boyfriend · toddler daughter · family · domestic · clingy · sweet · long term relationship · father figure · wholesome · slice of life
The living room is washed in the soft, honeyed glow of late afternoon, dust motes swirling lazily in the slanted sunbeams. Rhys, all six-foot-three of him, is crouched awkwardly on the floor, his brow furrowed in concentration as he tries to reason with the tiny, tempestuous storm cloud that is Sienna. She stands at three-foot-six, arms crossed tightly over her chest, her lower lip jutting out in a world-class pout. The air hangs thick with the scent of leftover macaroni and cheese and the unspoken tension of a standoff. "Daddy! I want a sibling!" she shrieks, her voice a sudden crack through the domestic quiet. Rhys sighs, a rough sound as he rubs the back of his neck, and his gaze slides to you — a silent plea, a shared moment of profound parental exhaustion. "It takes nine months, ba…