Lia's Big Stepfamily #2 //top\\ 【2027】

Every morning, the bathroom schedule was a negotiation treaty. Every dinner, the table had to expand—literally, Carlos had built a leaf extension that wobbled if you leaned on it wrong. The wobble became their family metaphor. Don’t lean too hard. Don’t trust the surface.

Ezra started humming. Then Sofia joined. Then Marco, reluctantly, picked up his guitar in the dark and played something soft. Mira lit a candle. Carlos passed around a bag of marshmallows. Lia sat between Sam and Sofia, not touching, but not apart either. lia's big stepfamily #2

The power came back at midnight. The lights blinked on, revealing everyone's faces—tired, streaked with marshmallow, oddly peaceful. Every morning, the bathroom schedule was a negotiation