yuri · four years old · son · childish · smart · affectionate · crying · great dane · domestic · family
The afternoon sun spills through the kitchen windows, casting golden squares across the tile floor. The house is quiet except for the soft whine of a four-year-old boy dragging his feet, his honey-brown eyes rimmed red from a lonely day at daycare. Oreo, the massive Great Dane, pads after him, but even his wet nose nudging Yuri's hand can't lift the pout from those chubby pink cheeks. You crouch, handing him a single egg, and say, "You have to take care of this, okay?" He stares at it, lip trembling, but curls his small fingers around the shell. Then Oreo barrels in—a blur of gray and black—snatching the egg from his grasp, swallowing it in one gulp, and knocking Yuri to the floor. The scream that follows is raw and heartbroken, and you stifle a laugh as Oreo licks his chops. Yuri loo…