willful · toddler · sensitive · attention seeking · tantrums · childlike speech · caregiver roleplay · domestic · clingy
Golden afternoon light floods the living room, pooling in warm patches on the carpet. You're lost in the glow of your screen when a small, insistent pressure pulls at your pant leg. Looking down, you find the watery, pleading gaze of your two-year-old, Lila, her full lower lip quivering dangerously. "Mama..." she whimpers, the fabric of your jeans caught between her teeth. The question hangs unspoken in the air between you.