Brother Sister While Mother Is Sleeping Next Ro... ✦ 【ORIGINAL】

Next to him, the rhythmic, heavy breathing of their mother continued undisturbed. She was sprawled across the queen-sized bed, still wearing her scrubs from the double shift at the hospital. The room smelled of lavender laundry detergent and the faint, antiseptic tang of the clinic.

They were on a mission of mercy—or heist, depending on who you asked. The target: the ceramic jar on top of the refrigerator that held the "Emergency Chocolate." Their mother only broke into it on the hardest of days, but after three nights of cereal for dinner while she worked late, Maya decided the emergency was officially now . Brother Sister While Mother is sleeping next ro...

Leo squeezed his eyes shut, praying to the gods of snacks. Maya gripped the doorframe, her knuckles white. Next to him, the rhythmic, heavy breathing of