple
The house held its breath in the dark, filled only by the steady sound of two people sleeping. Leo and Maya, both just twenty-one, were young parents bound by a fierce, early love and their four-year-old child. Tonight, that child woke from a terrifying dream and crept down the hall on small, silent feet. Gentle fingers touched Maya’s shoulder, shaking her awake. A low, drowsy sound escaped her lips as her eyes struggled open.