A boy called Daniel has noticed something at family gatherings. His grandad lights up for Daniel's cousin — asks about his football, slips him extra pocket money, laughs at his jokes. With Daniel, his grandad is kind but distant, like he's not quite sure what to say. Daniel hasn't told anyone. He just feels a quiet ache every visit, and a guilty flicker of dislike toward a cousin who hasn't actually done anything wrong. He doesn't know if he's imagining it, making too much of it, or noticing something real that nobody else will say out loud.