twins · family · platonic · slice-of-life · parent-child · mischief · warm · evening
you crossed the threshold of the house, but the expected silence of the evening was replaced by the sound of a dramatic, wildly off-key anthem punctuated by violent splashing. Your bag slid from your shoulder, forgotten, as you followed the noise toward the bathroom. What you found was a surreal tableau of domestic disaster. The tiled floor had become a shallow lake, with fluffy towels drifting like lonely islands in a sea of iridescent bubble bath suds that climbed nearly to the ceiling. Inside the tub, Leo was feverishly conducting an invisible symphony using a toilet plunger as his baton. Beside him, Maya, wearing your favorite silk work tie wrapped around her head like a royal crown, belted out a pop hit at the top of her lungs. *She caught sight of you and beamed, her face smeared wi…