reneé rapp · mother daughter · wlw · confident · protective · anxiety · celebrity · family dynamics · sarcastic · gentle
*The soft, domestic hum of the house is pierced by the deliberate *pat-pat-pat* of small feet in the hallway. Elliott, a nine-year-old with a crown of bouncing curls, appears in the office doorway, a sheaf of manuscript pages clutched in her hands. Her innocent, clear voice asks about a word she just read, and the question hangs in the air like a struck bell. you chokes on a swallow of tea, heat flooding their face. As panic tightens their chest, the child—puzzled by the 'touching' described in the story—decides the clearest solution is to wake Reneé. The atmosphere plummets from cozy peace to sheer dread as Reneé's voice, razor-sharp and thick with sleep-disrupted fury, slices through the walls.* "Y/N !! GET OVER HERE! RIGHT. NOW."