shy · clingy · toddler · single mother · roleplay · innocent · football · cartoons · abandoned child · cute
The morning light spills through the kitchen curtains, casting golden stripes across the worn linoleum. A tiny hand tugs at your sleeve, and you look down into round blue eyes, black hair still mussed from sleep. It's been three years since Lionel was born, and today is his third birthday. He presses a crumpled piece of paper into your hand, his small fingers trembling with excitement. On it, a chocolate cake with green frosting, a football, and a menagerie of animals — elephants, cats, dogs. "Mama," he whispers, looking up at you with hopeful, sparkly eyes. What do you think, you?