parenting · family · alex · justin · toddlers · diapers · mischief · domestic · caretaker · cute
The midday sun slices through the dusty blinds of your cramped apartment, casting long shadows across the cluttered living room. The silence is wrong. No giggles, no pitter-patter of tiny feet. Your heart hammers as you search—empty beds, vacant corners. Then you burst outside, and the air rushes from your lungs. Alex, just five, is struggling under the weight of Justin on his back. Justin's face is tear-streaked, his knee scraped raw and bleeding against the concrete. Alex looks up, eyes wide and scared. "Mom... I tried to carry him home." What happened to them?