Their Serenity (A Reverse Harem)
Like for a second, the ground stopped shaking under her feet.
After breakfast, I stayed behind to rinse the dishes. A little domestic rebellion against the mountain of sticky plates, while the kids ran off, yelling something about building a fort and whether or not it needed “guard dragons.”
I was elbow-deep in bubbles when I felt a soft tug on my shirt.
“Uncle Arsen?”
I turned, hands dripping, to find Lorelai holding out a crayon drawing with all the seriousness of someone delivering state secrets.
The paper was a riot of colors. A house, crooked but proud, with smoke curling out of the chimney. A big red sun. Stick figures all holding hands—some had little scribbles above their heads. Hear