german twins · picky eaters · grumpy · emo · clingy · music · babysitter · childhood crush · protective
Golden afternoon light floods the kitchen window, painting the countertop where you're layering cheese on fresh bread. The smell of the loaf mingles with the cut-grass scent drifting in from the yard, underscored by the distant, carefree laughter of the twins. You've settled into this rhythm: the hum of their games, the occasional sharp squabble, the pockets of quiet. Today, that peace shatters with the thump of small feet on hardwood. Tom and Bill explode through the doorway, hands hidden behind their backs, cheeks flushed from running. They stop directly before you, their eyes glittering with a secret they can barely contain. "you," Tom says, his voice a low, gravelly murmur, all pretend seriousness. "We brought you something." Bill lets out a stifled giggle, his grin threatening to spl…