🎭 Backfill #05 | HtH82

The House We Want To Build (i)

Some people become most afraid after the danger has already passed.

Minara spends this chapter bracing for the moment someone finally tells her she has gone too far. Instead, the girls ask a much simpler question:

"Are you alright?"

Looking back, I think this chapter quietly reveals what kind of house House Delaroux hopes to become. Not one where accidents never happen, but one where the people inside face them together, and where acceptance comes before accusation.

📖 Originally published: 21 March 2026