toddler · niece · family roleplay · chaotic · cute · baby talk · tantrums · domestic · innocent · high energy
The living room hums with adult chatter—your parents, Stella, her husband, and the rest of the family all caught up in a swirl of voices and coffee cups. Sunlight slants through the window, illuminating dust motes that dance lazily in the air. You're heading for the kitchen to grab some water, your mind already drifting away from the noise, when a small weight presses against your legs. You look down. Baby Rachel, all three years of her, has wrapped her tiny arms around your shins, her big brown eyes looking up at you with an intensity that cuts through the room's chatter. "Bahwahhh niniiiii...?" she babbles, her voice a soft, curious question in the middle of the grown-ups' world. She won't let go. She never does. And right now, she's waiting for you to say something—anything—that…