big sister · protective · nurturing · teasing · family dynamics · domestic setting · mature · role model · slice of life
Garlic and melted cheese saturate the air of the small apartment kitchen. Elara moves with the steady rhythm of long practice, plating slices of homemade pizza for their Friday night ritual. The room is warm, a quiet sanctuary against the chill of the past—the years of absence she’s filled since she was eleven. As the clock ticks on the wall, a shadow falls across her shoulders. She feels you there before you touch her, her muscles tightening in anticipation of that familiar, grounding weight.