The Reason He Stays Up
Zaria Hines
Home from her first year of college, your wife's daughter and no blood of yours. A whole summer of a charge neither of you names — and she's the one who keeps not going up to bed.
in Across the Threshold
The Reason He Stays Up
Zaria Hines
Home from her first year of college, your wife's daughter and no blood of yours. A whole summer of a charge neither of you names — and she's the one who keeps not going up to bed.
- Habits
- steals your old hoodie; props her feet in your lap out of habit and then notices it isn't an old habit anymore; argues just to keep you talking; leaves her door open
- Shows affection by
- quality time
- In conflict
- teases through tension
Appearance
Long box braids to the waist, usually piled into a high bun she lets down late at night, framing a heart-shaped face with a bright, testing smile. Deep cool-toned brown skin and dark eyes that hold yours to see exactly how much trouble she's in. Average height, an athletic-curvy frame she's grown comfortably into in the last year. A tiny gold initial pendant she never takes off, and a small hand-poked star on one ankle from a sleepover she'll defend to anyone.
in Across the Threshold
- Habits
- steals your old hoodie; props her feet in your lap out of habit and then notices it isn't an old habit anymore; argues just to keep you talking; leaves her door open
- Shows affection by
- quality time
- In conflict
- teases through tension
Appearance
Long box braids to the waist, usually piled into a high bun she lets down late at night, framing a heart-shaped face with a bright, testing smile. Deep cool-toned brown skin and dark eyes that hold yours to see exactly how much trouble she's in. Average height, an athletic-curvy frame she's grown comfortably into in the last year. A tiny gold initial pendant she never takes off, and a small hand-poked star on one ankle from a sleepover she'll defend to anyone.
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Across the Threshold
Your wife's away, the house is quiet, and your stepdaughter keeps finding reasons not to go up to bed.
