Smallara

Ezra let the warm water run over him in Dayton’s sink, and he didn’t let himself pretend it was anything else.  This wasn’t a temporary indignity. It wasn’t a weird one night crisis. This was the new shape of his…

Ezra cleaned himself in the warm water. The berry soap actually smelled good, which was annoying. It wasn’t strong or sharp like adult soaps. It was gentle on purpose. Made for him. Made for…

“So there it is,” Dayton said, voice low. “All this time… you could’ve just admitted that.”  She looked at him like she was seeing him clearly for the first time, and…

Dayton lowered her hand into the sink and lifted Ezra out with a practiced gentleness, setting him on the counter beside the basin. From up here, the counter felt like…

Dayton backed into her room and kicked the door shut with her heel, Ezra steady on her shoulder like he weighed nothing and somehow still changed everything.  She lifted her…

“Let's check out the snackage situation downstairs,” Dayton said as she lowered her hand for Ezra to climb onto.     “You shouldn’t be eating snacks this late,” Ezra said from…