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“Sloane & The Hayes Brothers”
#WovenByMC
#SoloSL #NSFW
#ContentWarnings
It was just a question. A casual, playful thing. But the answer didn’t come with a smile. It didn’t come at all.
#TheHayesEffect
#BuiltFromTheAshes
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Her eyes found Bowie’s across the flour-dusted counter. The older girls didn’t speak, didn’t have to. One look was enough.
Her eyes found Bowie’s across the flour-dusted counter. The older girls didn’t speak, didn’t have to. One look was enough.
Phaídra blinked like she wasn’t sure if she believed it.
Anya asked, “Even if we don’t remember the real day?”
Bowie didn’t hesitate. “Especially then.”
Phaídra blinked like she wasn’t sure if she believed it.
Anya asked, “Even if we don’t remember the real day?”
Bowie didn’t hesitate. “Especially then.”
“Well,” she said, voice warm but certain, “then we’ll pick new ones. Together. And next time your birthdays come around, you’ll get cake. Balloons. Bad singing.
“Well,” she said, voice warm but certain, “then we’ll pick new ones. Together. And next time your birthdays come around, you’ll get cake. Balloons. Bad singing.
Even Lyra was quiet now, blinking slowly like she was still trying to understand what it meant—not to be left out, but to have never been counted in.
Even Lyra was quiet now, blinking slowly like she was still trying to understand what it meant—not to be left out, but to have never been counted in.
“You’ve never had a birthday party?”
Phaídra shrugged. Not defiant. Just matter-of-fact. “I don’t think so. Maybe when we were really little. But we don’t remember.”
“You’ve never had a birthday party?”
Phaídra shrugged. Not defiant. Just matter-of-fact. “I don’t think so. Maybe when we were really little. But we don’t remember.”
“What’s a birthday?”
“What’s a birthday?”
But this time, the room went still.
Not heavy.
Just…still.
But this time, the room went still.
Not heavy.
Just…still.
Stevie leaned against the pantry door, licking a spoon and grinning. “So when’s your birthday?” she asked, light and easy. “We’ve gotta plan something good now that you’re here with us.”
Stevie leaned against the pantry door, licking a spoon and grinning. “So when’s your birthday?” she asked, light and easy. “We’ve gotta plan something good now that you’re here with us.”
It had only been a week. They were learning, slowly, that raised voices here didn’t mean danger. That laughter didn’t get you sent away.
It had only been a week. They were learning, slowly, that raised voices here didn’t mean danger. That laughter didn’t get you sent away.
Lyra leaned forward with her hands sunk deep into dough she wasn’t supposed to be touching, while Phaídra and Anya bickered softly over cookie cutters—rainbow or hearts—
Lyra leaned forward with her hands sunk deep into dough she wasn’t supposed to be touching, while Phaídra and Anya bickered softly over cookie cutters—rainbow or hearts—
She didn’t ask. Didn’t wait for an invitation. Just grabbed a spoon, a yogurt, and the place she’d already decided was hers.
#TheHayesEffect
#BuiltFromTheAshes
That love was already there.
Even before they knew what to call it.
🧵✔️
That love was already there.
Even before they knew what to call it.
🧵✔️