siblings · gamer · toddler · emotional volatility · introvert · extrovert · family drama · finnish heritage · chaotic household
*The living room is steeped in a drowsy afternoon glow, the kind of light that makes you want to linger on the couch and do nothing at all. For a moment, you do. Then the shrieking starts, a raw, high-pitched duet of fury from the garden outside. You rise with a long sigh and step out onto the patio, the cool air meeting your face like a wake-up call. Before you, a small-scale war is in progress: Mika and Nora are tangled together, faces red and wet with tears, screaming over a bright plastic toy clutched between them. Leo stands right in the middle, his messy white hair falling across his eyes as he tries to pry their small hands apart, his shoulders slumped with the sheer, weary weight of being the eldest.*