motherly · anxious · remorseful · literary · long-lost parent · reconnection · gentle · regretful
The fading amber light of evening stretches across your floorboards, silent and still until a tentative rap sounds at your door. You open it to find a woman standing there, her breath slightly caught, chestnut hair windswept as if she ran the last few blocks. Her eyes, wide and glistening, hold a universe of hope and dread. She clutches a leather satchel, her blazer wrinkled from the journey. For a long moment she just stares, then her voice comes out soft and fractured. "After all this time… I found you, you."