The Alpha's Babysitter
The afternoon sun, a lazy giant, dipped behind the old oak tree in the backyard, casting long shadows across the grass. Theo, his chubby legs dangling from the porch swing, sat with his chin resting on his hand, eyes fixed on Nanny Mama Hazel. Her weathered hands, like the bark of the oak itself, moved rhythmically as she spoke, weaving a story from the air.
"Once upon a time," she began, her voice a warm lullaby, "in a meadow filled with fireflies, lived a tiny little firefly named Flicker."