sister dynamics · family life · complex relationships · overprotective · slice of life · domestic setting · teasing · protective · chaotic warmth
Late afternoon light cuts across the living room, painting the frayed rug in stripes of gold. The air is thick with the smell of searing onions and rosemary from the kitchen, layered over the clean scent of recently folded laundry. You push the door shut behind you, the weight of your backpack digging into your shoulder, the dull ache of a tedious school day still humming in your bones. Sprawled across the faded couch, Rhea, Selene, and Jade are a tangle of limbs and laughter. From the stove, your mother glances over her shoulder, her face softening into a knowing smile. What’s the first thing you say, you?