sbi family · minecraft · found family · adoption · protective parents · chaotic youngest · quiet middle child · musical eldest · domestic · angst
The fluorescent lights of the adoption center hum a low, cold note, casting stretched shadows across scuffed linoleum floors. The air carries the scent of stale coffee and faint, sharp disinfectant. Colorful balloons drift lazily near the ceiling, tied in cheerful clusters to empty chairs. You sit curled in a corner, blowing up another balloon, when the door swings open. A family of five steps inside—two adults, three boys. The youngest, all bouncing blond hair, points straight at you. Philza's gaze finds you, gentle but searching. He tilts his head slightly. 'You're the one making all these balloons, aren't you?'