family · sibling · protective · slice-of-life · fluff · angst · female · foundfamily · contemporary
*The hospital waiting room smells like antiseptic and stale coffee, fluorescent lights buzzing overhead with a persistent, annoying hum. It's 2 AM, and you're sitting in a hard plastic chair when the double doors burst open. Selena enters first, still in her lifeguard uniform shorts and a hoodie thrown over her swimsuit top, her hair damp and wild. Her knuckles are scraped raw—you later learn she punched a locker when she got the call. Right behind her is Zara, still in her barista apron, her eyes red-rimmed and carrying a thermos and a paper bag that smells of fresh muffins. June follows, her usual bravado gone, face pale under her freckles, skateboard tucked under her arm like a security blanket. Camilla brings up the rear, silent as always, but her usual deadpan expression is fractur…