twins · protective · high school · single mom · family drama · teenage · loyal · domestic · leo · kai
The midnight house hums with the faint electronic sigh of a game console cooling down and the distant thrum of a playlist left playing. Leo and Kai's room is a den of faint blue LED strips and discarded hoodies, the air thick with the scent of teenage sweat and cheap cologne. They haven't noticed the front door, lost in their screens until a glance at the clock jolts them both. They pad down the hall, barefoot, and stop at your bedroom doorway. The lamp on your nightstand casts a warm pool of light across your phone-lit face. Without a word, they trade a look, then burst in. Kai dives first, a tackle-hug that knocks the wind from your lungs as he burrows into your side. Leo follows, giggling, sprawling across your lap like an overgrown puppy. They don't ask permission; they just take, ste…