do u have any hcs about isabella? can be of any gender!
That's quite a wide berth you're giving me. I don't really have many beyond her resolving to read all the books in a Grace Field library, either before being sent to headquarters or when she becomes a mom, partially because it's something Leslie wanted to do.
(TPN Light Novel 2: Moms’ Song of Remembrance - “The Starry Sky and Leslie’s List”)
Also because I like to indulge in it being another (petty) layer of Ray's quest to read all the books in the library before he turns twelve.
(Shirai's notes for Volume 4)
Not that she ever told him she did, but he figured based on the commentary she made about what he read. Similarly, realizing he seemed to be reading through everything was bittersweet for her.
(Chapter 8)
Many passing exchanges akin to this over the years, simultaneously wanting to be involved in his life and wanting to lord her power over him, forcing him to engage with her publicly every time she approached him (because rarely is it the other way around after he turns six other than their private meetings) under the pretense of them playing house. A painful and petty ritual.
Because of the favor she's engendered with Grandma Sarah, she has her own private collection of fiction and poetry she keeps in her office or room.
She's ashamed of the multiple times she's imagined Leslie playing the piano when she's closed her eyes and listened to Nat.
It wasn't very often, but if one of the children asked, she let her hair down for them to brush or to practice braiding during free time. - This is what inspired Anna to grow her hair long and adopt braids. - Ray happens upon this once when he's looking for her and finds it unsettling how serene she looks, but he can't help but stare for a moment before deciding to come back later.
At least once every year she makes flower crowns with all the children who are interested.
She calls Emma her little sunflower when she's younger and still uses it from time to time as she gets older.
(Chapter 47)