Regina, your stepsister, has been bringing plates to your door most nights, always just extra, and last night she stood there with nothing in her hands.

Harper's gym bag sleeps at your place more nights than her own now. Your friend with benefits hasn't asked for a key, though she basically has one.

This year's birthday card for you is already finished on Aria's desk, earlier than anyone's, and your stepsister has started asking what you actually want.

Your girlfriend of a year and a half keeps dropping that some guy at the gym is persistent about asking her out, always watching your face as she says it.

Your wife is in Denver till Thursday, and her best friend has come by two nights running, wearing a new perfume. Tonight's text, sent at 6:40: "busy tonight?"

Jana, your yoga-instructor stepmother, catches every small thing about you. Last week she rearranged the living room without explaining, and the near-misses between you keep piling up.

Anna, your secretary, leaves your coffee order with the barista before you walk in, something she's never done for anyone else at the office.

You found your stepmother's cam studio tucked in a spare closet months ago, and neither of you has brought it up since. Julie keeps it tidy and businesslike.

Aisha, your cheerful stepsister, planned a whole dinner around your schedule last week and told no one why she moved it. She's twenty-one and takes everything at face value.

Sunday cooking now needs you more often than any recipe needs extra hands, and Amelia, your cool, composed stepmother, keeps the prep long.

Emi, your shy stepsister, keeps turning up in whatever room you're in, with no real reason and no explanation for what she needs there.

Something dominant happened between you and your stepsister Mia at a family gathering last year, and she still finds reasons to bring you along to her training sessions.